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Oceania » Australia » South Australia » Adelaide Hills » Gandy s Gully December 3rd 2005

Introduction This is walk number 15 in George Driscoll's book "50 real bushwalks around Adelaide" which he calls "Neville's favourite". It is also a favourite of Sue (a friend from my work). George's Neville is Neville Southgate who was instrumental in getting the Heysen trail started. This walk is through Gandy's Gully, which is within the Horsnell Gully Conservation Park. You need boots with good grips for this walk as there is a steep down hill section with loose rocks on the path. We have been here when Dan was 6 or 7 - but I wouldn't probably bring kids any younger than this age along. To get there from the city, head South and turn left on Greenhill Road. Drive up until you get near to Mt Lofty summit. At the Summit road intersection continue ... read more

Sunday walk at Mount George

Oceania » Australia » South Australia » Adelaide Hills » Mount George Conservation Park November 26th 2005

Creek

SA hiker

Introduction Well after a week off on essential house maintenance issues ... the SA-hiker family headed off for new frontiers (well at least for us) this Sunday. The inspiration for this walk came from the book "Adelaide for Kids" by James Muecke. The Park was called Mount George Conservation Park - a small park which was a little run down (the toilets had been boarded up) and located right next to the zooming cars of the South Eastern freeway. But this only slightly lowered the serenity levels. The Heysen trail passes through the Park, as does a creek with babbling cascades, there are enormous trees, hills to climb, rocky outcrops and many birds and frogs. Very nice. A web site about the park is available. It would be a nice Park for a family visit as ... read more

HOLIDAY WINDING DOWN

Oceania » Australia » South Australia » Adelaide Hills November 22nd 2005

SUNSET IN THE ADELAIDE HILLS

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HOLIDAYS ALWAYS SEEM TO FLY BY!! THURSDAY I START THE LONG FLIGHTS BACK TO VERMONT. ... read more

Black Hill

Oceania » Australia » South Australia » Adelaide Hills » Black Hill Conservation Park October 2nd 2005

The Black Hill summit

SA hiker

Welcome readers, It has been ages since we had been walking, with other engagements and foul weather making it impossible to get out. Full of anticipation - with a glorious day before us - we ended up doing a walk that was quite close to home (40 minutes) - the Black Hill Conservation Park. We had visited the Black Hill Park before and had done a 4.5 hour walk - we trimmed it to 2 hours for our late start today - by doing the George Driscoll walk (50 real bushwalks around Adelaide) rather than that recommended track in '20 Nature walks in Mount Lofty Ranges'. The park was in full flower today - and the clear weather afforded excellent views of Adelaide all the way to the coast. There were plenty of lizards (sunnin... read more

Horsnell Gully

Oceania » Australia » South Australia » Adelaide Hills » Horsnell Gully Conservation Park May 23rd 2004

Mouse spider

SA hiker

Horsnell Gully was a real surprise! It is located near Magill in the foothills of Adelaide so very close to my work. There was some ruins of the Horsnell buildings at the start and then the walk starts with a stroll through European trees. They were loosing their leaves when we were there. We scrambled up the creek and up the face of a waterfall to get to the top of the hill. Good views. Saw large Mouse spiders walking around. They usually live underground and the male goes walking at only one time of the year. The walk goes down on a wide track and then around past the quarry before returning to the car park. Good walk :-) Map of Adelaide hills... read more

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