Sturt a ‘gorge-ous’ pick for Park of the Month
Spectacular rock formations, great views and challenging bike trails all feature in this month’s Park of the Month.
Despite its proximity to the city, Sturt Gorge Recreation Park offers a great outdoor experience where you can quickly start to feel ‘miles away from it all’.
As our chosen Park of the Month for March, Sturt Gorge RP, which is bounded by Bellevue Heights, Flagstaff Hill and Flinders University, will be the place to enjoy a range of family-friendly outdoor activities.
Young people itching to try out mountain biking joined workshops that covered bike handling & control skills, followed by a guided ride to try out newly learned skills. Later in the month, young riders can also tackle a geocache adventure.
Sturt Gorge Recreation Park is internationally recognised as an area of conservation and geological significance. The park conserves the nationally threatened greybox grassy woodland vegetation which was once abundant across southern Australia. The park is also home to a rock formation, known as Sturt Tillite, believed to have been formed from glacial material dropped from ice floating in the ocean that covered South Australia 800 million years ago.
To find out more, search online for Sturt Gorge Park of the Month or visit the National Parks and Wildlife Service South Australia Facebook page @NPWSSA
Sturt Gorge