{"id":3696,"date":"2025-07-04T15:07:20","date_gmt":"2025-07-04T05:37:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au\/?page_id=3696"},"modified":"2025-07-25T09:06:33","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T23:36:33","slug":"mt-lofty-summit-redevelopment","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au\/?page_id=3696","title":{"rendered":"Mt Lofty Summit Redevelopment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The Ash Wednesday Bushfire of February 1983 swept over Mount Lofty Summit and destroyed the kiosk (controversial for its ugliness) which had served visitors since 1958. The Flinders Memorial Column survived.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Kiosk in the 1950s<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The Kiosk in the 1970s<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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After the Fire<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

For 14 years thereafter, the Summit was a barren waste of asphalt, occasionally visited by an ice cream van. Nevertheless, because of its panoramic views, the site remained a very popular destination for tourists, with more than 300,000 visitors per year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At last, early in 1997, a redevelopment was completed, with a restaurant cum function centre, a gift shop and information centre, and refurbished surrounds, including much planting, all designed by the noted French-born architect Guy Maron (who also designed the Bicentennial Conservatory in the Adelaide Botanic Gardens).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The 1997 Redevelopment of the Summit precinct<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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A little-known, and piquant, fact is that the redevelopment reduced the height of Mount Lofty by 1.4 metres.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sources<\/em>: Courier<\/em>, 15 January 1997, 30 July 1997; Advertiser<\/em>, 9 January 1997. Images<\/em>: SATC, Venyu<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you have recollections, knowledge or further information that you would like to share about the people, places or events described here, then please contact us at mldhs@mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Ash Wednesday Bushfire of February 1983 swept over Mount Lofty Summit and destroyed the kiosk (controversial for its ugliness) which had served visitors since 1958. The Flinders Memorial Column survived. For 14 years thereafter, the Summit was a barren waste of asphalt, occasionally visited by an ice cream van. Nevertheless, because of its panoramic … Continue reading “Mt Lofty Summit Redevelopment”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"spay_email":""},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/PaNLq6-XC","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2347,"url":"https:\/\/mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au\/?page_id=2347","url_meta":{"origin":3696,"position":0},"title":"Mount Lofty (Crafers Summit) Railway Station","date":"October 8, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Text : Chris Chardon Images: MLDHS and as described THE MOUNT LOFTY RAILWAY STATION The Mount Lofty Railway Station was originally named the Crafers Summit Railway Station. The Act of Parliament, to provide a line of railway from Adelaide to Nairne, was assented to on 30th November 1878. 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