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of the city from the modern
lookout at the summit, where
there is also an interpretive centre.
The hills are dotted with grand
summer houses to which
Adelaide citizens retreat during
the summer heat.
Just below the summit is the
Cleland W
Cleland W
Cleland Wildlife Park where ildlife Park where ildlife Park
visitors can stroll among the
kangaroos and emus, have a
Nineteenth-century mill in the historic town of Hahndorf photograph taken with a koala
or walk through the aviary
Just outside Hahndorf is The renowned as one of the to observe native birds at
Cedars, the former home of earliest wine­growing regions close quarters.
South Australia’s best­known in Australia; wine has been About 1.5 km (1 mile) south
landscape artist, the late Sir Hans produced here since the 1850s. of here, Mount Lofty Botanic
Heysen (see p38). Both his home Gardens feature temperate­
and his studio are open to the climate plants such as rhodo­
public. South of the town is Nixon’s dendrons and magnolias.
Mill, a stone mill built in 1842.
O Cleland Wildlife Park
P The Cedars 365 Mount Lofty Summit Rd, Crafters.
Heysen Rd. Tel (08) 8388 7277. Open Tel (08) 8339 2444. Open 9:30am–5pm
10am–4:30pm Tue–Sun & public hols. daily. Closed 25 Dec. & 8 7 =
Closed Good Fri, 25 & 26 Dec. & 7 - ∑ environment.sa.gov.au
∑ hansheysen.com.au
7Birdwood
5Strathalbyn * 1,300. n FJ Café, Shannon St
(08) 8388 1185.
* 6,000. @ n Railway Station,
South Terrace 1300 007 842. Nestled in the Adelaide Hills is
∑ strathalbynsa.com.au the quiet little town of Birdwood.
In the 1850s, wheat was milled
The designated heritage town in the town and the old wheat
of Strathalbyn was originally St Andrew’s Church, Strathalbyn mill now houses Birdwood’s most
settled by Scottish immigrants famous asset: the country’s
in 1839. Links with its Scottish 6Mount Lofty largest collection of vintage,
ancestry can still be seen today @ Mount Lofty Summit Rd. n Mount veteran and classic motor cars,
in much of the town’s architec­ Lofty Summit Information Centre (08) trucks and motorbikes. The
ture, reminiscent of small 8370 1054. = - The Summit National Motor Museum has
highland towns in Scotland. Open 9am–5pm daily. 0 more than 400 on display and is
Situated on the banks of ∑ environment.sa.gov.au considered to be one of the best
the Angas River, Strathalbyn collections of its kind in the world.
is dominated by St Andrew’s The hills of the Mount Lofty
Church with its sturdy tower. Ranges form the backdrop to E National Motor Museum
A number of original buildings Adelaide. The highest point, Shannon St. Tel (08) 8568 4000. Open
have been preserved. The police Mount Lofty, reaches 727 m 10am–5pm daily. Closed 25 Dec. &
station, built in 1858, and the (2,385 ft) and offers a fine view 7 ∑ motor.history.sa.gov.au
1865 courthouse together
house the National Trust
Museum. The prominent two­
storey London House, built as a
general store in 1867, has, like a
number of buildings in or near
the High Street, found a new
use as an antiques store. As
in many country towns in
Australia, the hotels and banks
are also architectural reminders
of the past. About 16 km (10
miles) southeast of Strathalbyn,
on the banks of the Bremer
River, is Langhorne Creek, Hand-feeding kangaroos at Cleland Wildlife Park, Mount Lofty