Delve into Horsnell Gully
The district Horsnell Gully of Adelaide Hills in Adelaide Hills (South Australia) is a district located in Australia about 589 mi west of Canberra, the country's capital town.
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Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 13°C / 55 °F
Morning Temperature | 5°C / 41 °F |
Evening Temperature | 10°C / 50 °F |
Night Temperature | 6°C / 43 °F |
Chance of rainfall | 0% |
Air Humidity | 44% |
Air Pressure | 1028 hPa |
Wind Speed | Gentle Breeze with 7 km/h (4 mph) from North |
Cloud Conditions | Overcast clouds, covering 100% of sky |
General Conditions | Overcast clouds |
Thursday, 25th of April 2024
15°C (59 °F)
6°C (42 °F)
Broken clouds, light breeze.
Friday, 26th of April 2024
15°C (59 °F)
6°C (42 °F)
Few clouds, gentle breeze.
Saturday, 27th of April 2024
15°C (60 °F)
8°C (47 °F)
Broken clouds, light breeze.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Mount Lofty House - MGallery by Sofitel
Thorngrove Manor Hotel
Oaks Plaza Pier
Apartments On George
Arkaba Hotel
Adelaide Granada Motor Inn
Jacksons Motor Inn
Welcome Inn 277
Enfield Hotel
ADELAIDE ROYAL COACH HOTEL
Videos from this area
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Adelaide Cyclists H'eroica 2011
A L'eroica down-under. A community bike ride in the beautiful South Australian Adelaide Hills, takes it's lead from the famous Italian L'Eroica gran fondo.
Rachel Jackson at Cleland Wildlife Park, South Australia
Rachel Jackson at Cleland Wildlife Park, South Australia.
Earth from space in 3D - Adelaide Hills Australia - part 2
http://apogee.com.au Fly-through over the Adelaide Hills in South Australia based on high resolution satellite imagery wrapped over an IFSAR 3D terrain model. For more information, please...
Power by Ford: '79 XD Falcon Stage 2 Street Engine Start & Rev
High Definition Exhaust Video. Tuning is not quite perfect as yet, still a little rich, hence the smoke when I open the fuel tap. I'm still playing with camera distance to get the sound just...
Very light snow falling on Mt Lofty summit 23rd Aug 2012
Very light snow fell on the summit of Mount Lofty South Australia over about a ten minute period around 300pm Thursday 23rd August 2012. It was preceded by small hail and rain and preceded...
Channel 9 - Today Show - Cleland Wildlife Park - 6th May, 2013
Channel 9's Today Show crossed live to Cleland Wildlife Park for weather presentations and featured some of the animals from the park.
Koalas at Cleland Wildlife Park
Koala footage shot at Cleland Wildlife Park. View more great South Australian Parks & Reserves at http://www.parks.sa.gov.au.
Rachel, Caitlin and Rachel at Cleland Wildlife Park, South Australia
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Attractions and noteworthy things
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Uraidla, South Australia
Uraidla is a small town in the Adelaide Hills of South Australia, Australia. At the 2006 census, Uraidla had a population of 461.
Adelaide Hills
The Adelaide Hills are part of the Mount Lofty Ranges, east of the city of Adelaide in the state of South Australia. It is unofficially centred on the largest town in the area, Mount Barker, which has a population of around 29,000 and is also one of Australia's fastest growing towns. The Adelaide Hills have an abundance of wineries leading to its world famous reputation as a wine producing region.
Teringie, South Australia
Teringie is a suburb of Adelaide in South Australia. It occupies a commanding position in the Adelaide Hills and overlooks the plains on which most of the city is built. Teringie's small number of houses (less than 100 in total) are mostly large, bush-covered blocks. The suburb is steadily growing with new houses popping up continually. The notable power lines running overhead have created some controversy as some believe that they are detrimental to health.
Waterfall Gully, South Australia
Waterfall Gully is an eastern suburb of the South Australian capital city of Adelaide. It is located in the foothills of the Mount Lofty Ranges around 5 km east-south-east of the Adelaide city centre. For the most part, the suburb encompasses one long gully with First Creek at its centre and Waterfall Gully Road running adjacent to the creek. At the southern end of the gully is First Falls, the waterfall for which the suburb was named.
Mount Lofty
Mount Lofty is the highest point in the southern Mount Lofty Ranges. It is located about 15 km east of the centre of the city of Adelaide in South Australia and gives unrivalled panoramic views of the city and the Adelaide plains and foothills. It was first climbed by a European when explorer Collet Barker climbed it in April 1831, almost seven years before Adelaide was settled. It was named by Matthew Flinders on his circumnavigation of Australia in 1802.
Cleland Conservation Park
Cleland Conservation Park is a conservation park in the Adelaide Hills, South Australia, 12 kilometres from Adelaide City centre. Cleland Conservation Park conserves a significant area of natural bushland on the Adelaide Hills face and includes the internationally popular Cleland Wildlife Park and the popular tourist destinations of Mount Lofty summit and Waterfall Gully.
City of Burnside
The City of Burnside is a local government area with an estimated population of 44,300 people in the South Australian city of Adelaide. Burnside was founded in August 1856 as the District Council of Burnside, and was classed as a city in 1943. It is named after the property of an early settler and stretches from the Adelaide Parklands into the Adelaide foothills. It is bounded by Adelaide, Adelaide Hills Council, Campbelltown, Mitcham, Norwood Payneham and St Peters and Unley.
Burnside, South Australia
Burnside is a small suburb that is part of the City of Burnside in the eastern suburbs of Adelaide. It is primarily a residential suburb, and was one of the first suburbs of Adelaide. It was named Burnside, an amalgamation of the Scottish word for creek, "Burn" and "side" because of the original property's location on the side of Second Creek. Burnside was established and named by Peter Anderson and his family who came from Scotland in 1839.
