George Adams, Stile Guru

We’d like to acknowledge and thank George Adams, who is the designer of the fence stiles which are installed around the Clare Valley, at last count there were 80 of them.

George, originally a Scottish Plumber, is a legend of the South Australian Walking Community.

In addition to his great work with the Lavender Federation Trail and The South Australian Recreation Trails Inc (SARTI), some years ago George put his design skills to work and came up with a remarkable fence stile, but not just any stile, a stile ideally suited to the rugged, often rocky and dry South Australian conditions, his simple and practical design was easy to install, sturdy, easy to use and most will still be in use when the rest of us are long gone. The design was so successful that they have been produced in their hundreds and can be found along the length of the Lavender Trail from Murray Bridge to Clare.

SARTI were keen supporters of to CVWWT from day 1 and provided invaluable advice, George was on the SARTI committee and provided us with our first shipment of fence stiles.

We of course then blatantly copied the “George Stile” and had the Clare Mens Shed produce another 80 of them.

We are immensely grateful to George for not only sharing his crafty design and fabrication skills, but also for the great work he’s done over the years to build and promote SA walking trails.

In recognition of his great work George was awarded the Long Standing Contribution/Distinctive Service Award by Walking SA in 2018.

We are unaware of any awards received for stile design, which is a travesty!