CONTENTS The Profiles The District Council of Mallala, Dublin Parklands Dublin Mallala, of Council District Jeanneret,JeanneretWines,Sevenhill Carissa and Ben MargoTreloar,and Lachlan Mid Willson,Mandy and David Hagerstrom,Kay and Robert AndyandKate Gilfillan, Kangaroo W.R.W.G.,& Nosworthy,M.E. Eatts, L.H. & A.A. Coombs, Grace and Brian WangaryLake Range, T.B.Marble & Puckridge, C.S. Broad,G.J. Eyre Introduction North Peninsula Wiltoo Island – , Lake WangaryLake , Curtinye Yorke CreekBay Pepperwood e m e h c S t n e m e e r g A e g a t i r e H n a i l a r t s u A h t u o S TimberCreek , Kimba , Trefold Peninsula Kiroka Lake Hamilton Lake , Antechamber, Bay , Minlaton , , Flour Cask Bay Cask Flour , , Yeelanna, , McGillivray , , Sheringa , 17–19 14–16 9–13 2–8 Mount Future Ltd, WinesPty Southcorp Sturt Upper School, Primary Sturt Upper Australia South Trustof National Ltd Pty Conservation Bushland Park Bushland Lobethal Council, Hills Adelaide Other Mundulla TanyaTimFlat, and Swedes Milne, McLaren,VerneJean and Gaden, Joan and Michael South Stasinowsky,Mantung D.N. & L.E. Evans, M.J. & J.L. Eckert, John Day,Kay and Doug Murray Willing,Gwen Richardand Verrall,Jan and Leigh Lush, B.J. & L.C. A.H., MargaretAndrewand Black, East landholders Directions Lofty Mallee Nappyalla Ranges Spearlands Meranwyney Glenara , Langhorne CreekLanghorne , Mount Scrub Mount Graythwaite Markaranka V.McLarenReserve Minnawarra Muntiri , Mantung , , Hermitage , , Lameroo, , Waitpinga, , Milang , , Lowan ValeLowan , , Taylorville, , Myponga , , Blackford, 20–25 45 35–44 31–34 26–30 Printed on Spicers Monza satin paper, 50% recycled, chlorine free. chlorine recycled, paper,50% satin Monza Spicers on Printed text.the acknowledgedin are sources Design).Photographic (Icarus Robertson David and Associates) & Slee (Denys Slee Denys (PIRSA), Heritage);LynDohle and for Environment (Department KeithHaywood,PayneKylieAndrew Moritz, Bryan and West Advisers Morony,Management Bush Chris and Wickham,Darryl Elspeth management), Young,Johns, Maria LyndallGoulding, Dendy,Harris, profiled;(project Tim Colin are Collins who Neil owners Agreement acknowledged:gratefully Heritage is publicationthe this of preparation the in followingpersons the of assistance The Acknowledgements: Peninsula.foreground),Eyre the (in Park Conservation Rudall adjoining Agreement Heritage (opposite) ForestRange. at (cover)PaleGroundsel Photographs: 5 1045 7590 0 ISBN August2002 – 16908 FIS acknowledged.is source the provided permission written without reproduced maybe publication this in Material 2002: Heritage, and forEnvironment Department © Australia.South of Government the or Department the of views the reflect necessarily not do publication this expressedin views The Heritage. and Environment for Department and ParksWildlifeSA, National by Published DEH NPWSA, Communications,Publicby Design Jocelyn Thomas and Bishop Geoffreyby Prepared 2002 1980– Scheme Agreement AustralianHeritage South The Experience Agreement Heritage The HERITAGEBUSHLAND (Senecio hypoleucus)(Senecio in a Heritage Agreement Heritage a in supports are: supports Council the that directions future the of Some words. their by shown clearly is bushland their in have participants that pride the and achieved been has deal great a Agreements, Heritage of years twenty-one of celebration this from seen be can As 1980s. early the in back was it as now program the to committed as just is VegetationCouncil Native The states: Council, the of currentChair the Dunn, Peter AgreementScheme. Heritage the of ideals the S Directions Future • • • • • • Greater regional ownership of the scheme the of ownership regional Greater indigenous landholders in the scheme the in landholders indigenous and pastoral of involvement Increased landholders to support providing organisations non-government and Government of range A bushland their managing about landholders for information Improved landholders with co-operation in developed Agreements, Heritage for plans Management areas conservation priority high for Targetedincentives and agreements groups management land regional through has put over 80% of its funding into supporting into funding its of 80% over put has VegetationNative Council the inception, its ince is to become even better.even become to is scheme great a if essential are booklet, this in profiled those as such landholders, Dedicated landscape. our across conservation biodiversity for decades future in critical being as Agreements Heritage sees VegetationCouncil Native The • • Improved taxation arrangements and other and arrangements taxation Improved efforts. conservation their support better to needed is what determining in involvement greater have will owners Agreement Heritage conservation biodiversity long-term to commit who landholders for incentives

G C Bishop at Myponga at fungus Coral (Ramaria sp.) (Ramaria in Stringybark forest Stringybark in 45

FUTURE DIRECTIONS scheme and is very much a ‘people’samuch very isschemeand story’. bookletThiscelebrates twenty-onethe yearsof otheroverseas.statesand programtheaspectsof adopted beenhavein bushlandbut schemeconservedunder–the there– areindividual1266 now areas of well-supportedSouthAustralianby landholders beenit hasconservation onlyAustralia.Not in programpioneered formal‘off-park’ T twenty-oneyear.this innovativeThis HeritageheAgreement Schemeturns government,theirstory.telltootheyand organisations,businesses, schoolslocaland includingconservationcommunityand othervarietyparticipants,ofascheme has additionindividualInto landholders, the theirfamilies.andthem involvedtheirbushlandwhatandmeansto becametheywhyand how of storytells the cross-sectionA participatingof landholders

P J Green/DEH Minister for Environment and Conservation and Environment for Minister years. anothertwenty-oneinowners theirstorytell otherfocusHeritagewhentheAgreementbe optionsagreementfor areas.wellmayThis togetherdevelopinnovativeto management characterlandscape.Weourof work to need nativevegetationofconservingthe in and habitatareas, linksbetweenasremnant blocks HeritageAgreement areas are importantas landholders. State,volunteerthepartsofsome support for complementedmanagementby grantsinand, provisionfencingpracticalandofnow advice is landholdersmanagetheirThebushland.to importantmorebut resources areassisting now stillbushlandismuchThispossible. asas protecttoInitiallywas aimyears. the the changedschemehastheoverfocusof The John Hill MP Hill John  FOREWORD INTRODUCTION  of one of the earliest Heritage Agreements Heritage earliest the of one of owners George, Mount Lewis, Betty and Bob Clearance during 1974–76 and reported to the reportedto and 1974–76 during Clearance Vegetationon InterdepartmentalCommittee an by conducted was Australia South in vegetation native of status the reviewinto A State. Australian other any as extent greatan cleared,as been had settlement Europeanof time the at Australia South regionof agricultural the occurredin that vegetation native the of 75% over 1970s, mid the By Beginnings decades. two first its in much achieved has programand natureconservation innovative remainsan It bushland. hectaresof 802 protecting561 agreements1266 with scheme, the in participating landholders 1000 about Therearenow Australia. for first a was land, privately-owned on bushland conserves which scheme, The AgreementScheme. T action, much of the remaining vegetation would remainingvegetation the of much action, Withoutsuch clearance. land of rate restrainthe to needed was urgentaction that suggested June, following the releasedpublicly was which Australia, South report,Vegetationin The Clearance 1976. October Environmentin the for Minister involvement in South Australia’sSouth in Heritage involvement landowner of years twenty-one marks year his

G C Bishop The South Australian Heritage Agreement Scheme 1980–2002 Scheme Agreement Heritage Australian South The Experience Agreement HERITAGE:Heritage BUSHLAND The that parts of the State had less than 10% native 10% than less had State the of parts that revealedIt species. native of loss continued and landscape impoverished an to clearedleading be legal agreement called a Heritage Agreementover Heritage a agreementcalled legal a into enter would landowner the scheme, the offeredunder assistance other and incentives the returnfor In unclearedstate’. an in vegetation native retainappropriateareasof to landholders encourage ‘to available made be should incentives that reportwas the recommendationin One Yorkeand (6.4%). (4%) Peninsula Ranges Lofty Mount (8.2%), Mallee Murray (5.1%), East South remaining,namely cover vegetation