Chambers Gully
Chambers Gully is an offshoot of Waterfall Gully in the Eastern Suburbs of Adelaide, South Australia. It used to be a local landfill but in the past decade has been reclaimed as a park by volunteer work. It contains a number of old ruins, walking trails, springs and is an excellent place to spot local wildlife such as koalas.
Greenhill, South Australia
Greenhill is a suburb of Adelaide in the foothills of the Adelaide Hills either side of Greenhill Road. Adjacent suburbs are Waterfall Gully, Burnside, Stonyfell, Skye, Norton Summit, Summertown and Ashton, and includes Cleland Conservation Park and the western slopes and summit of Mount Lofty. Greenhill Creek flows through Waterfall Gully and feeds into First Creek.
Greenhill Road, Adelaide
Greenhill Road is a major road in Adelaide, South Australia, that provides a vital transport artery for those living in the eastern and hills suburbs. In Adelaide's early days, trams used to run up and down the road. A resident of Burnside can usually expect to take 15 minutes to reach the CBD in peak times, and around ten minutes in others. Greenhill Road starts in Balhannah in the Adelaide Hills and winds through Carey Gully, Uraidla, Summertown and Greenhill as a two-lane road.
Auldana, South Australia
Auldana is a suburb of Adelaide, South Australia in the City of Burnside. It stands on the site of a once-famous vineyard "Auldana" established by Patrick Auld. Many of the streets are named for grape varieties.
Rosslyn Park, South Australia
Rosslyn Park is an eastern suburb of Adelaide in the City of Burnside.
Skye, South Australia
Skye is an eastern suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. It is located in the City of Burnside.
Stonyfell, South Australia
Stonyfell is a suburb in the foothills of Adelaide in the City of Burnside, Australia. It has many parks with walking tracks, waterfalls and bike tracks. St Peter's Collegiate Girls' School is the only school in Stonyfell. The historic Stonyfell Winery, founded by Henry Clark and Joseph Crompton, is one of Australia's oldest. There is also a quarry that has been working since the late 19th century.
Wattle Park, South Australia
Wattle Park is a suburb of Adelaide, South Australia in the City of Burnside. It was named for the abundance of Golden Wattle, Acacia pycantha, which grew in the sandy creek bed that runs through the suburb. The creek is also host to a large number of ancient River Red Gums which give the area its distinctive feel. As a result of its proximity to central Adelaide, large block sizes, and its dramatic Adelaide hills backdrop, it has become quite an affluent area.
Mount Bonython
Mount Bonython is one of two major peaks in the Adelaide hills visible from Adelaide. The other, about a kilometre to the south and some 20 m higher, is Mount Lofty. There is a telecommunications tower used for the Telstra NextG network located at its summit. According to the mythology of the indigenous Kaurna people, the Mount Lofty Ranges were part of the story of the ancestor-creator Nganno.
Summertown, South Australia
Summertown is a town in the Adelaide Hills region of South Australia. It adjoins Uraidla. At the 2006 census, Summertown had a population of 392. Although technically ending along Greenhill Road directly at the Police House, further on is Summertown's Elderly Home, giving further confusion to the actual placement of the town's borders.
Norwood Morialta High School
The Norwood Morialta High School (commonly referred to as Norwood or '"Morialta'") is a dual-campus, co-educational, public High School. The school’s two campuses are both located in the Eastern suburbs of Adelaide, South Australia. The school is frequently abbreviated as either TNMHS or NMHS. Founded in 1910 as Norwood Boys School on Osmond Terrace Norwood, it is currently one of the oldest secondary schools in South Australia through Norwood High School celebrated its centenary in 2010.
Morialta Conservation Park
Morialta Conservation Park is a public reserve 10 km north-east of Adelaide, in the state of South Australia, Australia. The park is in a rugged bush environment, with a narrow gorge set with three waterfalls, bounded by steep ridges and cliffs. The park caters to many activities, including bushwalking, bird watching and rock climbing.
Ashton, South Australia
Norton Summit, South Australia
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. It is well known for the popular Scenic Hotel, founded in the 1870s, often considered one of the best pubs in Adelaide. Another landmark is St.
Horsnell Gully Conservation Park
Horsnell Gully Conservation Park and Giles Conservation Park are two parks in the Adelaide foothills. They are just southwest of Norton Summit and encompasses several small gorges feeding the Adelaide Plains. Horsnell Gully is the western lower section, and Giles is the upper eastern section. Horsnell Gully contains a small seasonal waterfall and Giles contains several ruins of nineteenth-century dwellings. There are a number of walking trails and the Heysen Trail traverses the Giles section.
Black Sunday (1955)
The Black Sunday Bushfires of 1955 were a series of bushfires that broke out across South Australia on 2 January, 1955. Extreme morning temperatures coupled with strong north-westerly winds contributed to the breakout of numerous fires in the Adelaide Hills, Jamestown, Waterloo, Kingston and Millicent. Most were caused by sparks from powerlines downed by the wind. Around 1,000 Emergency Fire Service volunteers from 60 brigades were tasked to the fires, but were overwhelmed.
Ash Wednesday fires (1980)
The first Ash Wednesday fires were a series of bushfires that began in the Adelaide Hills, South Australia, on Ash Wednesday, 20 February 1980. 51 homes and 25 other buildings were destroyed, and 75 farms were affected. 40 people were injured, with 150 left homeless. The fire burnt an area of 3,770 ha, and caused an estimated $34,000,000 damage.