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The value of nature in your
own backyard
Council, in partnership with Conservation Volunteers
Australia (CVA), organises an annual summer conservation
program from December to March each year.
The aim of the program is to make volunteers aware of the
importance of the natural environment within our urban
reserves and to generate community interest. The program
also helps to promote Council’s local biodiversity assets and
to encourage the community to value urban biodiversity.
More than 30 volunteers have undertaken on-ground works
over a six-day period through the summer conservation
program, during which:
• 270 aquatics were planted at Council’s Magazine Creek
Wetlands to provide habitat for local birds
• About 50 woody weed shrubs of various sizes
were poisoned
• Two trailer loads of rubbish were removed from
the wetlands
• Many reptile specimens were sighted and reported along
Semaphore sand dunes
• Ridley Grove Community Garden biodiversity and
butterfly trail was rejuvenated by spreading 10 tonnes of
mulch for the garden and removing and pruning natives
and
• Partnering with Bird SA to monitor and record migratory
shore birds that travel thousands of kilometres from
the Northern Hemisphere to feed and rest at Council
wetlands.
The annual Volunteer Summer Conservation Program is
always looking for new volunteer recruits. If you would
like to know more about the program or enquire about
volunteering, please contact Craig Hughes on 8405 6028.
Roy Marten Park Master Plan
A master plan is being developed that will guide the future
upgrade of Roy Marten Park on Military Road at Taperoo.
Outerspace Landscape Architects has been engaged
by Council to prepare the master plan, with an initial
community engagement exercise undertaken in February –
March where we asked what people liked about the park
and for suggestions on how it could be improved.
An Information Day will be held at Roy Marten Park on
Sunday 6 April 2014 from 10am to 2pm at which the
community is encouraged to drop by and have a chat to the
design team about options and concepts for the park that
will be on display.
If you are unable to attend the Information Day please visit
Council’s website for more information about the project
and for ways to share your opinion. Contact Tim Noonan on
8405 6736 if you require further information about
the project.
Notification of Streetscape
and Reserve Spraying
Program
Spraying for April
St
reetscape maintenance
:
Walkley Heights, Valley View, Gilles Plains,
Oakden, Hillcrest, Taperoo.
West Reserves:
Mansfield Park, Woodville Gardens, Ferryden Park,
Angle Park, Croydon Park, Devon Park, Dudley
Park, Wingfield, Kilburn, Regency Park, Blair Athol,
Gepps Cross
South Reserves:
Wingfield, Ottoway, Rosewater, Alberton,
Queenstown, Port Adelaide, Glanville, Ethelton,
Semaphore South, Semaphore, Gillman.
Centre Reserves: Greenacres, Northfield,
Northgate, Clearview, Enfield, Gepps Cross, Sefton
Park, Broadview.
General spraying:
School surrounds, pump stations, Caltrop control,
ratepayer’s requests, termite and insects.
Spraying for May
Streetscape maintenance:
Holden Hill, Dernancourt, Windsor Gardens,
Klemzig, Hampstead Gardens, Manningham,
Osborne, Outer Harbor and North Haven
East Reserves:
Hampstead Gardens, Manningham, Klemzig,
Windsor Gardens, Dernancourt, Hillcrest, Oakden,
Gilles Plains, Valley View, Walkley Heights,
Holden Hill
North Reserves:
North Haven, Outer Harbor, Osborne, Taperoo,
Largs North, Largs Bay, Peterhead, Exeter,
Semaphore, Birkenhead.
General spraying:
Ratepayer’s requests, termite and insects.
