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Hi guys
On the road into Waterfall Gully, about 2 kms in, there is a road on the left into Chambers Gully. I think the road goes into the gun club, but it is closed off most of the time. there are always cars parked around the entry though. If you walk from the Waterfall Gully road, about 2 or 3 hundred mtrs in ,on the right is a small well worn track up an embamkment that dissapears into the scrub. Its not a designated walk but a track I think carved out by people training for Kokoda! If you follow this, in a very short time you start heading straight up the hill. At the top is some major power lines and a seat with magnificent views back over the city to the sea and beyond! From the top you can then walk along the "Long Ridge" walking track that goes to Mt Lofty Summit if you want to put in some extra kms but without the real steep work.
Seems half of Adelaide has just done or is in training to trek Kokoda at the moment!!
Anyway, hope you find the "goat track" as we called it; it really is a great training spot and our group were so glad on many occasions during our trek that we had put in the hours on it.
cheers davidHi JP
just read your post and cant believe that somebody from Adealide hasnt replied.
Our group did the track in June and trained soley in the Adelaide Hills. Waterfall Gully to Mt Lofty is a good start; twice up and down in around 200 minutes.
The "goat track" up Chambers Gully is the closest we found to what you will experience on Kokoda. About 15 minutes up; its narrow, very steep and currently fairly wet. We all were glad on many parts of the track that we had done a lot of work on this track. 3 times up and down or a couple up and then along Long Ridge to Mt Lofty summit and back was a good work out.
But generally, the more hill work you can do the better.
Its all worth it though.
