Hi forum,
I am a new user, and this is my first post!
My name is Matt, and I live around Panorama in South Australia. I walk all over the lower Belair, Shepherds Hill, and Watiparinga Reserve areas, and have done so for the last 25 years (yes, that sounds boring but no it's beautiful). Also mount Lofty and surrounding areas are also well walked. I'm looking for new areas to walk at, anything up to 40km preferably in circuits and loops. Distance away from home is of no concern.
The reason why I am asking a forum, is that I've been using the Walking SA site, and I really believe it's failed in that you can't search for walks that have fees or no fees associated it. Whilst I have no issue paying for site access, I do have issue with getting there to find bookings must be done online, so am now personally boycotting sites requring payments. The last time that happened was only a few days ago, i drove 104km to go do the 12k Deep Creek walk, only to get there and literally be asked to leave because you need to pay online. I don't feel what is happening out there is good enough, allow people to pay within 7 days, or come up with another scheme of allowing paper money payments onsite, but instantly threatening fines etc like what happened to me a few days has turned me off ever paying again regardless about upkeep costs.
Anyway, I'd love to hear of great SA hikes that are truly free, any difficulty, and anything up to 40km (nothing multi day). I would prefer to keep away from the city walks (ie; torrens etc) and really busy walks (like around Lofty), and would like it to be rich enough that I can just get lost time and time again.
Thanks in advance.
Cheers,
Matt