Altitude to Adelaide
Note (December 2022): I first had the pleasure of experiencing Murray River National Park in March 2022, but I haven’t written about the experience until now. Currently, the South Australian Riverland is experiencing historically high flood levels as a result of the increased rainfall and flooding upriver in New South Wales and Victoria. The Murray […]
The Sturt Gorge Recreation Park is full of surprises, like a large dam hiding in the middle of the park. Tucked in the southern foothills, 13km south of Adelaide, the Sturt Gorge Recreation Park has more than two dozen shared-use trails that traverse the Sturt River and criss-cross the tight valley that it flows through. […]
Nestled in the hills between the vineyards of the McLaren Vale wine region and the southern Adelaide suburbs of Morphett Vale and Hackham, the Onkaparinga River National Park is home to the stunning Onkaparinga Gorge, a variety of native vegetation and wildlife, a rock climbing zone and a campground. There are about a dozen walking […]
There are surprising pockets of nature and bushland all over the Adelaide metropolitan area. As the metro area creeps towards the Adelaide Hills, the flat land gives way to increasingly steep undulations, gorges and land difficult to build on. It’s in these places that I am learning to find some great, less-trafficked spaces for outdoor […]
Driving through the Adelaide Hills is both a thrilling and relaxing experience. The tree-lined roads dip and climb, tracing the rolling hillsides and occasionally cutting into them around tight corners where the slope drops sharply away, exposing remarkable views. When not closed in by the trees or sharp rise of a hillside, the views stretch […]
Altitude to Adelaide 