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50km east of Adelaide, the Torrens River Gorge and upper valley is
one of the loveliest areas of the Adelaide Hills. You can get here with
ABM Coaches, from the Central bus (Mon–Fri twice daily; tel 08/8347
3336), along a route that passes through the hills to the Murray River at
Mannum.
This scenic route takes in Cudlee Creek,
location of the Gorge Wildlife Park (daily 8am–5pm; koala holding
11.30am, 1.30pm & 3.30pm; $7), a private park with mainly native birds
and animals housed in walk-through enclosures; and GUMERACHA, where
The Toy Factory, 389 Birdwood Rd (daily 9am–5pm), sells wholesale wooden
toys, games and puzzles to the public and has a tacky eighteen-metre-high
rocking-horse – children (and adults) can climb up it for kicks, and
good views of the countryside. |
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