Area 244 ha Established October 4, 1973 | Phone +61 8 8336 0901 Nearest town or city Adelaide | |
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Managing authorities Website Sturt Gorge Recreation Park See also Protected areas of South Australia Address Flagstaff Hill, SA 5159, Australia Hours Open today ยท Open 24 hoursThursdayOpen 24 hoursFridayOpen 24 hoursSaturdayOpen 24 hoursSundayOpen 24 hoursMondayOpen 24 hoursTuesdayOpen 24 hoursWednesdayOpen 24 hoursSuggest an edit Similar Shepherds Hill Recreatio, O'Halloran Hill Recreatio, Blackwood Forest Recreatio, Scott Creek Conservation Park, Marino Conservation Park | ||
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The Sturt Gorge Recreation Park is a protected area located in Bellevue Heights, South Australia and which is recognised as an area of great geological significance. It channels the Sturt River down to the Adelaide Plains. The park is 13 km south of Adelaide and was established in 1973.
The Sturt Tillite formation was the first area in the world to provide definite evidence of Cryogenian glaciation (the Snowball Earth). It is hypothesised that the landform was created from glacial material that dropped from ice floating in the ocean which covered the area 800 million years ago.
All kinds of fires are prohibited in the park.
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