Brock’s) Heritage Agreement at Forest Range Forest at Agreement Brock’s)Heritage Groundsel Pale G C Bishop of eighteen public meetings was held in country country in held was meetings public eighteen of series A late’. too is beforeit on acted ‘be would measuresthe that hope expressedthe editorial lead its in 1977 June 6 on Advertiser Adelaide The clearance. land on ban a as interpretedit who others by stronglycriticised and community the of sectors some by applauded reportwas The parks. national of domain purelythe remainnot could) (and should natureconservation that acrossAustralia growingmovement a also was Thereprotection. or management long-term no or little with ownership private in wereheld vegetation native largeareasof but State), the of 4% (approximatelyreserves WildlifeService and Park National 180 in bushland hectaresof threemillion conserved had Australia South 1970s, mid the By supplieswerewidely talkedyetabout.not salinisationdecliningtheandgroundwaterquality of biodiversityIssuesassuchleases.many loss, soil nativevegetationof remained requirementa of productiveclearancetheandbush the of farmsout theirlivesclearingcarved hadofsomescrub and prosperity.partgoodfarmers Manyspenta had increasingmeansof a asmanyviewed State’sbythe regionssomein developmentlandand still was community.clearanceLandstilloccurringwas difficultruralthesectorsaissue forwas of it ways significanta wasThisrecommendation somein and VegetationClearance. on Committee Advisory an of establishment the recommendedalso It protectedbushland. the (Senecio hypoleucus) (Senecio on Filsell’s (formerly on the then Manager,ProjectsProjectsthen Section, the Harris, Colin Wales).As South (New Australia Trustof National the Directorof Deputy the then Waleswas South who fromNew lawyer a James, Peter proposedby Agreementscheme Heritage a on based agreementwas the structureof The 000. $260 at estimated was scheme the of cost annual The investigated. was scheme the for mechanism legal a and incentives financial the of cost the assess to Government the wereretainedby report’sConsultants received. proposalswerealso the on submissions Public recommendations. its reportand the discuss to Australia South of Graziers & Farmers United the and Parliament of Members local of support the areaswith conservation park. conservation a of part now is area Agreement Heritage This Kimba. near Bluff Caralue byoldcommon lawterminology andprecedents. newalegal agreement that would notbeconstrained thispurpose. TheHeritage Agreement wasseen as beinappropriate anddifficult instruments tousefor covenantsandeasements which heconsidered to itgotaway from thecommon lawmechanisms of PeterJames’ approach wasgroundbreaking inthat approach’.this of usefulness and importance the saw clearly he that believe I proposedscheme. the of supporter stronga was he and 1979–82 Tonkinof Government the in EnvironmentMinister Wottonthe ‘David was perpetuity.in conservation areafor protectthe agreementto binding legally a enteredinto they provisothat the on landowners to incentives offer to was aim The clearance. land controlsover at looking werenot we stage this ‘At vegetation. native protectionof the to applied be could scheme his how reporton to Adelaide to broughthim we proposingand was Wehe what wereimpressedheritage. by natural or built protecteither to used be could agreementthat legal a devised had James ‘Peter recalls:Committee, Interdepartmentalthe of Chair Environment,and the for Department Division, Assessments and on the land title, its biodiversity values werevalues biodiversity its title, land the on registeredwas and landowner the remainedwith land the of ownership the instance, For model. Zealand New the to ways some in similar was Australia South in adopted property.scheme The their on vegetation protectnative to Covenant Space Open an for apply could landowners scheme, this Under land. private forestson remnantnative country’sprotectthat to 1977 in Parliament of Act an by established was latter The Trust. National Zealand’sII New Elizabeth and Queen Trust VictoriaConservation The included Models land. private on items protectheritage to overseas and interstate taken initiatives investigated Department the model, James’ fromPeter Apart State’. this in concepts law common use to trying in faced have would we difficulties the overcameand Peter’sthis did hands. model change propertywereto the if place remainin would it is, that – land the to attached be could agreementthat ‘Wean needed model: James’ Peter Timliked areawell’. the knew so Committee, Interdepartmentalthe to Secretary final the been Timhad Cabinet. presentedto was that material preparingthe in proposaland the developing in work scenes the behind the of lot a did Dendy ‘Timsays, Harris Colin Cabinet. by accepted was AgreementsintroduceHeritage proposalto The

G C Bishop  INTRODUCTION Hundreds of applications or expressions of interest DEH were received. The next step was for the bushland to be assessed for its suitability for inclusion in the scheme by biologists from the Department for the Environment and, if considered suitable, the application would go to the Native Vegetation Advisory Committee for approval. Although a large number of landowners expressed interest in the new scheme, not all finalised an agreement. Some did not want the legal restrictions on what they could do with their land and went on to preserve their INTRODUCTION bushland at their own cost.

Mount Lofty Daisy (Olearia grandiflora) G C Bishop A Heritage Agreement is a legal agreement between a landowner and Marble Range has been protected by ten Heritage Agreements since 1988. the Government to conserve and manage native vegetation in perpetuity. The

agreement does not affect the ownership safeguarded, and the owners could apply to the Government for management assistance. of the land although it is registered on the land’s Certificate of Title. Subsequent The scheme is launched owners are also bound by the agreement. The Heritage Agreement Scheme was introduced When an agreement is placed over as an amendment to the South Australian Heritage Act, 1978, gazetted on 18 December 1980. The an area of bushland, it indicates that scheme was launched with a slogan of ‘Now it the main purpose of that land is the pays you to protect native vegetation on your land’. Landowners who entered into an agreement were conservation of native animals and eligible for Local Government rate remissions and plants. There is no right of public access could apply for a grant to cover the cost of fencing and some management activities. Colin Harris to Heritage Areas without the consent of recalls that $20 000 was budgeted to promote the the landowner. scheme in what was ‘a well-coordinated promotion  to the community’. Jerichos submitted their application for a Heritage committed to fund incentive payments. The areas Agreement in December 1980. Sam Jericho’s of bushland ranged in size from two hectares to approach to land management was ahead of its over 1000 hectares and applications came from all time and was based on the premise that ‘farmers … agricultural regions of the State. are not owners of the land they occupy to do with as they please but [are] merely stewards during In spite of the early support for the scheme, it was their generation and that posterity also has a right not successful in slowing the rate of land clearance. to a stable and tree landscaped environment and As Rudall farmer Sam Jericho observed, ‘… the habitat’. voluntary nature of the legislation only succeeded in In the south-east of the State, Verne McLaren obtaining areas held by dedicated conservationists conserved 400 hectares of bushland in the 1950s. and the scrub clearing in general proceeded at INTRODUCTION He could ‘foresee the time when only a small area an even greater pace’. Notices of intent to clear of bushland will remain, because by law there is no native vegetation to the Soils Branch, Department limit to the amount one can develop’. of Agriculture and Fisheries were followed up P J Green He considered that this land was ‘far too valuable in Sam and Lorna Jericho its natural state to be cleared’.

Further measures The scheme received support from both farmers and the main farmer’s organisation, the United Farmers In the first two years of the scheme, 450 & Graziers Association of South Australia (later the landowners registered interest in a Heritage United Farmers and Stockowners Association of Agreement, 170 applications covering a total of South Australia). Landowners such as: Kieran and 15 000 hectares were approved and $450 000 was Brendan Fitzgerald, Kimba; John and Les Evans, Mantung; John and Margaret Smyth, Salter Springs; Sam and Lorna Jericho, Rudall; Kelvin Ashman, The Heritage Agreement Scheme fencing program – supported financially Kapinnie; Bob and Betty Lewis, Bridgewater; Peter by the Native Vegetation Council and the Natural Heritage Trust – is an and Margaret Dormer, Longwood; Robert and Jenny important part of providing protection for covenanted bushland Henzell, Uraidla; Brendan Lay, Harrogate; Rex and Kathleen Caudle, Delamere; Verne and Jean McLaren, Kingston; Geoff and Cynthia Clothier, Lucindale, John and Shirley Eckert, Langhorne Creek and Garry and Darryl Wickham/DEH Maureen Wallis, Parndana, to name but some of the earliest applicants for Heritage Agreements and have remained strong supporters over the years.

Kieran Fitzgerald approached the Department in February 1978 seeking assistance to identify areas that should be retained as part of his land clearing operations. This was given and his later land clearance was based on this survey. The  but resulted in few Heritage Agreements. On 12 Native Vegetation Council moved to a policy of not May 1983, regulations under the South Australian approving broadscale vegetation clearance. Planning Act, 1982 were introduced to control the clearance of native vegetation. A large number of agreements were finalised during the late 1980s and this resulted in quite long delays Under these controls landowners were required to in finalising some agreements. The process was not obtain planning approval to clear native vegetation. without its frustrations for all parties concerned but Aspects of the controls were contested in court as one landowner said, ‘If you gave up, you wouldn’t and a Legislative Council Select Committee into be a primary producer, would you?’ vegetation clearance was convened. One of the outcomes of the review was that, from November In 1994 there were 850 finalised agreements INTRODUCTION 1985, financial assistance was paid under the protecting about 411 000 hectares of bushland. Native Vegetation Management Act, 1985 to The largest Heritage Area covered 10 000 hectares Early morning, Smith’s Heritage Agreement, landowners whose applications to clear native near Montacute but across the State areas varied greatly in size. vegetation were refused. An average size in the Mount Lofty Ranges was 5-10 hectares while in the mallee country of western At first the Government was opposed to paying Eyre Peninsula, the average size was about 400 financial assistance to landowners. Colin ‘The UFS sent a proposal to the Government for hectares and some areas exceeded 5000 hectares. Harris says that ‘… the Government of the day discussion. The silence was deafening. Serious had two main reasons for holding firm against discussions about compensation only got underway The scheme has been a major investment in the compensation, the first being the potential cost, after the Select Committee reported’. future of South Australia. It owes much to the and the second being the precedent it would set strong support of the then Minister and Deputy in relation to other planning issues and decisions’. The 1985 Act was reviewed after nine months of Premier, Dr Don Hopgood, and the bi-partisan However, a proposal from the United Farmers & operation and the process for paying financial desire on the part of the major stakeholders Graziers Association’s Assistant General Secretary, assistance was made less complex. With to achieve a positive outcome for biodiversity Denys Slee, to tie the payment of ‘compensation’ to compensation being paid to landowners, the conservation. Over $68 million in financial a Heritage Agreement helped to resolve the impasse on the issue. Payments were to be made provided the land was placed under a Heritage Agreement. Les Evans has been Denys recalls that ‘… the UFS decided they should observing and Les Evans send me overseas to see if I could locate any photographing information which might help break what was Malleefowl at Spearlands, Mantung becoming a protracted and bitter impasse between for over 25 years the farming community, government and to some degree, the conservation movement. I investigated the ‘set aside’ payment scheme used in the United Kingdom to provide for the protection of sites of scientific interest and felt that such an approach could be used here to compensate affected landowners’.  Certainly it has experienced some difficulties, but difficulties, some experienced has it Certainly well. time of test the stood has scheme the think ‘I 1980? in administeredback first he scheme the see Harris Colin does how years, twenty-one after And measure’. conservation pioneering astonishingly an been have to seen be can hindsight, of perspective the with measure….theScheme, new this trying of step bold the took which Government the to new was it rememberedthat be too must It new. something into wereventuring they that sense the in pioneers wereAgreement]Scheme [Heritage the join to first werethe who women and men ‘The 1995, in Resources,observed Natural Environmentand the for Minister Wotton,then David the As future. the in land degraded rehabilitate to have to than bushland remnant retain to effective more far is it as investment long-term effective an this considered Government The refusal. clearance land following Agreement Heritage a into entered who landowners 750 to paid was assistance Sedan of east WallisAgreement, Elliot’son Heritage and vegetation Mallee then, it was a truly novel concept which got away got which concept novel truly a was it then, and useful’. and relevantstill is concept The beyond. and Australia throughoutSouth well-known is scheme ‘The natureconservation. approachto novel remainsa groundbreakingand initiative a was It land. private on protectingheritage to approacheslegal older of constraints fromthe Eatts’ and Haskett’s Heritage Agreements, Curtinye Hill, near Kimba near Hill, Curtinye Agreements, Haskett’sHeritage and Eatts’

