Table of Contents:

• Glenthorne NP Bush Care Days
• Glenthorne Community Grassland
• Clean-Up Australia on Upper Field River invite
• Riding for the Disabled Garden
• Glenthorne History Group
• New Young People's Group
• Acknowledgement of Country

This coming Sunday, (5/3/2023) is our first Friends Bushcare Day for March.

The main activities will be Halo slashing of Phylaris around the Rushes, in the Second Reveg area, Hand weeding and seed collecting.

The weather looks quite promising, so you may like to be prepared with sunscreen and a hat, and some brown paper bags for seed collecting.

Please BYO lunch, drinking water, snacks etc. If you are unwell, please do the right thing and stay at home.

We will meet in the Majors Road Ranger Station carpark from 9.45 am, and we will move to the work area at 10am. If you are late, then,  if you do not know where the group will be, you will need to ring one of the following.

Martin: 0403 804 306

Alan:   0411 595 910

Karen:  0479 048 394

Please park in the Ranger Station car park and walk to the site we are working on as described above, look out for people in the high vis vests.  As the park is currently under construction we are trying to minimise the amount of vehicles entering the park, and we do not want general members of the public thinking that they can just drive in too!  If you do not have the capacity to walk that distance, please reply to this email, before Sunday, or Ring the Phone number above, and one of our members transporting equipment will provide you with a lift into the park.

For those of you that need to drive in to bring in equipment for the group, please shut the gate into the park as much as you can and place any orange bollards back in place in order to prevent unwanted vehicles entering the park.  Please adhere to any other signage and bunting relating to the visitor hub construction site, this area is off limits to the public and volunteers, unless permission is given by the Project Officer or Senior Ranger Bec Brown for the specific day and activity.

The suggested items to bring along/wear:

• long pants and sleeves,
• hat, sun-screen
• enclosed shoes or boots
• snacks / lunch
• drinking water

Please remember that we hold Bushcare Days on the first and Third Sundays, second Saturday, of each month, along with each Wednesday morning. All are welcome.

March Bush Care Days are:

• Each Wednesday at 9am
• At Glenthonre NP-IY
  • 1st & 3rd Sunday, 5th & 19th Mar, 10-4pm
  • 2nd Saturday 11th Mar 9-4pm,
• At RDA (Riding for Disabled) : Sat 25th, 9-12pm.

It has been really exciting to have The University of Adelaide Student, Max McQuillan, carry out his PhD project for the next two years, on Glenthorne.

To read more about this, see our webpage, which will give timely updates to this project. What it hopes to achieve, and the steps and progress.

Link: Glenthorne Community Grassland Project

The Friends of Glenthorne have received an invitation from the Upper Field River group, to help them out for a day.  They say:

Dear Friends of Glenthorne National Park,

Join us to help transform Field River in a Clean-Up Australia Day event!

Already our community has contributed to the Field River restoration project through clean-ups, weed control, planting, and other events.

This is your chance to get involved in a clean-up event on Sunday 5 March from 9am-1pm. 

General equipment will be supplied, however you’re encouraged to bring gloves, buckets and bags.

As this is an outdoors event, appropriate clothing and footwear should be worn, and be aware that the event may be postponed due to weather.

Event Info:

Learn more: Field River on Clean Up Australia Website

This clean up event is hosted in partnership by @Green Adelaide, @Greening Australia, @City of Marion and @National Parks and Wildlife Services South Australia 

Links to our media spaces:
Facebook available here: 
Insta here:

Kind Regards, 
Henry Rutherford

The Friends of Glenthonrne has started planting out a Garden at the Riding for Disabled site, on Majors Rd,  opposite Glenthorne.

As you may know, the Riding for Disabled is on land that is part of the Glenthorne National Park, and is leased to them from the SA Government.

The RDA site will also require lots of future work, so if you are interested in helping us there, and building a good relationship with RDA, then we have Bush Care days there starting 9am on the 4th Saturday of each month.

Are you interested in History ?

Did you know that there are many heritage buildings and ruins within Glenthorne National Park -Ityamaiitpinna Yarta, and the surrounding areas? There are stories and artefacts that are part of the land and its uses, which need to be available to visitors to the Park and the wider community.

You are invited to join with others in the formation of

Glenthorne National Park-Ityamaiitpinna Yarta History Group

who could work to:

• Establish a display of the artefacts in existing buildings;
• Organise Open Days with Volunteer Guides;
• . Research various parts of Glenthorne history;
• Create a website;
• Continue with further work interpreting the history to present to visitors.

We would also focus on other areas with heritage values including Hallett Cove and Marino Conservation Parks, and the Field River Valley. This group would be separate from the existing Friends of Glenthorne National Park group whose focus is bushcare.

Depending on interest a public meeting will be convened in the near future.

For further information and to register your interest in participating,

Contact Kath via:

• Mobile 0408622334
• Email: kyrayner@bigpond.net.au

On Saturday 25th February, we had the initial meeting of a young people's group. We met at the Clubrooms of the Australian Plant Society (APS), in Goodwood.

Initially, this group will learn about Australian Plants, and will do workshops to grow them, particularly rare or endangered plant, but also other plants much needed at Glenthorne, as well as other Bushcare sites.

Future activités of the group is yet to be determined, and suggestions are welcome.

It is hoped that this group, Primary and Secondary school age, will be lead by the young people themselves, and involve others as needed.

The next meeting will be held at 11am, at the APS Clubrooms, on the corner of Richards Tce and Railway N Terrace, Wayville. See GoogleMaps

If you would like to know more, or have in mind school-age youg people who would benefit from being involved in this group, then please let us know by replying to this email.

The Friends of Glenthorne acknowledge that Glenthorne National Park - Ityamaiitpinna Yarta is part of the traditional lands of the Kaurna people and respect their elders past, present and emerging.

We appreciate the Kaurna people's innate and deep spiritual connection with the land and waters of Glenthorne and aspire to work alongside them in taking care of this land and community.