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River Trail and Wattle Trail Combined Hike at Sturt Gorge Recreation Park

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. […]

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River Trail and Lomandra Trail Combined Hike at Sturt Gorge Recreation Park

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 […]