Black Hill - wildflowers and lizards

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August 20th 2006

Published: August 24th 2006

Introduction Our walk this weekend was a delightful one - a 3 1/2 hour walk in the Black Hill Conservation park. This is our third visit to Black Hill. In October 2005 we did a 2 hour walk Black Hill based on George Driscoll's recommendation in his book, 50 real bushwalks around Adelaide (see Black Hill entry); and the summer before we did a 4.5 hour walk (not blogged) from the '20 Nature wal... Read Full Entry

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Diana

SA hiker

About us We are a family who use our Sundays to discover, explore and enjoy the serenity of the world around us while getting some exercise. We live in Semaphore, a beach-side suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. Although Adelaide and it's suburbs are quite flat, there is a range of hills that run North-South that provide for many interesting walks. Here are some quotes that say some of what it means to us to go out bush walking. In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks. - John Muir Climb the mountai... full info

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Flower-lined path

As we got higher there were even more flowers!

Pink Ericas

Purple bell flowers

Down track

It certainly was a wildflower garden

More lizards

I almost stepped on this one!

Ghost tree gully (finally)

I never intended to go to the summit, only visit the gully - Peter needed to do some work and wanted to get home early - but a wrong sign took us to the summit - but I am certainly glad we did!

Ghost tree gully

the final part of our walk through the gully was so different to what we had experienced so far - it looked like the land had been cleared at one time.

24th August 2006

Tiny Schlegel
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What time of year was this.
I love black hill pictures and like to find out what time of year did you go for that walk. Well done. Regards Tiny

25th August 2006

SA hiker
Diana

Time of year
Hi Tiny, and thanks for your comment. These photos were taken last weekend (August 20). Cheers, Diana

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