698 Main Road

Chandlers Hill SA 5159

In addition to the special plantings, Dr McCarthy also discovered a rare local plant, the tuberous 'glycine tabacina'. If you are lucky enough, you will see small blue-violet flowers peeking out of a soft bed of delicate green foliage.
As you make your way up on the other side of the valley, when you reach the next ridge, that view opens up again and you can see right over the southern suburbs of Adelaide. The view extends over the water almost to where the famous 'encounter' occurred between the two ships' captains, Englishman Matthew Flinders and Frenchman Nicholas Baudin more than two centuries ago. This timeless view is as beautiful today as it would have been back then.
In 2009 the ABC program, Gardening Australia, did a feature presentation on this garden indicating its special importance with respect to the work done on board the Investigator. Ultimately, the Flinders Investigator Garden achieved its primary objective which was to show in principal what should be celebrated here in South Australia. The Flinders University of South Australia recently planted a companion garden to this Flinders Investigator Garden, planting the same set of trees and shrubs on their main southern Adelaide campus. This garden can now be enjoyed by staff, students and visitors to the University.
It's with pleasure that Dr McCarthy's family release this land holding to the market in the hope that another generation can enjoy the beautiful surrounds of the peaceful Adelaide Hills Face Zone and especially that exquisite view.