Fox Creek bike park has about 50km of mountain bike trails and is the home of the first accessible mountain bike trail in SA.
The trail ALLEN'S ORANGE WHIP was officially opened in 2021. Named after South Australian Paralympic wonder Grant Allen, The single track trail has been built to "Gravity Quad Spec" and designed by Tasmanian Next Level Mountain Bike company. Working with AusCycling state manager and Forestry SA the new trail spans 554m and is rated an intermediate ride.
On 20th Dec 2019 the Cudlee Creek bushfire started shortly after 9am. The fire hit many towns throughout Adelaide hill that day including Lobethal, Woodside, Brukunga, Harrogate and Mount Torrent.
More than 2000 volunteers responded, and although the main charge of fire was pulled up within 24 hours, breakout and flare-ups continued for 10 days.
The fire was suspected to be caused by power infrastructure. The fire resulted in one loss of life and 51 firefighter injuries. 85 homes were lost and the fire consumed 23,295 hectares. Anderson Hill winery located near the bike park was extremly lucky to not have the fire take out their whole business as the flames lapped the side of the road while it consumed part of the bike park.
The fire was declaired safe 3rd Jan 2022
As a result of the fires the Bike park was closed for some time. Since reopening there has been Toilets installed, a skills area added and new trails with more to come.
To claim this Virtual you must submit a photo of Yourself or Team name at the Fox Creek sculpture with a BIKE.
It doesnt have to be your bike. Be as creative as you like but the final picture must have a bike reference in it to create a log.
Virtual Rewards 3.0 - 2022-2023
This Virtual Cache is part of a limited release of Virtuals created between March 1, 2022 and March 1, 2023. Only 4,000 cache owners were given the opportunity to hide a Virtual Cache. Learn more about Virtual Rewards 3.0 on the Geocaching Blog.