Horsnell Gully Conservation Park and Giles Conservation Park are two parks in the Adelaide foothills

Adelaide Hills

The Adelaide Hills are part of the Mount Lofty Ranges, east of the city of Adelaide in the state of South Australia. It is unofficially centred on the largest town in the area, Mount Barker, which has a population of around 29,000 and is also one of Australia's fastest growing towns.- History :The...

. They are just southwest of Norton Summit

Norton Summit, South Australia

Norton Summit is a town in the Adelaide Hills, South Australia, located approximately 12km east of the city of Adelaide...

 and encompasses several small gorges feeding the Adelaide Plains

Adelaide Plains

The Adelaide Plains is the area in South Australia between the Mount Lofty Ranges on the east and Gulf St Vincent on the west. The plains are generally fertile with annual rainfall of about per year....

. Horsnell Gully is the western lower section, and Giles is the upper eastern section. Horsnell Gully contains a small seasonal waterfall

Waterfall

A waterfall is a place where flowing water rapidly drops in elevation as it flows over a steep region or a cliff.-Formation:Waterfalls are commonly formed when a river is young. At these times the channel is often narrow and deep. When the river courses over resistant bedrock, erosion happens...

 and Giles contains several ruins of nineteenth-century dwellings. There are a number of walking trails and the Heysen Trail

Heysen Trail

The Heysen Trail is a long distance walking trail in South Australia. It runs from Parachilna Gorge, in the Flinders Ranges via the Adelaide Hills to Cape Jervis on the Fleurieu Peninsula and is approximately 1200 km in length....

traverses the Giles section.

External links

Department of Environment and Natural Resources web page