G C Bishop the abandonment of the city plan for the area.the for plan city the of abandonment the following Monarto at sold land the of protectsome to wereused Scientific) and Agreements(Aesthetic Heritage Monarto. propertiesat included also agreementsearly The agreements). (two Evans L.L. and J.L and Fitzgerald, K.S. Ltd, Pty Family Caudle Rex namely 1981, June in werefinalised AgreementsHeritage four first The werereceived. applications which orderin same the necessarily not was that and title land registeredthe on werethey which orderin the werenumberedin AgreementsAreascreated?’ Heritage first the owns ‘Who asked, often is question The Agreements Heritage first The fire’.and regardweeds with to areas,particular conserved of management long-term the about concerns have I and individuals some hardshipto undue caused programthe of aspects ‘… that says However,he interstate. schemes than moresuccessful been has AgreementprogramHeritage the that considers but years ten about retentionprogramfor vegetation the with directlyinvolved been not has Slee Denys

G C Bishop  INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION  Agreement, near TumbyBay near Agreement, imbricata Acacia invasion to the bad areas’.bad the to invasion weed least areasof fromthe working control– weed approachto Robertson Enid – Bradley the use we part most the For left. bushland native no have will we weeds feral attack don’t we ‘If bushland. our threatto major the as weeds sees Bob 1999. until capacity that in served and 1992 in Park GeorgeConservation Mount of Friends the presidentof inaugural the was Bob Inc. Parks of Friends and SA Foundation Naturewith involvement throughtheir and propertyown their on both conservation bushland with association long a had have Lewis’ The Park. GeorgeConservation Mount of Friends the of member fellow a to balance the sold eventually they and Park GeorgeConservation Mount into incorporation for Australia WildlifeSouth and Parks National by bought later was land their of Part home. Lewis’ the to adjacent bushland comprised and 1981 during finalised agreementwas Their Agreements. Heritage first very the of one of owners werethe Hills Adelaide the in Bridgewater George,near Mount of Lewis Betty and Bob , an endemic species, Butler’sHeritage species, endemic an ,

G C Bishop Waitpinga near Agreement, Lush’sHeritage Creek, Coolawang bytheOnkaparinga Water Catchment Management theWater Catchment Management Levy that isgiven managementhasbeen recognised bytherebate in TheScheme’s contribution tonatural resource Trust. NativeVegetation Council andthe Natural Heritage managementprograms have been funded bythe managementworks. TheScheme’s fencing and assistinglandowners toundertake planning and AgreementGrants Scheme hasbeen significant in movedtothe management ofbushland. The Heritage received.Thefocus oftheprogram hasnow largely Agreementsandnew applications continue tobe Aftertwenty-one years, there are now1266 Heritage

G C Bishop early and morerecentparticipants. and early areas,and heritage of producers,clusters primary non- producersand areas, primary bushland small largeand of owners include profilesand the to variety give to selected been have participants The groupsandlocal government. ConservationPtyLtd), businesses, community BushlandConservation PtyLtd and Habitat Australia,Natural History Society ofSouth Australia, Australia,Field Naturalists’ Association ofSouth andheritage groups (notably National Trust ofSouth otherparticipants including schools, conservation individuallandowners, thescheme hasattracted thevariety that exists within thescheme. Apart from organisationswith Heritage Agreements toillustrate beenfeatured, along withselection a ofother eachoftheState’s sixagricultural regions have allworthy ofbeing profiled. Landowners from stronglysupported bymany committed landowners, bookletwasnot aneasy task.The scheme is SelectingHeritage Area owners toprofile inthis Profiles The thepresent time.’ Bonaparte,‘History ishowweinterpret thefacts at interpretation,soletthe final words gotoNapoleon beeninachieving itsaims. Any history isopen to willbeleft todetermine howsuccessful ithas Theprogram remains innovative andthe future individuals. private to areason the beforeselling buys it bushland of protectareasAgreementprocessto Heritage the use to is SA NatureFoundation revolvingfund. a of establishment the directionis new Another Agreement. Boardforbushland protected Heritagebya Geoffrey C. Bishop C. Geoffrey of Coffin Bay.Coffin of north the to landscape flat otherwise the dominates range The EyrePeninsula. southern on hills of M Range Marble of side western the on Area Riley’sHeritage Peninsula Eyre the families that live near this imposing range imposing this near live that families the of lives the of part important an is Range arble C.S & T.B.& C.S Puckridge, G.J. Broad, G.J.

DEH plants and birds’.and plants the at looking thereand walking enjoy still I me. for place important an been always has It well. it know to got and kids as lot a range the ‘Weup went is. it beautiful how think and day each range the at look still can area,Colin the with familiarity his of spite In 1921. in range the of side eastern the on bought father his that propertythe on life his all lived has Puckridge Colin area.important protectthis to efforts their combined who Frenchfamilies and Riley Puckridge, Broad,the by owned bushland hectaresof 1600 about of total a Agreementscovering Heritage Thereareten 1988. Agreementssince Heritage protectedby been has Range Marble of Most level. sea metresabove 493 to rises peak highest The plains. alluvial and fans footslopes, sloping gently with hills quartzite steep comprises range The Marble Range Marble Wiltoo , Lake Wangary Lake , , Lake Wangary Lake ,

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Marble Range Marble Agreement, Puckridge’sHeritage – contrast striking A Colin Puckridge species of which 34 are known to breed in the area.the breedin to areknown 34 which of species bird116 and significance), conservation national have (eight taxa plant 339 associations, plant 12 recorded survey The preservation. for priority A-1 areaan the gave 1979 in Australia South of Society NatureConservation the by survey A significant. biologically and geologically both is Range Marble Agreement.Heritage under bushland hectaresof 813 have Puckridges The

G C Bishop Colin Puckridge and Patsy and Puckridge Colin  A combined effort to protect the bush Eyre Peninsula G C Bishop G C Bishop Geoff Broad, Wiltoo, Lake Wangary

The Broads see bushland management and farming The late Rollo Riley applied for a Heritage as going ‘hand in hand’. Agreement in 1981. A series of meetings was held over the next few years at Peter Broad’s home and ‘We need to have a plan for what we are doing on the landowners discussed protecting the whole of our farms, it shouldn’t just be random projects. G C Bishop the range. One of my priorities is to protect the bush and Above left: This outlying hill is being linked via a corridor replant areas to help prevent salinity’. Geoff to the main range. Above: Marble Range from Kellidie Geoff Broad says of his late father who was a strong is working on a project started by his father to Bay Conservation Park. Below: Section of Marble Range supporter of the Heritage Agreement concept: revegetate sixty hectares to link an outlying hill to owned by Gary and Shirley Riley. ‘Peter had been planting trees on the farm since his the range. 20s and the Heritage Agreement scheme appealed to him as a way to protect the bush on our part of Colin and Trevor Puckridge have a similar approach The other Marble Range Heritage Agreements are the range. to their land management. ‘We have always tried to G.J. & S. Riley (342, 395, 482), S.W. & S.M. Riley (674),

A combined effort to protect the bush work with the local wildlife. When the range was J.B & M.J. French (422, 694) and F.J. Puckridge (427). ‘He was keen to see this important area protected being fenced, we did it so that the ‘roos could get but remain in private ownership. This was through the fence’. significant as access to the range is through our farming country. We had always allowed people ‘ We need to have a plan for what we are doing on our onto the range and still do’. farms, it shouldn’t just be random projects.’ A bonus from the scheme has been funding support to fence the area as ‘it was a real problem to get straying sheep down off the range’. G C Bishop Geoff says that the natural regeneration of sheoaks has been remarkable. ‘There are trees of all sizes; some are over three metres tall and there are young ones everywhere’. 10 difference’, said Grace. difference’,said the all made face to face them with plans our discuss to able being think ‘I Adelaide. in meeting their attended Brian Vegetationand Native Council the to went application clearance Coombs The compromise’.a negotiated we and out, turned it as wasn’t, ‘It Brian. said us!’ that’sfor end the thought, ‘I found. was species rareplant a until well regardingwent regrowth.Department All the the with negotiated Coombs the Workand ceased clearance’. illegal for us on notice serve to about door our at enforcementofficer law a had we thing regrowth‘Wenext chaining and continued farm. viable a it make to enough clear to able be not would we if as looked it now and faith good in land the Webought had controlswereannounced. the crosswhen mighty was I 1983. May in vegetation native of clearance the introducedcontrolson Government the warning, without ‘Then, story: the up takes Brian scrub. the clearing of job long the began propertyand the for plans their out worked They time. that clearedat propertywas hectare962 the hectaresYeelanna.of 100 of Only kilometresnorth-west twenty-five block, scrub a virtually was what property.bought farming They own their develop to decided Coombs the 1979 In Yeelanna.of Coombs Grace and Brian with case the much very T Peninsula Eyre development plans of many farmers. This was This farmers. many of plans development the controlsdisrupted clearance vegetation he Brian and Grace Coombs, Grace and Brian are coming to know more of the birds we see there’. see we birds the of more know to coming are and scrub our in spots We’vefavourite some place. got the on scrub some have to good is it ‘... Coombs: Brian property.that on lives now Kenny’son bushland heritage other adjoins it Agreementand Heritage hectaresunder 240 have now family Coombs The reached’.was parties both to compromiseacceptable a and case their state to wereable parties both meeting the ‘At Koolidie Station Koolidie Pepperwood . Their son Timson Their . Heritage Agreement373 Heritage , Yeelanna,

Graham Carpenter/DEH replantingprojects moremuch successful baitingwideprogram calicivirusand ourmade have reductionbig district-rabbitnumbersina thanks to rabbitsprettywasbyeatenoffthem A annoying. plantsestablished hard,’was ‘Having Brian.says salt-tolerantplantedhavetothem ‘Getting species. saltyswampyareasand exclude theystocktoand property.theirhomeon fencedhaveTheyoff ‘greenahave alsotheythatCoombssayThe touch’ there’.see birdswe the moreof know to coming areand scrub our in spots favourite some got We’ve place. the on scrub some have to good is it and country the for good been has ‘It scheme. the regrettedinto not going have they that says Brian

