Blogs from Anstey Hill Recreation Park, Adelaide Hills, South Australia, Australia, Oceania

Oceania » Australia » South Australia » Adelaide Hills » Anstey Hill Recreation Park June 9th 2008

We made a 2 3/4 hour walk at Anstey Hill this weekend (see map for detail). It was nice as it was a cool day to walk some of those steep sections. Plenty of birds - particulary rosellas. Some frogs croaking as well. You can see some of our other Anstey walks here .... read more

Walking the pipe at Anstey

Oceania » Australia » South Australia » Adelaide Hills » Anstey Hill Recreation Park May 20th 2007

Mannum to Adelaide pipeline

SA hiker

Introduction This week the hikers headed for Anstey Hill - the closest hill to our home - for their dose of serenity. The park is a recreation park (so dogs allowed and bikes in places as well). Although we have been before (see Anstey Hill), we thought we might try a different route to see what we could see. Anstey hill is located at the end of Grand Junction Road. We entered from Range road at the top of the hill which we accessed via Lower North East Road. See the route maps for more detail about how to get there, and the walk itself. What happened ... We started our journey on Range Road by going over a fence style where we saw the first glimpse of the bountiful harvest that was to await us ... read more

Anstey Hill

Oceania » Australia » South Australia » Adelaide Hills » Anstey Hill Recreation Park March 28th 2006

Park entrance

SA hiker

Introduction This week it was my turn to choose the location - and I chose a bushwalk at Anstey Hill Recreation Park. We used George Driscoll's walk number 13 as a guide (page 32) as although we have visited Anstey Hill before, we had not been on these particular tracks. The park is located at the end of Grand Junction Road between North East Road and Lower North East Road. For this walk you need to go to the eastern side of the park - take LNE road and turn a sharp right on to Range Road South and pull up at gate 18. The walk is suitable for young and old. The paths are wide and clear (which is a relief after losing the trail last week) - but there are some steep sections that ... read more

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