News

The Board of the Botan­ic Gar­dens and State Herbar­i­um is pleased to announce the appoint­ment of Michael Har­vey as Direc­tor of this much loved, icon­ic South Aus­tralian institution.

Osprey have been spot­ted in a recent­ly relo­cat­ed nest near Bay of Shoals, on Kan­ga­roo Island.

Infra­struc­ture upgrades have begun to roll out on the Wild South Coast Way on the Hey­sen Trail, with Ade­laide com­pa­ny Har­rold and Kite begin­ning work on two exist­ing camp­sites, Eagle Water­hole in Deep Creek Con­ser­va­tion Park and a Hey­sen Trail camp­site on Crown land adja­cent to Balquhid­der Station.

A unique autumn-flow­er­ing orchid is cur­rent­ly in full bloom at Hale Con­ser­va­tion Park, near Williamstown in the Ade­laide Hills.

South Aus­tralians are one step clos­er to hav­ing more world-class eco-tourism oppor­tu­ni­ties in the Mid North with works start­ing on improved vis­i­tor facil­i­ties and moun­tain bik­ing trails at the $10 mil­lion Remark­able South­ern Flinders Ranges project.