G C Bishop Brian and Grace Coombs Grace and Brian ’. 11

Negotiating bushland conservation 12 Strong support for heritage conservation Thelma and Austen Eatts Austen and Thelma control over access.’ controlover retainedwe and is it as preserved be would it us, to realcost no Therewas needs. our suited it and advertised was AgreementScheme Heritage The lifetimes. our beyond protectit to reserve public a made it have to Council Kimba approachthe to We planned it. groups wereusing local of lots and hill the of base the at developed been had groundpicnic A hill. protectthe to way a find to ‘We relatesregardingwanted Hill: Lindsay Curtinye decades. many for district Kimba the projectsin heritage built and conservation naturein active been have Molly,they and Thelma wives, Withtheir scheme. the under Hill Curtinye hectaresof 175 protecttheir to applied 1982 in and AgreementScheme Heritage the of supporters wereearly Eatts Lindsay and Austen kilometresaway.many fromvisible plainly is and surroundingcountry the metresabove 110 rises Kimba, of south-east C time to visit was after rain to see if the rockycreeksthe if see to rain after was visit to time favourite A friends. and family therewith picnics Lindsay.‘Wesaid had hill’, often the on up time of lot a spent has family the years the ‘Over 1912. since Kimba at farming been have family Eatts The quartzitic hill, which is twenty kilometrestwenty is which hill, quartzitic massive The landmark. local a is Hill urtinye

G C Bishop Heritage Agreements 113, 610 Agreements113, Heritage Eatts, L.H. & A.A. quandong treeswere.’quandong good the whereall knew we kids As wereflowing. this bush should help with this.’ with help should bush this problems;protectingsalinity some has country ‘This Austen. said fence’, erectedthe we and materials providedthe Department The protectit. to incentive added an was costs fencing of payment The it. clearing intend didn’t we and scrub interestingmallee is - it call we as ‘Moores– Park. Conservation Gilles Lake near ha 200 Agreementover Heritage separate a have Eatts Thelma and Austen recorded.been have species bird46 and species plant native 136 and types differentvegetation eight supports Hill Curtinye 1986.’ December agreementin the Wesigned process. eventually the help didn’t staff of continuity of lack the – happen would nothing and Department the with wanted we what ‘WeLindsay.discuss said would complete’, to ages agreementtook ‘The Eatts. the as time same the Agreementat Heritage a under Hill Curtinye of part their family,put Haskett the neighbours, Eatts The from the south the from seen as Hill, Curtinye Curtinye , Kimba , Eyre Peninsula Eyre Lindsay, Kate and Molly Eatts Molly Lindsay,and Kate original vegetation of this area was like.’ areawas this of vegetation original the what know will they and futuregenerations for vegetation native some conserved have we that ‘It’sbut, such, moreas directbenefit little therewas that say Thelma and Austen overall, scheme the Of this.’ like bush areasof conserve areto we if critical is areasoff Fencing problem. a of bit a still areturnip wild and introducedgrasses ‘although Austen, really’,said well quite back come has ‘It regenerate.would it how see to werekeen Lindsay and Austen and years many for grazed been areahad The protected. been also has woodland pine native areaAnother,of smaller

G C Bishop G C Bishop G C Bishop Bill Nosworthy and his son Bill son his and Nosworthy Bill night. a pairs 100 of catches had trappers rabbits; bareby eaten was country ‘The says, Nosworthy Bill As rabbits. of thousands and sheep 800 just hectarepropertycarried 8000 year, the Hamilton at farming been have family Nosworthy The 1981. in back made Agreementapplication Heritage a O Peninsula Eyre regeneration projects resulted incidentally fromregenerationprojectsresultedincidentally EyrePeninsula’snatural of successful ne most , south of Elliston, since 1945. In that In 1945. since Elliston, of south , Lake W.G.,W.R.& M.E. Nosworthy, received assistance to renew some of the fences. the of renewsome to receivedassistance also They controls. clearance the Agreementunder Heritage a for apply to decided they croppingbut clearedfor been have could block this of Some scrub. mallee hectaresof 980 Agreementover Heritage a for applied they year following The Award1990. Ibis in an by recognisedwas work conservation Nosworthys’ The processeverytwenty-five tothirty years treeandshrub cover, wereally need torepeat this alloftheold trees have nowdied. To maintain the ofthem. Asithasturned out, ourtiming wasgood as aftercouplea ofyears there were literally thousands Wethought wemight getfewasheoaks back but reduceourstock numbers todoit,but itworked. ‘ years. five for hectarepaddock 1200 froma sheep excluded Nosworthys deterred,the be to Not scheme. the of intent the of outside was it consideredthat but do proposedto they what Vegetationsupported Native Authority The revegetationplan. their support might AgreementScheme Heritage the that felt and country this restoreof to some keen Maureenwereand Bill grasses. native coveredby plains limestone open stark disappearedleaving virtually had woodland sheoak dense once The years’. 80 in level lowest the to numbers reducedrabbit 1959 in myxomatosis of onset The Itwasanexpensive exercise’, says Bill.‘We hadto eastern side of Lake Hamilton Lake of side eastern the on regeneration sheoak Prolific Lake Hamilton Lake Heritage Agreements 651, 690 Agreements651, Heritage ’. , Sheringa ,

G C Bishop beforenow, they will survive into thefuture’. thatas‘the Malleefowl have notbeen wiped out significantissue on ofMalleefowl. Foxes and rabbits are nolonger a Oneofthehighlights oftheir bush isthepresence properties.neighbouring areason heritage other by together arelinked Sivior’sBill blocks bought property.two they The when bushland heritage hectaresof 770 additional purchasedan have Nosworthys the then, Since replacing!’need did probablyand then by condition prettypoor in was fencing old year 110 ‘The commented, wryly Bill As

G C Bishop Maureen and Bill Nosworthy Bill and Maureen LakeHamilton andBill considers 13

Restoring a landscape 14 Seeing bush as an investment Matilda. daughter,elder their with Gilfillan Kate and Andy protected’, said Andy.protected’,said areathe see to werekeen they as 1983 in back AgreementHeritage a for parentsapplied ‘My off. fenced being areasarealso Bushland types. soil propertyaccordingto refencingthe areprogressivelyGilfillans the course, management propertya Following Western in Australia. propertiespastoral on stint a after 1982 in farm the on Shylie, and parents,Ian his joined Andy badly.blown have clearedand weredunes Sand types. regardsoil no to with pattern grid a on up weredrawn Paddocks cleared. Andy’sin over-when, was view,40s it and 1930s the cleared,until not was it of most 1840s, the frompropertydates the Although ago. years fifty Gilfillan’sAndy purchasedgrandfather Peninsula. Dudley of coast north the on remaininglargeblocks few the of one is It T tracking through it. The benefit of excluding stock excluding of benefit The throughit. tracking sheep had and unfenced all nearly was block The incentive. added an was grant fencing ‘The mallee. KI dense tall, areasof creeklinesand numerousridges, the on sheoak areahas ‘The hectares of bushland near Antechamber Bay. Antechamber near bushland hectaresof family’s51 Gilfillan Areacovers he Heritage CreekBay

G C Bishop Heritage Agreement100 Heritage Gilfillan, Kate and Andy

View toward Antechamber Bay Antechamber toward View time. that recognisedat generally not was frombushland replacing. The whole area is now fenced with a with fenced now areais whole The replacing. needed fencing the that decided Department the when ago years few a until outcome the interestin realno Therewas could. we as much as fenced and materials into money ‘Wethe relates: put Andy As fencing. for $5000 werepaid Gilfillans the Initially wereremoved’.sheep the greatlysince improvedhas vegetation the of condition ‘The Creek Bay Creek , Antechamber Bay Antechamber , Kangaroo Island Kangaroo experienceandgreat coastal views withfarm a stay ‘Italso hastourism potential, combining busha Andy.property’,said the restof the greatwindbreakfor a forms it and salinity avoiding in investment an be to has size this areaof ‘An greatasset. a bush their consider Kate and Andy blasted’. be to had post-holes the of Some crossed. be to wherecreeklineshad and rockyareasthe especially prettytesting, country the of some found contractor The fence. good ’.

Craig Whisson/DEH G C Bishop reasons’, said Bob. reasons’,said erosionsoil clearedfor be not should areasthat wereidentifying we – view of point conservation naturefroma scrub ‘Wethe at weren’tlooking Westthe Coast. on bush of blocks surveying was he 1959 during and 1956 Agriculturein of Department the with started he relatesthat Bob AgreementScheme. Heritage the protectedunder farm their of 17% some have and River American of south Hagerstromfarm Kay and Bob department. the careerwith his during management bushland F Island Kangaroo Bob Hagerstrom saw some big changes in changes big some Hagerstromsaw Bob Agricultureagronomistof Department ormer Robert and Kay Hagerstrom, Kay and Robert Kangaroo Island Kangaroo WoollyRiceflower tall’, said Bob. said tall’, metreseight to treesareseven some – it on Mallee Narrow-leavedKangarooIsland magnificent some has it hectaresand seventeen is largestblock ‘The listed. areasheritage eight have now and 1987 Agreementin Heritage a under blocks these of some put to applied They went. they as bush of areasleaving allowed, finances as it developed They time!’ the affordat could we what was ‘It says, Bob as besides, and landscape, undulating gently the of look the liked They 1974. in scrub of HagerstromspurchasedThe meaning’. new whole a on taken has conservation ‘On-farm remains.what protectcleared,or was that vegetation the of some replaceto trying arenow farmers circleand full come has it years forty than less In land. farming clearedfor being large areaswerestill time, this ‘At ciliata Olearia var. (Pimelea octophylla) (Pimelea squamifolia Kiroka occurs only on only occurs Kiroka as 325 hectares325 as Heritage Agreement271 Heritage , Flour Cask Bay Cask Flour ,

G C Bishop and there is always something in flower’. in something always thereis and wildflowers of backyardfull big a have we garden- a plant to need the felt ‘never have they home, surroundstheir bush hectaresof fifteen as that observes Kay bush. their Hagerstromsenjoy The roadsides’.nearby and farm fromour both removingweeds in arevigilant We issue. significant ‘Weedsa arenot bush. their problemsin management relativelyfew have They areas.limestone the fencing task easy an not was it that observes wryly Bob themselves. bush their Hagerstromsfenced The old’. years hundredsof be must which yaccas huge some areahas special ‘Another

G C Bishop Robert and Kay Hagerstrom Kay and Robert 15

Wildflowers in the backyard 16 Learning from experience David Willson David David has always had an interestanalwaysDavidhadhas protecting in viability’. long-term our about concerned was he time the At it. preserving in point the see could father my but argumentsfollowed few A cleared. be shouldn’t it that decided I then ‘Weand says, rechainedit David left. and chained been Areahad Heritage their now is What pastureswerepoor.the and stumps yaccas, by coveredwas it roughlycleared– been propertyhad whole the time, the At Willson’s 1969. in father D will not survive’, says David. says survive’, not will fencelines along strips remnantsand small of ‘Lots sustainablelong-term.bethe goingtonotin is what determinepracticaliswhatconservation versus KangarooIsland’s difficultstillfindsitbutbushto Creek Willson’sMandy and avid property, , at McGillivray was bought by David by bought was McGillivray at , Timber

