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Crafers and Mount Lofty in the Adelaide Hills. | The Ruins of Marble Hill and other interesting local places. | City of Adelaide and suburbs | Touring through the Adelaide Hills | The Murray River, lifeline of our state | Blackwood in the Adelaide Hills | Clarendon on the banks of the Onka | Hahndorf - where the Prussians settled. | Historic Coromandel Valley | Jupiter Creek Gold Diggings | Monarto Zoological Park | Mylor - a tiny hills township. | Oakbank on Onkaparinga | South (Australian) Coastal Areas | Scott Creek Conservation Park | Shopping on The Parade | Stirling in the Adelaide Hills. | Strathalbyn - Valley of the Scots | Walk the Port | Southern Vales amongst the vines

Clarendon on the banks of the Onka

A pretty bridge spans the Onkaparinga in this tiny township, just down the road
from where we live.


Established in 1864 by English settlers, it soon became a farming, dairy and orchard area supplying the city, Adelaide.


Nestled in the picturesque gullies, it still retains much of this rural atmosphere with some wonderful examples of heritage buildings of the late 1880s.
Now only 5 kilometres from the sprawling Adelaide suburbs, it is a welcome rural haven for tourists, walkers, cyclists and those seeking an Australian bushland and river recreation setting. It also borders the magnificent winery tourist route of the world famous McLaren Vale district.
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