Beaumont/Cleland via Botanic Gdns

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What to expect

This walk is ideal for walkers who need to get a few kms into their legs. It is about 26kms and includes a few hills and rough tracks to improve your stamina and walking techniques.

It takes in part of the Pioneers Womens Trail, Mt. Lofty Botanic Gardens and Cleland Recreation Park. The up hills are out of the way by lunchtime leaving a gentle stroll back to the cars after that.

We will probably make Cleland Wildlife Reserve in time for lunch and a coffee.

Points of Interest:

  • Pioneer Womens Trail – the ladies walked from Hahndorf to Adelaide 35kms carrying produce for sale and returning with thread, sugar, tea and bricks. They left Hahndorf at midnight and wash in stream near Beaumont at 4am before heading into the markets. From 1838 to 1850s.
  • Mount Lofty Botanic Gardens
  • Carminow – formerly “The Pinnacles” was built by Sir Thomas Elder in 1885, and became the summer home of Sir Langdon Bonython (owner of “The Advertiser”) from 1902 and renamed after an ancestral property in Cornwall. Restored after a fire by George Lucey.


Contact me on the day on 0400320943 if necessary.

Walk leader: Michael Joyce
Registrations close: 5:00pm 6 August 2021

Cost

Adults: $10.00

Golden Boots Pass accepted

Walk details

Date:
Saturday 7 August 2021

Start time:
8 am

Walking from:
Brock Reserve, Beaumont

Walking to:
Loop walk

Distance:
26 kms

Walk difficulty: Trail Walker

These walks are reasonably demanding and for walkers who have walked regularly in various terrain. They have a walking time of about 5 to 6 hours and will require a high degree of physical fitness. These walks generally occur on Saturdays or Sundays.

Hazards

There are some hills and rough tracks. Walking poles and boots with good ankle support are recommended.

Requirements

Bring morning tea and lunch. Maybe a few snacks to recharge the battery.

Experience

Trail walker experience preferred

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