G C Bishop Heritage Agreements 235, 906 Agreements235, Heritage Willson, Mandy and David in a single block, but that didn’t happen. didn’t that but block, single a in bush areaof same the left have to better far been have would it perspective, conservation ‘Froma possible’, said David. said possible’, tasks these of some made certainly has costs fencing with ‘Assistance remnants. bushland watercoursesand local protectingof importance the highlighting in important been TimberCreekLandcareGrouphas the with harder.involvement His becoming is tasks non-essential do to funds and time the finding that says David farmers, many with As protected’.and off areasarefenced The survival. of guarantee a give They preserving. worth consider I Agreementsprotectsomething Heritage ‘Our property.home the on is other the Ayliffe,and purchasedfromJohn was and Haines at is block hectarehectaresrespectively.169 91 The and 169 Agreements,of Heritage two Willsonshave The gone?’ it wherehas ask resources.to Wenatural starting our arenow arelosing we and quickly very changed all has ‘It said. he dying’, remnanttreesarenow these of many matter,as does it that shown ‘Timehas matter.reallydidn’t it so wildlife the aroundfor scrub of lots therewas but understorey didn’t the – treessurvived the that saw graziers early The far. very back go didn’t experience Our KI. on clearance land for days early werestill 1950s ‘The TimberCreek , McGillivray , Kangaroo Island Kangaroo Program. Biologist Neville Forde and students from Parndana Area School Area Parndana from students and Forde Neville Biologist Program. Bushcare the of part important an been have days field In-the-bush learnt to date. to learnt have we than bush our managing about know don’t we morethat much still thereis that suspects David good’. not is sort this of impact Continued throughthem. been have camels of mob a if as look blocks some resultthat the with scrub areaof less on morekangaroosconcentrated ‘Wehave now issue. an arealso Kangaroonumbers track’. the down further lot the lose could we time, to fromtime sections burn don’t we if and firepattern original the Weeliminated have managed. be to needs It nothing. do areaand an up ‘Welock just can’t kangaroos. of largenumbers by done being damage the and firedevastating a of impact potential the about concerns has David Willsons. the to concern prime a is bush their of values habitat Protectingthe

G C Bishop Ross Ford, Commonwealth Development Bank Development Commonwealth Ford, Ross Awardjudge Ibis Treloarwith Lachlan and Kent flowers, will still be there waiting to be seen’. be to therewaiting be still will flowers, native and nests eagles’ as such things, some that means bush areasof two these ‘Conserving aroundus. things observed still we about, mucking werejust we if even and scrub, the in time of lot a spend to used Wetoday. of kids the by seen be won’t kids as saw we greatthings the all electronicdistractions, other and ‘WithTV Agreementblocks. Heritage two his of TreloarLachlan says scrub,’ the of use good a is ‘It Yorke– Peninsula North Mid

P J Green/DEH couldbeobtained. Time isalways problema forus ‘Ithink itwould happen faster ifBridal Creeper rust helpHeritageofa Agreement grant’, said Locky. Creeperisprogressively being controlled with the Agreementgrant money. ‘Boxthorn andBridal completelyfenced, thecost covered byHeritage and Block(known1 asTheScrub) contains broombush them. to down handed was that farm family the up built have YorkeThey on Minlaton Peninsula. near enterprise farming MargoTreloarmixed and a Locky run tree around the swamp. The bush is very slowly very is bush The swamp. treearoundthe tea- with eucalypts mallee broombushand of example regrow.good to a it is Todayblock the left again they rolledbut was It decision. earlier Treloarsthe reconsidertheir caused to 1970s mid- the in prices land High again. grewup bush the and left areaYorkewas The of Peninsula. areasmany featuresalinity,in a rising of because croppingpropositiongood producea not did but 1961 in chained was bush The swamp. a and swale dune clay over regeneratingsand a is Back’, the Treloars‘Out the as which referto 2, Block Eucalyptusporosa Lachlan and Margo Treloar,Margo and Lachlan . Itisonly .now being Trefold Heritage Agreement824 Heritage , Minlaton ,

Jocelyn Thomas ’. the world does’. world the restof the regardlesswhat in, of believe you what Youdo to it. need conserve to worthwhile is it think simply,‘I is bushland their Locky’son observation provide.always naturewill which sights new and strange see Treloarsto the chance a gives and friends, and family the for spots picnic walking, go to place providesa scrub heritage The experience’. valuable ‘a found he awardswhich the for regionaljudge a be to on went Locky 1990. in wereregionalawardwinners and times of number a AwardsIbis enteredthe Kent and he and years, 15 Boardfor Yorke Conservation the Soil on Peninsula served He years. the over practices management land promotingsound in active been has Lachlan botanist. fromthe summary the was value’ conservation high ‘Exceptionally basis. state a rareon is that species one and Yorkerarefor as arerated Peninsula that taxa twenty to list rareplant increasedthe blocks two Margo’sand Locky of survey recentbotanical a and Treloarthe on recordedpropertiesbirdspecies 140 has Kent areas. property.areimportant These his on conserved woodland sheoak a has Kent, YorkeLocky’snorthern and Peninsula. brother, central Agreementson Heritage many Therearenot species. new recordingstill is cropped areasand encroachingon

Jocelyn Thomas Lachlan and Margo TreloarMargo and Lachlan 17

Worthwhile to conserve 18 Striking a balance Ben and Carissa Jeanneret Carissa and Ben ‘The cellar door setting is a big bonus for us, but us, for bonus big a is setting door cellar ‘The night’. every park the throughup and block throughthe walking enjoys ‘Mum Ben. says wooded’, heavily propertyis ‘The setting. beautiful gardenarboretum,a the Agreementareaand Heritage the to close is ClareValleymain thoroughfares. the winery The fromaway distance short just a JeanneretWinesis remainingbushland. little Agreementsand Heritage few regionof a areain conservation important an is it Hills, Skilly the Clarein of south-east Situated property.the on business JeanneretWinesthe up built have Carissa, partner Jeanneret’shis Pat and as Ben, generation son, thirda is it that say might one fact, In Agreement. Heritage generation second considereda be could This 1986. in purchasedit they Agreementwhen H management because while there is access to access thereis while because management currentkangarooin conflict a sees Ben vineyard’.the problemfor big treesarekangaroos,a birdsand the property at Sevenhill was under Heritage under was Sevenhill propertyat Jeanneretfamily’sthe hectare of thirty alf

Jocelyn Thomas Heritage Agreement111 Heritage Sevenhill Wines, Jeanneret Jeanneret, Carissa and Ben Mid North – Yorke– Peninsula North Mid see more community ownership of the conservation conservation the of ownership morecommunity see to like would He means. alternative kangaroosby deterring in help little thereis permits, culling Heritage Agreement a few years ago. years few Agreementa Heritage macorryncha) (Eucalyptus woodland rareBrownStringybark the Three acres of Carissa. said same,’ the do will them after those and owners next surethe Agreementmakes Heritage the and block our grazed clearedor have ‘Wenever would areenvironmentallyawareand perpetuity. in value conservation the keeping of importance the sees Carissa propertyvalue, and fencing access, of problemsits Agreementbrings Heritage the While does. he morethan understand who people by particularly bushland, requiredtheir management for associated and value were included in the in wereincluded spreading. propertyarethe bought beforethey wereplanted arboretumthat the in species the of some and moredeveloped, become ClareHills the as issue an moreof become will weeds that Jeanneretsfeel The years. the over bushland Jeanneret’scontrolin weed some out carried has Park’s group’Conservation ‘friends the of member A here. found plants the of few a but name to it, in sundews orchidsand wattles, daviesias, grasses, of diversity a understoreyhas The Park. Conservation Gully Spring adjoins almost and woodland, grassy gum blue is block heritage The part of the remnant native vegetation in our Council our in vegetation remnantnative the of part is and 1992 protectedsince been areahas ‘This you. tell readyto very is Mallala, of Council District the of Planner Mueller,understorey’,District Henri Plains Adelaide of examples best the of one be to it believe ‘I understorey. reasonablyintact a has still and settlement of years many survived has Parklands Dublin The west. and north the to these beyond parklands and blocks town out set neatly aroundthe terraces A Yorke– Peninsula North Mid of William Light, the township of Dublin has Dublin of township the WilliamLight, of style the in planning town of example good a s

Eucalyptus gracilis - E. socialis E. - gracilis Eucalyptus Graham Carpenter/DEH from the Adelaide community’, said Henri. said community’, Adelaide fromthe attitude better a get and image improveour to want We this. change to work of lot a do to have will we and shake hardto is that label a is It unfairly. ‘degraded’, as labelled been areahas whole ‘This area’sthe of attractions beaches. the mangrovesand samphireand the countryside, the of people’svalues the appreciationof enhance to parklands the of edge one centreat interpretivean and Dublin to entrances the for design urban an aredeveloping community Dublin the and Council this. change to hopes Council the Wakefieldbut Port Road on north travelling when Dublin past straight drive people Many level. local or state regardedrareat as arespecies five and rating conservation national a has species recordedOne area.been fromthe have species native four sixty of total A species. bulb orchidand grass, of diversity rich a over layer ( Bush) oleosa socialis E. phenax, E. dumosa, Eucalyptus - scatteredeucalypts of consist parklands The this’. developing to way some go may plan management completed recentlya ‘but Henri, said goal’, common a found yet haven’t bodies two ‘These Club. Community Dublin the and GreeningCommittee Mallala the by managed is and fenced reasonablywell is extent, in hectarestwenty-one is which Parklands, Dublin The gulf’. the to important very is areawhich significant a is This samphire. coastal hectaresof 8000 Wehave also extend. and preserve to intend we areawhich District Council of Mallala, Dublin Parklands Dublin Mallala, of Council District - with Nitre Bush and Geijera (or Sheep (or Geijera and NitreBush with - Geijera linearifolia Geijera open scrub with intact understorey intact with scrub open ) dominating the shrub the dominating ) Heritage Agreement687 Heritage and E. treat their ‘backfence’ ’. ‘backfence’ treattheir they how backyardand their in resourcehave they preciousthe of understanding and ownership community’sthe developing of question the is this with ‘Hand-in-hand solution? another find they can or sacrificed, vegetation native the and developed be should terraces the whether of dilemma the with faced is council population, increasingtown the with that says Henri biodiversity. of wealth area and maintained been not have town the of ‘terraces’ external the that is issue paradoxical A control.their in aid should this and patches distinct in only occur species weed the of Many Boxthorn. African and Daisy Creeper,Bridal include Calomba Problemweeds invasion. weed sourceof a is track bike developed a and parklands the problemin areanother Bikes extended. main water the have to taken being is action parklands, the of integrity threatensthe this As supply. water town’sfromthe poly-pipe a laying problemby this far,solved so have, landowners and supply water a have not do blocks However,quickly.the very sold recentlyand sale releasedfor was parklands the of areaoutside The revolvearoundaccess. mostly Agreementparklands Heritage the in Issues

