|  Taking your vehicle to Magnetic Hill is one of those things that you must do if you want to experience something that is just a little bit different from anything else. Park your car on the side of the hill and watch it roll UPHILL!! Magnetic Hill was formerly known as Bruff's Hill, a name which originated from 35-year- old James Bruff, of Willunga, settling on Section 206, Head of Black Rock Plain, in 1897. Murray Catford, a former farmer of Tarcowie/Bully-Acre, tells the tale of an acquaintance who, in the 1930s, had acquired his first motor car. He was driving in the vicinity of Bruff's Hill and happened to get a puncture right on the section of the road now know as Magnetic Hill. He did the right thing - put a stone in front of one of the wheels before jacking up the vehicle - only to have it roll uphill.
Here's how to get there…... Take the road from Peterborough to Orroroo. Around 25 km from Peterborough you will come to a T-Junction - left to Jamestown and right to Orroroo. Turn left and travel approximately 1km, when you will cross over a railway crossing. Around 400 metres from that crossing and on the right-hand side of the road, there is a gravel road with a sign 'Magnetic Hill 8 km'. Just follow the signs. When you get to Magnetic Hill park alongside the sign (it evens works from down near the creek), put your vehicle into neutral gear, and watch it roll uphill.
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