View following the hill climb

The sign said - the amphitheatre - uplift of the land one to 2 million years ago, resulted in erosion which produced the present amphitheatre landscape. As you walk into the amphitheatre you will pass through layers of sediments from three distinct periods of deposition which started about 280 million years ago. Erosion by water has exposed these layers.

Hallett Cove Conservation Park

December 11th 2005
Planning It has been forecast to be hot in Adelaide today (38 degrees) so we will start out early and visit Hallett Cove Conservation Park. We have done parts of this walk several times before - and it can be a little cool most days, but it is ideal on the mornings of hot days that are reasonably still (wind-wise) and bright (improving contrast between the blue sky and the eroded hil ... read more

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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... ... read more

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