Jocelyn Thomas Henri Mueller, Mallala District Council District Mueller,Mallala Henri 19

Protecting Dublin’s parklands 20 Restoring a valuable remnant Andrew and Margaret Black Margaret and Andrew just in the parks system’. parks the in just not landscape, areasthroughoutthe bushland of preservation the upon depend would conservation it, put head departmental one Andrew.as ‘And, said Parks’, National of management purchaseor the for funding increasein any be to going wasn’t ‘There 1980s. early the apparentin becoming was conservation off-park of importance The Margie.explained propertyowners’, as ourselves saw originally we that view,not of point practical froma conservation about something do should Wewe felt Association]. Ornithological Australian [South SAOA the with involvement his ‘Andrew’sgrewfrom conservation habitat interestin 2001. to 1985 fromCouncil) Vegetation(later Native Authority the of member a was and respectedornithologist highly a is AndrewBlack Dr natureconservation. with association long a had have Blacks The requireseffectively commitment. it manage discovered,to have MargieBlack Andrewand rewardsas its but has block bushland a Having ended up with a place in between’. in place a with up ended we out, turned Andrew.it said ‘As commitments’, professionalmy for away far too was Mallee Murray the and expensive weretoo Peninsula Fleurieu on areasbig but land some buying ‘Weabout talked

G C Bishop Heritage Agreement347 Heritage Black, Margaret and Andrew was for sale and did we know anyone who would who anyone know we did and sale for was Yelland’sthat say to ‘phoned (now Scrub Creek]Langhorne [of Eckert John 1988 July ‘In the right thing and try not to make assumptions’. make to not try and thing right the aredoing you whether question to need constantly you but, years the over lots ‘Welearnt have Margie.said to’, used we areasas other many as visit to time the get Welonger no you! help to others ask easily can you it’sthat and something work not of lot a is propertya Managing values. retainits to decade past the over time of amount huge a in ‘Weput have with’. dealt be to - rabbits and – weeds grassy various boxthorns, olives, scatteredTherewerealso ground. the carpeting often it, Creeperunder Bridal treehad every virtually season next – time the at prettynaive werewe and course, summer,of was ‘It Margie. said seen’, be Creeperto Bridal little very was therethat observed I it at looked first we ‘When conservationsignificance recorded.beenhave property.Twelve bird plantsixtyspeciesfourandof specimenshugeare- scattered across wholethe aresome- Gums Pinknative sheoak pine. or therebut, are areasalso woodland openofwith arehere.seenit bePartsofbroombushmallee and MountLoftyRanges,theelementsarebothand of to betweenliesregions,twoIt MurrayMalleetheand vegetation1990.Thein at Agreementhectaresplaced76overwas bushlandof BlackfamilyThepropertyboughtthe Heritage a and decision!’ my made I’d and us frontof in out flew property,nightjar aroundthe owlet walking an werewe As look. a had Weand went it? after look Mount Lofty Ranges Lofty Mount Muntiri Muntiri is quitevaried.is , Milang , Muntiri ) Banksia ornata Banksia Andrew.happening’. this ‘It’ssee realpleasureto a said sandhills’, the of parts recolonisingexposed areslowly muntries the propertyand the over all seedlings young Therearenow off. took also grasses native and 1992, of rains good the after odorata pink gums and mallees – mallees and gums pink regenerationof localised of Lots ones. young no remainingand sheoaks and pines old few a only therewereplace, the over looked first we ‘When margins. degraded the property,of whole some including the over occurring also regenerationis Natural this’. achieved have we that effort continual throughbeen has It destruction. and fumigation warrenof use the greatlyreducedby been have numbers rabbit ‘and said, threatening’,she less far now is infestation the but plant, pest serious most Creeperremainsour ‘Bridal – pines, sheoaks and hop-bushes occurredhop-bushes and sheoaks pines, – Eucalyptus socialis Eucalyptus and E.

Jocelyn Thomas years ago and most of the largerareasarenow the of most and ago years forty clearedover being was land the when left werebush of Patches Creek. Coolawang gorgeof rockydramatic, the includes and Ocean Southern the to views sweeping has It 1902. propertyin Scrub Mount acquiredthe grandfather Their becomes.’ it morevaluable the it, after look you longer the vehicle, motor old an like ‘It’s simply: quite land their on vegetation native remnantprotectthe desireto their up sums Adrian 1982. since AgreementScheme Heritage the in involved Valleybeen Inman have at and graziers and farmers generation brothersarefourth Lush The bushland. remnanttheir for caring treesand planting years A Ranges Lofty Mount lives clearing scrub and then another thirty another then and scrub clearing lives their of years thirty spent Lush Laurie and drian A.H., L.C. and B.J. Lush, B.J. and L.C. A.H., ‘We need to remember that just a generation ago, generation a just rememberthat ‘Weto need Adrian. said conservation’, of importance the awarenessof increasedfarmers’ have Life For TreesLandcareand programslike and scheme ‘This done. otherwise have not may they which natureconservation for something do to promptedlandowners has scheme the that feel They along!’ comes one next the until last, the be to going is addition ‘Each Laurie. said blocks’, the of some up linked have areasand new adding ‘Wekept have Adrian. said involved’, got we that arepleased we and enterprise worthwhile very a been has scheme ‘The Agreements.Heritage protectedby Heritage Agreements 121, 122, 125, 126, 616, 894 616, 126, 125, 122, Agreements121, Heritage Mount Scrub Mount

G C Bishop , Waitpinga , ‘We virtually have the blackberries under controlunder blackberries the ‘Wehave virtually Creeper. Bridal and blackberry controlprogramfor weed annual an doing Adrian’sbeen Brenton,has son, landowners’. help to areathe in working person experienced an have to Department the for be would aroundthis way ‘One yourself. it done have could you do, to what them shown have you time the By spraying. weed do to help outside ‘It’suse to difficult said. he farm’, our run to just time our of most us takes It problem. a moreof becoming is do to like would we as much as do to time the ‘Finding Adrian. said out’, weeds the keep can we if species native ‘Wethe preserve will Peninsula. Fleurieu southern on bushland of survival the threatto biggest the as weeds see They conservation’. wildlife for scrub protectingthe to thinking of line fromthat go to anyone for jump big a is ‘It virtue. a as seen productivewas it make to land the developing

G C Bishop Brenton, Laurie and Adrian Lush Adrian and Laurie Brenton, 21

The more valuable it becomes 22 The more valuable it becomes thick bushland. I do a different walk throughthe differentwalk a do I bushland. thick in plant every find to impossible is it birdsand by broughtin being ‘Weed arecontinually seeds Brenton. said though’, It’sbattle continual Creeperleft. a Bridal of largeinfestations therearefew and explained. areas’,he targetkey can we time, of lot a have don’t we if and, distribution weed about knowledge up build to you enables yourself work the ‘Doing previously.missed werethat plants up pick orderto in time each bush Smooth Riceflower ( Riceflower Smooth Pimelea glauca Pimelea )

G C Bishop fencing done’, said Adrian. ‘Weunsuccessfully Adrian. tried said done’, fencing the getting with helpful very ‘DarrellWickhamwas complete. virtually now is and scheme the in involved got beforethey started had bush the Fencing have lots of kangaroos here and they can cause can they kangarooshereand of lots have We maintenance. ongoing need will fences ‘The happened. has it Trustsupport, Heritage Natural to now,thanks and funding get to years for Mount Lofty Ranges Lofty Mount havefamilya picnic there andenjoy what wehave butweneed tomake more time togoforwalka or andseethe way itisprogressing. Ourlives are busy Adriansays, ‘It’s good tobeable togointo ourbush knowledgeableabout itsplant andanimal life.As TheLush family enjoys their bush andare in’. get can sheep the happens, this If fences. the to damage of lot a quite

farming operations. farming Lushs’ the of part one just is conservation Bushland G C Bishop Fleurieu Peninsula species. species. Peninsula Fleurieu eburnea Correa , an endemic an , ’.

G C Bishop Leigh and Jan Verrall have adopted the Eastern (or Bush) Curlew as their logo for their Glenara wines. wines. Glenara their for logo their as Curlew Bush) (or Eastern the Verralladopted Jan have and Leigh Accordingto father, Ken. his with partnership in it worked Leigh years many for and 1923, propertyin Leigh’sgrandfather,Perce Verrall,the bought 1992. since organicgrape-growerscertified fully been have VerrallThe family bushland. natural is balance the of most and grapes wine to propertyareplanted hectare thirty Ten their hectaresof Bill. and Ralph sons their with Verrallassociation Jan in and Teaof TreeLeigh north-east by operated Gully,is kilometres6.5 VineyardsHermitage, Glenara at Wines.Glenara of philosophy the with well A Ranges Lofty Mount Their property at Hermitage once was commonly known as known commonly was once Hermitage at property Their seem unusual to many wine-buyers, but it fits it but wine-buyers, many to unusual seem Areamight Heritage promotinga label wine Curlew Farm Curlew across their vineyards in 1983 in vineyards their across Verrall’stowards area Looking Agreement Heritage Leigh and Jan Verrall,Jan and Leigh . Glenara Heritage Agreement338 Heritage , Hermitage ,

