It was a cool, windy, overcast morning as we gathered in the morning fog at Cleland Conservation Park for the next leg of our walk. The theme was 'Christmas in July', again, so its lucky we didn't throw the tinsel out.
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| Dean's flag. |
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| The fog crept into the morning briefing |
Morris Minus was awarded to Robert Alcock for magically and hilariously being in front of Albert Schmidke at the end of last month's walk, after being seen a distance behind Albert just before the last turn.
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| How did he do it? Magic. |
As we set off into the fog, we could not help but notice how beautiful our surroundings were.
As we exited Cleland Conservation Park, we came across this peculiar, bent gate.
Soon we were entering the Mt Lofty Botanical Gardens, and the fog had not yet lifted.
A rare opportunity presented itself on this foggy morning. A slight mix up saw Neville and Jane Haar meet accidentally in the gloomy conditions and they momentarily posed together before scurrying back to their customary positions at the front, and somewhere well away from the front.
At times, the grasses and fog all but enveloped our group.
Some ethereal scenes were created by the morning fog.
Finally, about 10.40am, the fog lifted and we made our way through the Mt Lofty Botanic Gardens.
We had a break for morning tea beside the dam in the Mt Lofty Botanic Gardens.
After morning tea. we walked past some cool climate vineyards towards Mylor, going under the South-eastern Freeway, past Arbury Park and into Bridgewater.
We passed some interesting signs on our journey, including the commemorative plaque for the Heysen Trail.
Cox Creek was a significant feature on our walk today and we crossed it, or walked beside it several times.
The Heysen Trail follows a path through the Stirling Golf Club (formerly Mt Lofty Golf Club) and we saw several weekend golfers enjoying the superb course.
We crossed from the Stirling Golf Club to the Mt George Conservation Park at this point.
Over Cox Creek via a bridge.
Re-crossing Cox Creek via another bridge and pausing to read another plaque, this time commemmorating 25 years of the Heysen Trail in 2003.
Then we came across one the most wonderful, fanciful displays near Arbury Park. Thanks to whoever was inspired to build these delightful miniatures.
Another interesting sign at The Deanery. This one probably has not contributed to any significant increase in visitors to the Cox Creek area.
We did not see water rats, but we did see ducks. You have to look closely to see them.
Cox Creek flows through a tunnel under the railway line as it approaches Bridgewater.
Sadly, the Bridgewater Mill no longer uses the water from Cox Creek for power and this magnificent waterwheel is only for show.
The park area adjacent to the Bridgewater Mill has a Heysen Trail sign erected in it.
A sigificant tree planting operation undertaken recently by the looks of it, will only enhance this idyllic spot in the future.
We stopped for lunch at the park in Bridgewater.
After lunch we crossed Bridgewater Oval and trekked on through to the Mylor Conservation Park and then to Mylor itself.
By the time we reached our cars, we had walked 24 km today.
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