Blogs from Adelaide Hills, South Australia, Australia, Oceania - page 5

Oceania » Australia » South Australia » Adelaide Hills » Cleland Conservation Park March 21st 2009

Wild Lillies - Amarilliciae- Purple Bells

For those of you who know me, I have been preparing for my pilgrimage in Spain now for more than 12 months. I keep buying new backpacks, and gear until I feel that it is right in weight, size and functional in relation to my needs. I know some are sick of hearing (son and daughter) about foldable hats, the grams of items etc. I feel I am finally getting to the end of this and will publish my complete Backpack items list for any one who is interested. It is only once you start to plan that you realise just how much time and effort it all takes. After all it is only a walk of only 800km long and crossing 4 mountain ranges - you need to think of things like all weather possibilities ... read more

Hello from Oakbank, S.A.

Oceania » Australia » South Australia » Adelaide Hills March 6th 2009

Sunset 7

TravellersJoy

25 Feb Got up at 5am to go see the rock change colour at dawn (it didn’t). Due to extreme temperatures and also high winds at the top, the climb to the top of Uluru (Ayres Rock) was closed. I did say 18 years ago that I wouldn’t climb it again for £1,000,000 so I was quite relieved - but Barry wanted another go! We did walk around the bottom though - which is 10km plus a few more in detours to look at rock paintings etc. Took us 3 hours - and there was hardly any shade! Went to the sunset lookout to see it change colour - and it didn’t (just like it didn’t 18 years ago!) Had some fun with two Swiss girls taking silly photos though. 26 Feb Missed the sunrise today, ... read more

The Heysen Trail (South) - Part 5

Oceania » Australia » South Australia » Adelaide Hills » Mount Lofty February 8th 2009

Thats a long step

ATTS

This morning at 8am (17/1) after parking cars at each trail head Ruth and I began the Montacute Heights to Chain of Ponds leg of the Heysen Trail. This would ultimately be the toughest leg I have attempted by far and would take the longest amount of time to complete. We began the walk at Montacute Heights following the Narrow Range Rd, here we had a close up look at the Yellow Tailed Black Cockatoos, there seem to be a number of pairs up here and we were able to get close enough to see the yellow patterns on their bellies, we also heard our first grunting Koala though we couldn’t see him in the trees. We then made our descent down a steep hill dropping two hundred metres down to Sixth Creek Road, the slope ... read more

The Heysen Trail (South) - Part 4

Oceania » Australia » South Australia » Adelaide Hills » Kyeema Conservation Park January 11th 2009

Up and close with the natives

ATTS

Today (11/1) Tim and I completed the Dashwood Gully Rd (Meadows) to Kyeema Conservation Park leg of the trail. I left my car on Wick Rd and then guided Tim to the entrance to Kyeema Conservation Park on Woodgate Hill Rd getting lost only briefly along the way. The first section through the Conservation Park was probably the highlight of this walk, lush stunning natural bushland for about a kilometer and a half before crossing a stile and entering the Kuitpo Forest. For the next 13 or 14km the walk was pleasantly flat and shady and we were fortunate to spot the occasional Kangaroo or Black Cockatoo, we stopped briefly at Kiutpo Forest headquarters where we ate a snack at the picnic tables before continuing on to the Cookarloo Campsite. At the site there were quite ... read more

The Heysen Trail (South) - Part 2

Oceania » Australia » South Australia » Adelaide Hills » Mylor December 29th 2008

That would be me

ATTS

Back on the trail again (27/12) this time I am walking with my mates Tim and Steve, I picked Tim up just after 6.30 am before heading to Steve's place we took two cars leaving mine just of Dashwood Gully Rd and Steve's at Mylor right in front of the deli. We left my car at 7.45 am beginning the walk by following some back roads past a few farms before arriving on the edge of the Kuitpo Forest about an hour later. A nice cool and overcast morning boded well for a good walking experience shame about the swarms of flies though. On entering the forest my first thought was that this is nothing like the Crawford Forest, they didnt appear to be growing pines here, the vegetation looked much more native and the scenery ... read more

Cleland

Oceania » Australia » South Australia » Adelaide Hills » Cleland Conservation Park December 28th 2008

Kangaroo close up!

Ade and Jen

Have had a great day visiting Cleland Conservation Park which was only about 30 minutes from where we are staying. We went with all the family and had a picnic before we went into the park. The highlight of the day was meeting Hank the Koala (see photo) and also seeing lots of Kangaroos and feeding them. We also got to meet Ted the Koala, who is apparantly Hank's room mate! It was a great day out and got to see lots of Aussie animals - wombats, wallabies, tasmanian devils and Ecidneas. The weather was quite cool today and we had bit of rain but it wasn't too bad - temp still around 20 degrees. ... read more

Adelaide Hills

Oceania » Australia » South Australia » Adelaide Hills December 22nd 2008

Geoff and Didi

Tufty

After a quiet day yesterday, having a BBQ with Jan, Adam and the kids with home made beer, very nice, we went up into the Hills for a drive round. We went to see the World's biggest Rocking Horse which is also a wooden toy factory. Even got to see Rocking Horse Manure....!!! Went to Birdwood for lunch and had a looka round the old motor museum. And carried on for a drive through the hills through Lobethal and then back down to Adelaide. The hills are lovely, lot's of views and fields... the more counrty side of Adelaide. We then went and picked up Geoff and Didi from the airport. Geoff is Chris's other cousin.... read more

Anstey Hill walk

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

Quarry

SA hiker

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

Home again

Oceania » Australia » South Australia » Adelaide Hills May 21st 2008

Fikev

Dear Blog Readers Farnackling is over - we are back in beautiful Adelaide, after four days seeing Beijing (not nearly enough). It's great to be home. We've had a fantastic time - met some wonderful people, seen amazing sights (including world heritage todger touchstones) and learnt lots. Thanks to all of our readers for your messages - we have really enjoyed being bloggers. Over and out. Fikev... read more

Adelaide Hills, Yurrebilla Trail, South Australia

Oceania » Australia » South Australia » Adelaide Hills April 27th 2008

The beginning of the trail

foot and mouth

The Yurrrebilla Trail connects parks in the Adelaide Hills with each other, starting at Belair railway station and finishing at the Torrens river 54 kms away. It passes through 5 major National & Conservation Parks in the Adelaide Hills and is very popular with locals and visitors who enjoy fantastic scenery, wildlife and sometimes vigorous exercise. The whole trail passes through Belair National Park, Cleland Wildlife/Conservation Park, Horsnell Gully Conservation Park, Morialta Conservation Park and finally Black Hill Conservation Park. Most of the trail is located within a few kilometres of the city of Adelaide and many people choose to walk the trail in sections of which there are four. We chose to complete the whole Yurrebilla Trail in 2 days in the middle of winter 2007. We also used our "little" walk to raise some ... read more

Brief history of Australia

Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name...more history

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