Eagle On The Hill, South Australia
Eagle On The Hill is an unbounded locality in the Australian state of South Australia located in the suburb of Crafers West on the western face of the Adelaide Hills overlooking the Adelaide metropolitan area.
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Eagle On The Hill is directly above the tunnel entrance, with the old road winding round from Devils Elbow | |||||||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 34°58′41″S 138°40′20″E | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1850 | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Adelaide Hills Council | ||||||||||||||
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The village is located on Mount Barker Road, which was formerly the connection from Adelaide to the South Eastern Freeway. Once the freeway was extended through the Heysen Tunnels in 2000, through the ridge underneath Eagle On The Hill, the locality went into a precipitous decline. It is now a relic of its former self; its restaurant, hotel, bottle shop and service stations have all closed, leaving behind a quiet suburb with a small resident population. Eagle On The Hill is now a very popular spot for downhill speedboarders who travel down the road at speeds close to 65 kilometres per hour.