G C Bishop and came into the orchard to feed at night. at orchardfeed the to into came and bush the in lived heard;they commonly was curlews the of sound haunting Sunday,the Black to Prior logo. company their as Curlew Bush) (or Eastern Farm Verrall’sThe as locally known propertywas time’. all protectedfor be would bush the hands, change to propertywereever the if that so it formalise to opportunity an Agreementprogramwas Heritage The is. it what for appreciatedit we and time long a family our in been had bushland ‘The this’. to used get you Agreement,but Heritage a under bush our putting weremad we ‘We told werealso right’. was conviction our say would I Hills, Adelaide the presenttrendsin on but hills, the in growgrapes couldn’t‘We you weretold not!’ or mad werewe if see to areaand provethe to ‘initially recallsLeigh, 1971,’ in wereplanted vines first ‘Our setback. major this survive to cucumbers and tomatoes strawberries, as cropssuch cash to part in turned they 1955) (January Sunday Black firesof devastating the after but fruits, pome and stone of selection salad’ ‘fruit grewa they Leigh, , so it is not surprising that they use the use they that surprising not is it so , G C Bishop Leigh and Jan VerrallJan and Leigh Curlew 23

Setting a high standard 24 Setting a high standard program to control feral olives and South African South and olives controlferal programto annual an have they but scatteredthroughoutit, weeds woody Areahad Heritage the that said Jan condition. excellent in understoreyis the Leigh’sin and all lifetime at grazed been not have areaspicturesqueThese valley. a in nestles which vineyardsurroundingthe bushland areasof smaller therearebush, of block main the to addition In you?’ producer, primary would a be wouldn’t you up, gave you ‘If observes, Leigh as but, finalise to years few a quite took It woodland. Box Long-leaved and Gum Pink hectaresof eleven over 1983 Agreementin Heritage a for applied Jan and Leigh time.’ all for protected be would bush the hands, change to ever were property the if that so it formalise to opportunity an was program Agreement Heritage The is. it what for it appreciated we and time long a family our in been had Verrall:bushland Leigh ‘The ‘Botanist Rosemary Taplin has revised our plant list Taplinplant revisedour Rosemary has ‘Botanist prepared.recentlybeen has bird list a and years the grownover has plants local of knowledge Their briars. Broomand Cape poison and cut to in workers Life For Bush of teams enthusiastic had also have They Daisy. them. We’ve also found that they like our carrots!’our like they that We’vefound also them. on job good a aredoing and bulbs the like Rats Bush the that appears it propertybut the on tulip Cape occurrenceof the ‘We about wereconcerned Leigh. said uncommon’, rareor either areeight which of species 104 now is total the and Mount Lofty Ranges Lofty Mount doing to look after their bush’. their after look to doing areothers what see to areas,and fromother fauna and flora ‘It’sgood see said. greatto Leigh trips’, field the moreof on go would we moretime had we if and reallygood been has ‘This Group. Support Habitat Wildlife& the Verralls of The aremembers

G C Bishop and collecting lots of seed for the directcollectingtheandforseed oflots seeding.’ metrefencing550the strip,controlling weedsthe involvedchallenge’,has‘Itdouble a Gwen. said revegetationa corridor. ‘Thisproject quitebeenhas processthevia park thelinkingotherblock to theof areTheynationalwhichadjoins ofpark.a in one TheirHeritageArea comprisesseparatetwo blocks, supports.’ it that – animals and plants both – wildlife the lose will we else or bush the of basis operating protectthe to need we this, do to ‘And Willing.Dr said working’, systems agricultural our keeping to key the is diversity biological maintaining that believe ‘I farming. for land of use sustainable the for critical is biodiversity of maintenance the that believe Willingsfirmly The significanceStatelevel.at fromareaconservationhavethethese,56 of and nativeplant175speciesrecordedbeenhave beautifulwoodedgullieswatercourses.and Some 1981. in bushland of ha 117 Agreementover Heritage a for applied Willingsbought The Myponga. Tiers,Hindmarsh near propertyat grazing ha 385 their to moved and bags their packed they so Adelaide, suburban in life of idea the with happy A Ranges Lofty Mount Far right: Coral Fern ( Fern Coral right: Far species. herb and shrub small and medium of understorey an with slopes east-facing and floors valley the on occurs Right: Dr Richard Willing and his wife Gwen weren’tGwen wife his RichardWillingand Dr gasteroenterologist,a careeras busy a fter Eucalyptus obliqua Eucalyptus The protectedThe area includes Minnawarra Gleichenia microphylla Gleichenia (stringybark) open forest open (stringybark) in 1976 and 1976 in )

Richard and Gwen Willing, Gwen and Richard country and disappeared!’,recallsRichard.and country the at look one took ‘They East. South fromthe contractors interestbroughtsome expressionsof for call The this. about laugh still They years. few past the over fenced fully been has bushland The weather’,thebecauseRichard.ofsaid greatdoneworkdon’tthe allwe get iftime, even theseWescheduledforus surveys. alwaysa have bush.‘Teamstheweekendin peopledescendofon overseasLocalandschool groups a visitforalso invertebratearea.areanthe doof aboutsurveyto bird,do tocome plantanimalmonitoring,and and regularhaveThey enthusiasticteamsof friendswho WillingsThepleasure oflot derive a from theirbush. Minnawarra Heritage Agreement1049 Heritage

G C Bishop , Myponga , survive into the future as native vegetation. native futureas the into survive areawill this that knowledge the is involved being of part important most the consider family their Willingsand The itself? scheme the of what And years.’ few next the over changes this how see to fascinating be will it and swamp a was fenced be areasto last the of One time. relativelyshort a occurredin regenerationhas natural much how amazing is ‘It control.largelyunder them have now and controlprogram blackberry ‘Weincreasedour have Richard.said check’, in kept being longer no creeksarethe along weeds the of some that noticed have that’sword,we if right side, the down the On difficult. always was bush the of out stock ‘Getting management. livestock for benefit enormous an is fencing the bush, fromprotectingthe Apart

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Deriving pleasure from the bush 26 Caring for a precious resource Doug Day Doug getting involved in daily farm life. As part of the of part As life. farm daily in involved getting and them with staying visitors paying had Days The name. by few a knew only but bush, their in plants native of types most find whereto knew they 1989, in operation farm host a Lameroo,started of Day Kay and Doug When flora. local the know to I fifty acres of it had been cleared. Doug share-Doug cleared. been had it acresof fifty only 1958 in farm Doug’sthis When bought father farm. their on sites heritage and plants native the moreinterestedin even Kay and Doug got this and walks bush guided on visitors took they experience operating a host farm was a good way of getting of way good a was farm host a operating but first at obvious been have not might t Meranwyney , near ,

G C Bishop Heritage Agreement572 Heritage Day,Kay and Doug were still clearing bushland when the vegetation the when bushland clearing werestill weredeveloping they while father’s1970 his about farmed propertyuntil experience for Doug and Kay.and Doug for experience worthwhile a be provedto farm host a Starting base’. its at soak a is thereand sandhill this shardson of ‘Therearelots people. Aboriginal local the to significance of be to thought is which Hill, Blackfellows included These cleared. have never would we areasthat regrowth,therewerewas also but land the of ‘Some Agreement.Heritage a under bush hectares]of acres[210 500 about putting up ended we ‘and Doug, said assessed’, propertywas ‘The clear.to allowed be would they scrub much how out find to application clearance a in put they recallsthat Doug controlswereintroduced.clearance of interest once you start looking.’ start you once interest of there lots is there - observe and mallee the in around walk to time ‘Youtake Day: to Doug need Meranwyney Meranwyney , Lameroo , . The Days The . Murray Mallee Murray Magpie-lark not knowing what they were looking at. Visitors at. werelooking they what knowing not often bush, aroundour wandering just people on weren’tkeen we as walks ‘Weguided started Doug. said Association’, Farms Host the of members other and stay to came who those both – interestingpeople of ‘Welots met (Grallina cyanoleuca) (Grallina

D W Day D W Day honey bees from tree hollows tree from bees honey feral eradicate to attempting been have Days The it.’ in arenot that some found even we and plants, our know to getting in useful book] ‘We[the found said. he looking’, start There’s you interest once thereobserve. of lots and it aroundin walk to time ‘Youtake to need can’. they as quickly as throughit drive and boring mallee the find people ‘many that observes he grin Witha mallee. the thoroughlyenjoys Doug way’. interestingthis moremuch it found they that commented have Mallee Murray The Mallee in Flower in Mallee The very very removing feral bees. removingferal and Jane Salvation Creeperand controllingBridal includes Management step. first important an was stock exclude to it Fencing problems. relativelyfew presentedAreahas Heritage their Managing greatco-ordinator’.a been has Storr Robin programand good a been has This there. nest Wedge-tailedthat protectthe Eagles to sanctuary a made place the have ‘Weto werekeen Australia. WildlifeSouth and Parks National by programrun GroupSupport Habitat Wildlife& the under sanctuary a as listed also propertyis Days The

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D W Day Blackfellows Hill Blackfellows precious’. prettyis left is what think, I remainingand, remnantbush of lot ‘Wea reallyhave don’t species. native of exclusion the to treehollows occupy they as bush the in realmenace area bees ‘Feral Doug. said possible’, is as little as soil the disturb to trying hand-weed we so herbicides, organically,use farm don’t we we ‘As 27

Caring for a precious resource 28 Building on a foundation John Eckert John years they had fenced off the only remainingbush only the off fenced had they years few a within and 1954 in Creekfarm Langhorne the to Shirley,moved wife, late his and John conservation. interestedin become to others enthused and wildlife local about written land, public on and farms own his on bushland managed protectedand has John years the Over amphibians. reptilesand mammals, plants, local of knowgledge good a has also he passion, birdsarehis although and boy young a as wildlife local the observing began He Creek. F other native species started to appear.to started species native other regenerateand to werestarting sheoaks years, few Withina time. long a for grazed been had that pines native old acresof twelve about was ‘It property.relates:the John on terms that describe John Eckert of Langhorne of Eckert John describe that terms areenthusiast and writer armer,naturalist,

