Let’s follow LPT 2

McKee Clan’s cache

            Let’s follow LPT (Little Para Trail) is a series of caches along the trail for you to find. Please enjoy the walk as we have and happy hunting.

            Enjoy the walk or ride.

FTF O'cholio,Sir Maxy,DennisC52 STF Nibs TTF Margeigh, Dazzatron    

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Local point of interest

At this point-

The Water Wheel located 30m to the west was built for Frederick Kuhlmann who arrived in the salisbury area, who bought the Old Spot Inn in 1899 and developed a 30 acre orange grove and vegetable garden. His water supply for the hotel and his agricultural pursuits was a reservoir and he contracted a Mr Lee, a local blacksmith to build a water wheel to pump water to his reservoir. The little para was dammed and Kuhlmann succedded in filling his reservoir. The wheel was never perfect and it stopped being used in the 1940's. In the 1980's the local Rotary Club removed the wheel and it was re-established as an exhibition inside the museum. It has a diameter of 4.2 meters, has 64 buckets at a capacity of 20 litres each and rotated at 8 revolutions per minute. The museum is open on the first and third sunday of each month from 2.30pm-4.30pm. Entry is free.

Pitman Park -

Accross the road is pitman park and will be described in more detail in LPT 3. it is a popular place for picnics and wedding photo's

Little Para Trail

The Little Para Trails follow the Little Para River, which has many attractions for all to enjoy. Flowing from the City of Salisbury's hilly escarpments to the plains, it meanders through many significant sites that played an important role in the early development of the City. Of great importance are the remnants of natural landscapes present along the river's edge. Varieties of eucalyptus woodland and native golden wattle still exist and some of the earliest almond trees and orange groves are still blossoming.

Points of interest along the trails include Deal Court, Paralowie House, Pitman Park, the Old Water Wheel, Harry Bowey Reserve, and Carisbrooke House.

Little Para River

Origin – near Lower Hermitage

Mouth – Globe Derby Park

Avg Discharge – 3590 m⁶/year

The Little Para River is a seasonal creek running across the Adelaide plains of South Australia, whose catchment fills reservoirs that supply some of the water needs of Adelaide’s northern suburbs. It runs from its source near Lower Hermitage in the Mount Lofty Ranges, flows north westerly to the Little Para Reservoir and then westerly to the Barker Inlet of the Gulf St Vincent at Globe Derby Park. The lower portion of the river is badly affected by human activity and storm water runoff but the upper reaches have a good range of biodiversity.

The river attracted John Harvey to form his settlement at Salisbury in 1847 and was crucial to the development of the citrus industry from 1852. In the 1960s the City of Salisbury began acquiring land for public space, and a belt of parklands with biking and walking trails now borders the river. The river’s name derives from the Kaurna word Pari which roughly translates as a stream of flowing water.

As the river flows down from the Adelaide Hills over the Para fault escarpment, it has formed a large alluvial fan on which Salisbury is built. The river is narrow and winding, formerly flooded in heavy rain and rarely reaches its sea outlet. Over time the river has been widened and levees added to reduce this flooding. In the 1800s lack of consistent flow in the river and the absence of an organised water supply system led to the digging of wells. The Little Para refreshes the well's water, mostly held in clay, sand and gravel layers up to 200 feet (61 m) deep. The Little Para Reservoir is built in the path of the river for water storage and flood mitigation. As the river's catchment is insufficient to fill the reservoir, it is mainly used to store water pumped from the River Murray. Periodically water is released from the reservoir into the river, enabling refreshing of ground water.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Little Para river is marked in yellow with blue tributaries

For the First to find there is a certificate and a unique FTF path tag. They are not swapped or given out so the first to find pathtag will be a unique item that no one else will have. We will contact the FTF to send the prize. Good luck