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Cudlee Creek Adelaide, South Australia
Established:	1838
Postcode:	5232
Location:	30 km from Adelaide
LGA:	Adelaide Hills Council
State District:	Kavel
Federal Division:	Mayo
Suburbs around Cudlee Creek Chain of Ponds Gumeracha Paracombe Cudlee Creek Castambul Lobethal

Cudlee Creek (34°50′27″S, 138°49′42″E; postcode 5232) is a small town near Adelaide, South Australia. It is located in the Adelaide Hills Council local government area.

Contents 1 History 1.1 Kaurna Aborigines 1.2 European settlement 2 Geography 3 Facilities 4 Transport 5 See also 6 References 7 External links

Main article: Kaurna

The Kaurna people (pronounced "Garner" or "Gowna") people were the Indigenous inhabitants of the Adelaide region, numbering approximately 650 in 1842. Few traces exist of the Kaurna people today, other than in some place names. ^[1]

The name Cudlee Creek is probably derived from Aboriginal Kaurna or possibly Peramangk language meaning the Dingo's Creek.

The first European inhabitants of Cudlee Creek settled in 1838, when William Kelly, from the Isle Of Man, came to the area and established the Sulby Glen estate. A district history states that Sulby Glen was "...well-known for cheese-making. Quite a lot of wheat was grown; fruit trees were planted and a lot of potatoes marketed." It became a significant exporter of apples and pears, and a cold store built in 1922 for a fruitgrowers' cooperative is the most prominent building in the town. ^{[2] [3]}

Cudlee Creek is located south of Chain of Ponds on the road out of Adelaide via Athelstone (Gorge Road). The ABS 2001 census records 486 people living in 189 dwellings.^[4]

Cudlee Creek has a primary school (Millbrook), caravan park, golf course and a Country Fire Station.

Points of interest:

• the largest privately owned animal park in Australia (opened 1965)
• an old icecreamery now converted to a restaurant (opened 1890)

Cudlee Creek Conservation Park on the River Torrens, located near the Gorge Road-Lobethal Road intersection, is home to a variety of birds and marsupials who live in the stringybark, red gum, blue gum and manna gum woodlands on quite steep terrain. It was proclaimed in 1971 and contains no visitor facilities or amenities.^[5]

The Fox Creek mountain bike trails in the Mount Crawford forest south of the town. There are 2km-3km downhill tracks plus an 8km cross-country track.^[6]

Gorge Road and Lobethal Road run through the suburb.

The area is not serviced by Adelaide public transport. A coach is operated from Tea Tree Plaza Interchange to Gumeracha and Mount Pleasant by Affordable Coachlines. ^[7]

• Adelaide Hills Council

1. ^ Northeast Facts and Figures. Accessed 15 June 2006.
2. ^ Adelaide Hills Council - Historical Town Information Accessed 15 June 2006
3. ^ Gumeracha history centre - Cudlee Creek Accessed 15 June 2006
4. ^ [1] ABS Census 2001 - Postal Area (5232)
5. ^ Department of Environment and Heritage - Cudlee Creek
6. ^ South Australian Trails - Adventure Accessed 15 June 2006
7. ^ Timetable Accessed 15 June 2006

Coordinates: -34.841° 138.828°

• Maps and aerial photos
  • Street map from Street Directory, MSN Maps and Multimap.
  • Satellite image from Google Maps, WikiMapia and Terraserver.

Towns and Localities of the Adelaide Hills Council

Aldgate | Ashton | Balhannah | Basket Range | Birdwood | Bradbury | Bridgewater | Carey Gully | Castambul | Chain of Ponds | Charleston | Cherryville | Crafers West | Crafers | Cudlee Creek | Dorset Vale | Eagle on the Hill | Forest Range | Forreston | Gumeracha | Heathfield | Houghton | Inglewood | Inverbrackie | Ironbank | Kersbrook | Lenswood | Lobethal | Longwood | Marble Hill | Montacute | Mount Lofty | Mount Torrens | Mylor | Norton Summit | Oakbank | Paracombe | Piccadilly | Scott Creek | Stirling | Summertown | Upper Hermitage | Upper Sturt | Uraidla | Verdun | Woodside