Interesting Day Tours from Adelaide
Submitted: Saturday, Mar 10, 2018 at 13:33
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glids
G'day all,
I am trying to find information about interesting day tours from
Adelaide as an activity for a 'Men's Shed' group. I am the only one with a 4WD, so the tours need to be suitable for a conventional vehicle - say a Ford Territory.
So far we have done:
*Tea Tree Gully >
Burra >
Hallett > Dares
Hill > Ketchowla >
Terowie > Tea Tree Gully trip (
Tourist Drive 21), all day trip
*Tea Tree Gully > Mt Pleasant > Sanderston >
Marne River Valley >
Black Hill >
Shell Hill >
Mannum (lunch and Port Museum) > Tea Tree Gully, a 200km 5 hr trip
*The Tramway Museum at
St Kilda (lunch and 2 hrs)
*The new RFDS facility at
Adelaide Airport (1 hr)
*Numerous smaller trips
I have done a Google search for 'day trips' etc, but nothing suitable was found.
Our Men's Shed group are all retired gents, from a diverse working background, so I am looking for something interesting to fill out (say) 4 hrs to all day.
I was wondering if any ExplorOz forumites know of any recognized 'day' trips, or have their own favourite drives, with details of special points of interest etc.
Looking forward to replies...
Cheers,
glids
Reply By: Member - Stephen L (Clare SA) - Saturday, Mar 10, 2018 at 14:52
Saturday, Mar 10, 2018 at 14:52
Hi Glids
Here is a great drive for you in the southern parts
Adelaide.....
Make your way to
Strathalbyn, then down to
Milang and visit the old railway station and then drive along the shore of
Lake Alexandria to
Wellington, then cross over the Murray on the ferry.
Head further south to Poltalloch and then visit the remains of the only Freshwater
Lighthouse in Australia at Point Malcom.
Cross over at the Narrows on the ferry and visit the great Aboriginal Community at
Raukkan and then drive the
Lake Albert drive that will bring you to
Meningie.
It is a great drive and Bitumen road the whole drive. Lots to see, some great country and lots of early days history through the area.
Or if you are looking for a real short drive, head for the
Mount Lofty Botanical Gardens in a few more weeks when the Autumn colours are unreal
Just a couple of ideas to toss around with.
Cheers
Stephen
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Follow Up By: rocco2010 - Saturday, Mar 10, 2018 at 15:06
Saturday, Mar 10, 2018 at 15:06
Good to see the lower lakes get a mention. I am from WA and have visited there a couple of times.
Was a Good cafe at Ruakkan.
The Coorong is special.
I get SA Tourism ads in my Facebook feed and they are all about the Hills,
Kangaroo Island,
Flinders Ranges and Eyre Peninsula.
Cheers
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Follow Up By: glids - Saturday, Mar 10, 2018 at 15:42
Saturday, Mar 10, 2018 at 15:42
Thanks Stephen, I will keep that one in mind. May be a long day though as we start from Tea Tree Gully.
I know the
Lake Albert area reasonably
well, brother-in-law had a dairy on the
Narrung to
Meningie road.
Cheers,
glids
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Reply By: Crusier 91 - Sunday, Mar 11, 2018 at 20:19
Sunday, Mar 11, 2018 at 20:19
Port Adelaide Aviation Museum. (Awesome planes with guided tour by retired war pilots.)
http://www.saam.org.au/
Myponga
Dam. (Scenery.) Followed by a meal at the
Normanville Jetty Cafe (great meals and location at a reasonable price)
http://normanvillekioskandcafe.com.au/
followed by Yankalilla Historic Museum(Lots of
heritage machinery, buildings, clothing, mining, photos etc. Self guided tour at a small cost)
http://community.history.sa.gov.au/yankalilla-district-historical-museum-0
May be able to catch up with the Yankalilla Mens Shed
140/142 Main S Rd, Yankalilla SA 5203 0417 300 901
Meet new friends, exchange ideas, etc.
The following for another day.
Victor Harbor Horse Drawn Tram
http://horsedrawntram.com.au/
There's a few restaurants, cafes, takeaways etc in the area
There's many backtracks (dirt roads) from Myponga onwards to get to Normy/Yank/Victor if you don't want to travel the the main road.
Cheers,
Steve
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Follow Up By: glids - Monday, Mar 12, 2018 at 08:39
Monday, Mar 12, 2018 at 08:39
Thanks for your ideas, Steve.
We have done the Aviation Museum.
I was looking at Myponga, along the lines of: TTG > Myponga >
Blowhole Creek > Ingalalla Falls >
Victor Harbor >
home.
Blowhole Ck and the Falls would depend on weather, and if worth going.
I'll keep the
Normanville Jetty Cafe in mind, and also the Yankalilla Museum - didn't know about either of them!
Great ideas.
Cheers,
glids
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Follow Up By: glids - Thursday, Mar 15, 2018 at 12:57
Thursday, Mar 15, 2018 at 12:57
Thanks Cruiser, that is the type of info that really helps plan the type of tour I'm interested in doing.
Great help :)
Cheers,
glids
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Reply By: KevinE - Monday, Mar 12, 2018 at 11:34
Monday, Mar 12, 2018 at 11:34
Seeing as you're locals, you've probably visited most local
places of interest before, but here goes:
*
Kapunda mine.
*
Moonta Mines.
* In the Barossa; Chateau Yaldara (nice cafe), Seppeltsfield, Mengler's
Hill lookout at
Tanunda,
Whispering Wall, & closeby to the Barossa, the
lookout at
Eden Valley with the big cross.
*
Burra again, but with the tourist key for all of the local sights.
* The museum on
the wharf at
Morgan.
*
Kangaroo Creek dam is currently near empty for an upgrade & only just up the road from you. We went for a look on Saturday, interesting & very close.
If you're in the TTG area, our paths almost certainly cross!
Good luck with it! :)
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Follow Up By: glids - Thursday, Mar 15, 2018 at 12:59
Thursday, Mar 15, 2018 at 12:59
Thanks Kevin, all interesting info.
We are in Banksia Park.
Cheers,
glids
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Follow Up By: KevinE - Thursday, Mar 15, 2018 at 20:09
Thursday, Mar 15, 2018 at 20:09
Hi Glids,
Small world! :)
We cut down a large
Port Jackson Fig tree on Hancock Rd, Fairview Park today!
Very close to you lol!
Good luck with the trips for the men's shed mate! :)
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