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The First Falls, a plunge waterfall on the Fourth Creek, is located in the Adelaide Hills region in the Australian state of South Australia. Situated within the Morialta Conservation Park, the First Falls are the first of a series of three waterfalls that are located approximately 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) northeast of the Adelaide city centre. [3]
Cleland Conservation Park was established on 1 January 1945 [3] and classified as Category II [4] protected area in IUCN protected area management categories. [5] [6] The primary objective for Category II is "to protect natural biodiversity along with its underlying ecological structure and supporting environmental processes, and to promote education and recreation".
The area beside the creek in the suburbs of Mitcham and Brown Hill Creek was known to the Kaurna people of the Adelaide Plains as Wirraparinga, meaning "creek and scrub place". The creek valley south of Brown Hill is home to Brownhill Creek Recreation Park [ 2 ] and has been the site of a recreation park since the late 1800s.
Bugle Ranges is a locality on the Adelaide Hills of South Australia. It lies between Mount Barker and Strathalbyn, both by road and on the Victor Harbor railway line. Little remains of the village. The Bugle Inn was a licensed establishment. The licence was first granted to Frederick Rumble in 1852, [3] then Walton in 1853.
Protected areas of South Australia Para Wirra Conservation Park (formerly Para Wirra Recreation Park and Para Wirra National Park ) is a 1,417-hectare (3,500-acre) protected area located in the foothills of the Mount Lofty Ranges in the northern end of the Adelaide metropolitan area in South Australia . [ 6 ]
Bridgewater is a town in South Australia, located in the Adelaide Hills to the south-east of the Adelaide city centre.. It is the former end of the Adelaide-Bridgewater railway line; this route was closed in 1987.
Totness Recreation Park is located about 25 kilometres (16 mi) south-east of the Adelaide city centre and about 2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi) north-west of the town of Mount Barker. [5]: i The park covers 41 hectares (101 acres) but is divided by the South Eastern Freeway, with 9 ha (22 acres) north of the freeway and 32 ha (79 acres) on its south ...
Norton Summit (formerly Norton's Summit) is a town in the Adelaide Hills, South Australia, located approximately 12 km east of the city of Adelaide.The town is named after Robert Norton, who arrived in South Australia shortly after its proclamation, and made the first recorded climb in the area in 1836.