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Table of Contents:

• 2025 AGM - Information
• Bushcare Information
• FoG BBQs are back!
• Deep Listening to Nature - Andrew Skeoch
• COOTS Plant Sale
• Tours of Glenthorne
• Turtle Workshop
• Native Orchid Sale
• Enfield Horticulture Spring Show
• 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/

The 2025 "Friends of Glenthorne" AGM will be held next Tuesday 9th September, at 7:00pm. Please put this date in your diary.

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

Notification was officially issued to members on the 2nd of August 2025 in our monthly E-Newsletter.

All are welcome. Voting is restricted to financial members only.

Membership fees can be paid on the night. $10.00 Individual Membership or $20.00 Family Membership. Card or Cash facilities will be available.

After the usual welcome to visitors, apologies, acknowledgement of country and acceptance of the 2023 and 2024 AGM minutes, we look forward to our guest speaker, Professor Mike Gardner.

Professor Mike Gardner has up until recently been Professor of Biodiversity and Ecology at Flinders University and retains links with the South Australian Museum. His research was aimed at investigating the maintenance of genetic diversity in natural populations and he is well known for his work on Australian lizards, in particular the Pygmy Bluetongue Lizard (Tiliqua adelaidensis). Mike and his team have worked on translocating this species to mitigate the effects of climate change which threatens to wipe out existing populations in the Burra region as the climate warms.

We look forward to Professor Gardner’s talk and its relevance to the work currently being undertaken to restore habitat at the Glenthorne National Park – Ityamaiitpinna Yarta.

After the committee elections, the AGM will conclude with a light Supper.

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.

Come along to an amazing evening of sound, with Andrew Skeoch.

Date: Wednesday 8 October 2025

Venue: Theatre, Charles Hawker Centre, Waite Campus, Waite Road, Urrbrae.

Time: 7.00 pm – 9.30 pm

Andrew Skeoch, an acoustic ecologist, who has spent the last 30 years travelling the world documenting and recording the sounds of nature, and whose book ‘Deep Listening to Nature’, is accompanied by a soundtrack of over 270 vibrant nature recordings allowing listeners to immerse themselves in wild soundscapes from around the globe, will be re-visiting Adelaide in October this year, as part of the Nature Festival SA, to deliver another of his truly inspiring talks.

More details will be emailed to you soon.

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.

David Speirs is still offering Tours of Glenthorne, covering the Past, Present, and Future of the Park.

David would love to see you.

To register for a tour, either:

• Click this link , or
• Point your phone camera to the QR Code below, and then go to the Webpage that the QR code identifies.

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 register for this event at:  https://events.humanitix.com/sa-turtle-workshop

(There will be a smaller, alternative workshop held at Berri on Saturday afternoon 20th September. Reply to this email if you would prefer to attend this workshop instead)

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.

Enfield Horticultural Society Inc. Spring Show 2025

• Saturday 20th September, 12.00pm to 4.00pm
• Sunday 21st September, 11.00am to 3.30pm

Displays of rare plants, floral art, produce and more

Plant sale, trading table and refreshments available

Klemzig Community Hall 242 North East Road (Enter from Wellington St)

Admission $4.00

Enquiries Phone Secretary 0435241671

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.