Table of Contents:

• Glenthorne NP Bush Care Days
• City of Marion - Weed Workshop
• Acknowledgement of Country & Voice

This Saturday, (7/10/2023) is the Second Saturday Friends Bushcare Day for October.

Weeding and Mulching will be the main tasks.

Other tasks include:

• Small Olives along creek-line & around dam need to be plucked.  We now also have a Tree-Popper, to tackle the larger Olive seedlings, for any willing volunteers.  Raking Olive seeds under existing, dead trees, drill-n-fill.

Please wear appropriate clothing, and BYO lunch, drinking water, snacks etc.

Please note that from now we will now meet for all our Glenthorne Bushcare events at Carpark No 1.

This is the carpark behind (to the west of) the main machinery shed and Shearing Shed.

To get there, follow the Park Road down from the Ranger’s Station, along the main water-course, and at the first intersection take a right hand turn into Carpark 1.

There is always ample parking available at our agreed meeting time.

If you are unwell, please do the right thing and stay at home.

We will move out to the work areas after Sign-In. 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 remember that we hold Bushcare Days on the first and third Sundays, second Saturday, of each month, and on each Wednesday morning. All are welcome.

October Bush Care Days are:

• Each Wednesday at 9am
• At Glenthonre NP-IY
  • 1st & 3rd Sunday, 1st & 15th October, 10-4pm
  • 2nd Saturday 7th October 10-4pm,
• At RDA (Riding for Disabled) : Sat 28th October, 9-12pm.

Memberships are now due.

• Individual Membership (1 year)  $10
• Family Membership (1-year)       $20

Direct Debit Bank Account Details

Account Name: Friends of Glenthorne Inc.

BSB: 015209

Acct No: 198 876 197

Cheques can be forwarded to:
Friends of Glenthorne

c/- 77 Adams Rd,
Trott Park, 5158

The AGM last Wednesday was a wonderful event, where many stayed afterwards talking, meeting new people, and discussing the presentation of our guest speakers, Angus and Sam.  The Friends Work Plan is a comprehensive document that will guide our work on the park for some time.

The outcome of the elections are:

• President - Martin Schumacher
• Vice-President - Alan Burns
• Secretary - Vacant
• Treasurer - Karen Peake
• Extra Members: Laima Kosiol, Bob Kirby, David Vinall, Margaret Wheadon, Judy Clarke.

In the City of Marion volunteer survey late last year, many respondents mentioned wanting more training on weeds, so here is one opportunity to increase your skills and knowledge in identifying them.

For workshop details and to book a place, please visit this link: Weeds workshop for conservation volunteers Tickets, Thu 21/09/2023 at 9:30 am | Eventbrite

The City of Marion "Living Smarties", with support from Sustainable Communities SA, are running a program called Love Our Local Trees to celebrate the great things about trees in our streets, private gardens and parks. They are hoping that residents who love a tree in their local area can share why they love their tree in a short survey by 31^st August (link below).

Their stories will be shared in the Nature Festival Tree Celebration event (Saturday, 14 October 2023, 11 am – 2 pm).

To find out more info and to access the survey go to Love Our Local Trees | Sustainable Communities SA

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.

The Friends of Glenthorne are very keen to spend time with our First Nations people, to work with and together to care for Glenthorne, to try to restore Glenthorne to what this land used to be, and in our way to contribute to closing the Gap that exists for so many of our First Nations people.  In a few weeks, we all are given the right to direct our Government in this by voting in the Referendum for a Constitutional Recognition of a Voice for First Nations.

We hope you consider your choice carefully and read well the cases for "Yes" and "No" to this Voice.  You can read these cases in a pamphlet, available at the URL below, on the Australian Electoral Commission's website.

Yes/No case pamphlet - Australian Electoral Commission (aec.gov.au).

There are now also key lobby groups that are promoting their views on this referendum question.

See the bottom of the Cases Pamphlet for Yes/No for further information, or:

• For the “Yes Vote” See https://www.yes23.com.au/ and see their case points for their view. On their website menu “Why Yes?"
  
  
• For the :No” Vote, ‘Australians for Unity’. It is a merger of two groups, Recognise a Better Way (https://www.recogniseabetterway.org.au/) and Fair Australia (https://www.fairaustralia.com.au/).  See their case points for their view on the “Fair Australia" website, "Why Support No”. 
  
  
• Many of our nation’s churches have direct involvement with our First Nations peoples, and their views may also be helpful to you, since they have shared both the successes and set backs of helping to “Close the Gap"
  On the website for the "National Council of Churches in Australia”  https://www.ncca.org.au is the section "Churches on a Voice to Parliament” which has links to the statements from the various churches.