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Depart­ment for Envi­ron­ment and Water staff involved in the Katara­p­ko Flood­plain Inun­da­tion Mea­sures Project had cause for cel­e­bra­tion recent­ly, tak­ing out a pres­ti­gious South Aus­tralian award.

South Australia’s vol­un­teer park ranger pro­gram reached a sig­nif­i­cant mile­stone today with the appoint­ment of the 100^th vol­un­teer ranger since the pro­gram start­ed in Sep­tem­ber 2019.

Wild­flow­ers are in full bloom in the Flinders Ranges, with recent rain­fall and spring weath­er mak­ing now the per­fect time to view the region’s most spec­tac­u­lar blossoms.

Two recent cas­es of vehi­cles becom­ing stuck on a track that had been closed by flood­ing have prompt­ed a reminder for trav­ellers to check for road clo­sures before dri­ving between Innam­inc­ka and Adelaide.

To entice fam­i­lies to adven­ture local­ly and sup­port recov­ery efforts on Kan­ga­roo Island, kids can now enjoy free access to Flinders Chase Nation­al Park and Seal Bay’s pop­u­lar board­walk tour.