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Table of Contents:

• Bushcare Information
• FoG BBQs are back!
• 2025 AGM - Update
• Woodcroft College Welcome
• COOTS Plant Sale
• Bedford BushCare
• COOTS Plant Sale
• Recent Activities Report
• Native Plant Nursery Update
• Turtle Workshop
• Native Orchid Sale
• David Walks Kokoda
• Acknowledgement of Country

Glenthorne is an ideal place to research nature.

"Research is formulised curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose" - Zora Neale Hurston

Did you miss a Newsletter? Catch up on all our previous eNewsletters on this webpage https://www.friendsofglenthorne.org.au/news-letter/

As usual for Bush Care Days, we meet at Carpark One behind the Shearing Shed. (To get there, follow the Park Road down from the Ranger’s Station, then turn right into Carpark 1.)

If you need any help finding us, then please ring one of the following.

Martin:  0403 804 306
Alan:     0411 595 910
Bob:     0419 408 851

Bushcare Events at Glenthorne NP-IY:

• Each Wednesday - 9am to noon.
• 1st  & 2nd Saturday 10-4pm
  3rd Sunday 10-4pm

At RDA (Riding for Disabled) 

• 4th Saturday:   9-12pm  (RDA Front Garden) Volunteers from the Riding For Disabled will be joining us for these Bush Care days at RDA.

Always be mindful of the forecast weather and our Hot Weather Policy.  If the BOM forecasted temperature is 34 degrees or higher, the Bushcare Day is cancelled. See the BOM O'Halloran Hill Forecast Information

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

Bushcare Mailing List

If you want to receive irregular Bushcare Notifications, subscribe to our BushCarers E-Mailing List. To do this, just send an email to BushCarers-Join@FriendsOfGlenthorne.org.au

Bushcare: It’s not Rocket Science, it’s much more difficult than that.

The Rangers were very pleased to report that finally, the BBQs have been repaired, and are working again.

To Celebrate this, the Friends of Glenthorne are launching "The Third Sunday" BushCare & BBQ (TTSBB).  On the Third Sunday in each month, we will start BushCare as normal, at 10am, and then break for lunch to host a BBQ, and possibly a return to enjoying that delicious "Apple and Walnut" offering that some of us were quite partial to.

Also, on the Third Sunday of each month, recent doctorate graduate of Adelaide Uni, will continue his BushCare on his Glenthorne research area, the Community Grassland. Max will start at 9am.  You might like to come early to help him.

There is much to learn about Grasslands, and Max is willing to share his knowledge.

See his Glenthorne Grassland Website at: https://www.glenthornegrassland.com.

The 2025 "Friends of Glenthorne" AGM will be held on Tuesday 9th September, at 7:00pm. 

Please put this in your diary now.

Venue: Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 20 Ragamuffin Drv, Hallett Cove (Right behind the Cove Civic Centre)

This last Wednesday and Friday Woodcroft College students joined our rangers and bird-nerd Alan for a day of Glenthorne history, bird identification and planting in their own gully we now call Woodcroft Gully.

After a talk about the colourful history of our wonderful National Park, Alan and the rangers Angus and Reece, took groups of 6 – 10 students on walks along the creek line and around the Main Dam.

A number of bush birds were seen, including Red-browed Finches, Kookaburras, Adelaide Rosellas and today a pair of Black-shouldered Kites performed a fly past, appearing to fight mid-air.

It was a special sight.

We also saw a number of regular water birds. It was good to see that a pair of Hardhead Ducks had returned to Glenthorne as well as the usual Grey Teal, Pacific Black Ducks and Australasian Grebes.

The Year 11 students were great representatives of their college and will be writing assignments as part of their studies.

Woodcroft Gully will be revegetated by the college students over coming years and older students will help the younger ones learn about our wonderful National Park as they pass up through their years at Woodcroft College.

What a wonderful opportunity for these adults of the future to get in touch with nature and our unique and endangered local wildlife.

Thanks to teachers Ben, Ben, Simon and Susie for organising this long term project and we hope to get to know everyone better as we all work together on this important project.

Other schools should contact the Glenthorne rangers if they are interested in being involved in such long term projects.

On each First Sunday of the Month, the Australian Plant Society - COOTS(*) group host a Plant Sale at their Clubrooms in Goodwood.

Where: 1 Minute Walk North from the Goodwood Railway Station.  21a Richards Tce. Goodwood. (East/Hills Side)

When: 12 noon to 3.00pm.

There will be knowledgeable environmentalists attending so if you have any questions about native plants, birds, insects and other such matters, please come along and have a chat with the COOTS team.

The Glenthorne History book will also be on sale for just $35. Cash and credit card facilities available.

* COOTS = Conservation Of Our Threatened Species.

The Friends of Glenthorne are very pleased to partner with Bedford, who provide employment and experiences to people who have limited ability.

Each month a group from Bedford attend our Wednesday BushCare session to help us care for Glenthorne National Park.

If you would like to know more about Bedford, then visit their website at https://www.bedfordgroup.com.au/about-us

The past month has been rather busy.

• Spraying Phylaris in Area 4 (Whistlers Gully) and Area 9.5 (Rare Sedge Area).
• Olive Removal in Area 4
• Weeding around the Munitions Hut plantings.
• Direct Seeding around the Queen's Pod
• Mowing the Phalaris in Zone 4 (Whistlers Gully) ready for spraying
• Planting to extend pod 11 in Zone 3 and pod 27 in Zone 4.

On 26th June, Alan met with the DIT folk who are working on our Nursery.  A Development Application is yet to be submitted, and final details to that Plan are being done. (Decisions like where the power points, windows, access doors, etc should be located)

With the typical timing needed for this process, and anticipating a month to build, once approval has been granted, we are really hoping that the nursery will be completed by the end of October this year.

Prof Mike Thompson and Sylvia Clarke (Senior Project Officer - Citizen Science and Community Engagement Project Manager – TURTLE Project) are inviting everyone (project partners, breeders, landholders, community enthusiasts, fox-proof fencers, citizen scientists, teachers, students, detection dog trainers, ….) to a workshop to share knowledge and ideas on Tuesday September 16th in Murray Bridge and get us all ready for the upcoming spring/summer SA turtle season.

If you would like to attend, please reply to this email, and we will send you more information

The Native Orchid Society of SA are having their annual Spring Sale.

When: Sat 6th September, 2025, 10am-4pm
Where: Marion-Warradale Uniting Church Hall, Township Rd, Marion.

There is a $2 entry fee.

You are invited to a Paella, Wine and Jazz evening in support of Men's Mental Health, hosted by David Speirs and Friends, who are planning to Walk the Kokoda Track.

It will be held in the Brand New Marino Community Hall, which is 1 minute's walk from the Marino Railway Station, or 44 Newland Avenue , Marino.

If you would like to go, then please book your seat on this link at https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1439311

The Friends of Glenthorne acknowledge that Glenthorne National Park - Ityamaiitpinna Yarta is part of the traditional lands of the Kaurna people and we respect them and appreciate their innate and spiritual connection with the land and waters of Glenthorne.

We aspire to work alongside them in taking care of this land and community to restore Glenthorne to be once again, a healthy native habitat.