G C Bishop Heritage Agreements 171, 1178 Agreements171, Heritage Eckert, John have the money to do it, but it was a case of now or now of case a was it but it, do to money the have reallydidn’t we you, neighbour,frommind a bought land on acresandhill thirty a off ‘Wefenced later there are only three breeding pairs left. ‘I had ‘I left. threebreedingtherepairs areonly now but 1976 in mounds active Therewerenine survive. would Malleefowl areas,the smaller some and bush of block big this leaving by that thought ‘I it. on Malleefowl had it as block this bought Yumali.John near Malinong, propertyat their hectareson 316 over AgreementHeritage a out took also Eckerts The Belvidereland. the on found been greenhoodhas of species new a Subsequently John. said case’, [ rareacacia a and Kites Whistling nesting presenceof the think ‘I scheme. the in inclusion for wereaccepted but areasweresmall The Belvidere. propertynear original the on and - blocks these of one owns now Rick son our – farm our on bush remnantthe agreementsover ‘Wefor applied HeritageAgreement beingSchemeinvestigated.was Environment]a thattoldColinwasHarrisandand DavidWottonseeto went ‘I Minister[thethefor meansavailablelegallyprotectto privatebushland. late-1970s,theBy therethatfelt John neededsome area’.the of quality the affect to continue will and mad gone has grass veldt that is disadvantage ‘A twenty. recordedhave we now sandhill: the on species threeorchidsWefound originally areasoff. fencing and removingstock of benefits of ‘Therearelots it. into back got never,sheep beforethe Nappyalla Acacia dodonaeifolia Acacia , Langhorne Creek Langhorne , ] helped our helped ] Murray Mallee Murray into the future’.the into on build to foundation a as seen be should It ago! years 100 started wasn’trecord it’sit but pity a Districts Goolwa and Strathalbyn publication Club Naturalists Strathalbyn the to threechapters contributed John author. turned now has naturalist and farmer The nothing!’ virtually at valued been has bush wherethe this areaslike rural in misleading bit a reliefis rate but invaluable been has costs fencing with ‘Assistance natureconservation’. to werecontributing farmers the just not and community whole the that meant assistance financial The community. the for conservation of cost Weanyway.the werebearing it done have would who people those attracted only agreementsearly ‘The vegetation. native conserve to landowners for assistance introducedfinancial eventually Government the that pleased was John species’. food critical a of loss the resultingin be may instance, for kangaroonumbers, high firesor periodic of lack The area. the of ‘management’ the in missing something be theremust so populations viable support to enough areasarebig ‘Some observes. he this’, caused has that bush of loss the just is it think don’t reduced.‘I much arenow numbers their or district the in occur longer no either that species many names and decades four over made fromobservations compiled birdlists has John recovered’. never has it and crash to population the caused 1982 of season dry The remaineduncleared. bush what forcingmorebirdsinto was this clearedand being was aroundus land that fact the overlooked Natural History of History Natural . ‘It’s good . a money available for land development. Largeareas development. land for available money easy weremaking banks the and year each amount certain a clear requiredto leases you The grazing. clearedfor and up weretaken blocks of ‘Lots Les. said that!’, like just ‘Youscrub clear could bush. the clear to used be to started chains dragging tractors largecrawler when change to picturebegan The cropping.’areasfor best clearedthe only you so hardwork, rollerswas using scrub ‘Clearing John. said land’, refencethe affordto couldn’t we and sheep for enough good weren’tfences old The 1934. in sheep first his got father ‘The cropping. clearedfor was Initially, land them’. foreclosedon just banks the – farmers finance to continued GoldsboroughMort, like firms, stock The properties. their lost people of lots years; dry of run a Depressionand ‘The John. said times’, Worldweretough ‘These War II. during and 1934 in up taken was land Additional Place’. Old ‘The as this referto still family the – 1925 in Mantung at acreblock 3500 a father,leased Tom,Their returnedserviceman, a 1907-8. Mercundain at land up took grandfather Evans’ Les and John years. ninety-five for Mallee Murray the in farming been have family Evans The district. Mantung the in habitat protectnatural brothers’desireto the John’sviews how Mick is son This outstanding. was T Mallee Murray were chained and just left’. just and werechained large areas of mallee vegetation on their farm their on vegetation mallee largeareasof conserve to Evans Les and John foresightof he have now been involved in the program.the in involved been now have farms five twenty to Up propertiesaroundMantung. eleven encompassed initially controlprogramthat rabbit and coordinatedfox a conducted successfully Grouphas Management Land Mantung–Maggea The group’.the of chairman first the was [Evans] Mick Parks. fromNational Stelmann Joe Williamsand throughStephanie started groupwas ‘The attitudes. local changed projecthas Mantung–Maggea the and scheme the in involved morepeople got money ‘Compensation quipped. werewe regarded misfits!’,foolsor asquietlyJohn Wecomment. were fairlyunpopularthink, Iand, localof bit fair a ratherwith clearingthanmet it ‘Puttinghectares1300 underHeritageAgreement scheme’sthe supporters. of earliest one became Evans the and AgreementScheme Heritage new the chargeof in was Colin years few Withina him. with thoughts their discussed and Harris, Colin geographer,young a met they late-1960s the In area.the of out Malleefowl the forcingwas clearing that concerned werealso They hardstuff!’ regrowththe the – clearing to took growthand first clear wrongto was Weit decided replaced. be not could and old years hundredsof treeswereprobablybig ‘These Les. parrots’,said for hollows nesting for important especially was and it birdsin of lots growthhad first ‘The weredoing. they reappraisewhat to began However,they shoots. kill to needed follow-up little therewas as clear to easiest the was mallee growthfirst brothersthat the showed Experience J.L. & M.J. Evans, M.J. & J.L. Spearlands Heritage Agreement7 Heritage , Mantung , our consciencesour prickedearliermuchthisthan Wedisappearnotice.startto wethat have to need It’s it.to blindeye aturn thingstowhentendonly differently.Whiletherewildlife plentyofaboutiswe ‘Weobserves:John As thingsviewtohave attribute. this inherited have they and man observant an was father Les’ and John bushland. varied its enjoy and district their areproudof family Evans The us’. for bonus a been has Calicivirus controlrabbits. to ‘Warren important is ripping off-targetspecies. for does strychnine that risk the pose doesn’t it and it by affected not areanimals Native project. our of success the to differencehuge a made it ‘and Mick, said foxes’, for 1080 use to group‘Wepermitted first werethe pattern. this changing in important was foxes territorial Removing pressure.of sort this under surviving of chance little birdshad young The basis. daily a on mounds visited they birdsand young the weretaking ‘Foxes years. twenty-five past the for species the photographed and observed has who Les, said population’, Malleefowl the for wonders done has ‘It

G C Bishop (left to right) to (left Les, Mick, Betty and John Evans John and Betty Mick, Les, ’. 29

Doing what you believe 30 Talking less and doing more Lynette and Leon Stasinowsky Leon Lynetteand resulted in a frenzy of activity and there was a lot a therewas and activity frenzyof a resultedin controlsThe scrub. clear to applied people of ‘Lots Leon. windbreaks’,said and shelter percentfor 20 to We15 wereleaving 1983. in controlswereintroducedclearance the when wood cutting and scrub Weclearing werestill vegetation. clear to interestloans low farmers offering was Government the areaand this in scrub of lots still therewas 1960s, early the in school left I ‘When Australia. WildlifeSouth and Parks National of Committee Consultative Murraylands the and ControlBoardPlant Loxton–Waikerie and Animal the of currentlychairman is Leon organisationsand regionaland local both in areactive family The Agreements.Heritage under reserved bushland of ha 1990 have They 1920s. early the in Mantung, of town Mallee Murray small the of property,original kilometresnorth-east the eight Wunkar.Moorookand Leon’sup took grandfather T should not be at our cost. our at be not should it scrub, conserving of benefits recognisedthe we While income. their of part for stumps mallee and wood-cutting reliedon and unclearedland of lot a had farmers Many area. this in ill-feeling of Lynette, farm 8816 hectares of land at Mantung, at land hectaresof 8816 Lynette,farm and Shaun Dennis, family,Leon, Stasinowsky he

G C Bishop Heritage Agreements 353, 579 Agreements353, Heritage Stasinowsky,Mantung D.N. & L.E. people to manage the bush – fence it, and controland it, fence – bush the manage to people get to was step big next the and Government the by agreedto eventually was compensation of ‘Payment species are tolerant to 1080’. to aretolerant species native most and strychnine aroundlike stay not did it – benefits added had and effective be provedto ‘It [NPWSA]. Barratt Rick and WilliamsStephanie of guidance the under trial year three-Wea did Australia. South beforein foxes on used been not had which 1080 use to permit a groupgot ‘The Leon. program’,said the of success the in factor key a been has 1080 of use ‘The lambs. taking werealso and populations Malleefowl on impact significant a werehaving Foxes involved. get to wanted apparentmorepeople controlprogrambecame fox and rabbit combined the resultsof the once groupbut the about apprehensioninitial some ‘Therewas recalls: Leon Mallefowl. of conservation the for bushland largeareaof a managing in impact significant a had has it and involved been have landowners five twenty- to Up Australia. South Landcaregroupsin successful most and lasting longest the of one been has Groupwhich Management Land Maggea Mantung– the of formation the with commenced Mallee the of part this in management Practical 1991. and 1990 Agreementin Heritage under bushland areasof two put they and assessed Stasinowsky’swas The application clearance rabbits’. and foxes Murray Mallee Murray it should not be at our cost’. our at be not should it scrub, conserving of benefits the recognised we ‘While longer, it costs more and less is achieved’. is less moreand costs longer, it talk you that’sotherwise, and – together important groupworks The do. should they what them tell and in come simply others have not projectand the own to involved people the for important is ‘It that’sand said. land, great’,he their on things doing arenow but areawereanti the in farmers Some aredoing! we what to as people new train and again over start Weto have staff. agency in changes the been has hardestthing the ‘Possibly land. fromthe living a making farmers the for and fauna and flora the managing Parks for round– environmentall better a for team a Weprojectas area. the worked of part is Park Conservation Bakara outset. Boardfromthe ControlPlant and Animal the and Parks National ‘We involved involvement. broadcommunity the to due been programhas the of success The seasons. good birdsin young and nests active increasein marked a been has program,therethe of start the since that says Leon put a 1250 acre block under a Heritage Agreement’.Heritage a under acreblock 1250 a put where areassmall some for acres,except 500 clear to us for granted was consent that was outcome The area. the over wereshown hereand came Vegetation(NVA).NVAAuthority ‘The members Native the to put was revisedapplication a and Tynan,conciliator,David a brought in Gadens The botanist’. a and ornithologist local a of help the with claims their disputed I so north, recordedfar been this never had listed they birdsthe and place our on just occurrencesthan moreof knew I rarebut is eucalypt Surethe least! the say to prettytough, refusalwas ‘We the thought including land, our on species endangeredrareor various found They refusal. Department’sthe and reportrecommendedtotal assessed was It clear. to application ‘Wean made property.the infrastructureof the developing on concentrating werewe 1983; controlswereintroducedin clearance the when clearing ‘Weany started hadn’t vegetation’. native remainderwas ‘The Mike. pasture’,said under and hectares]werecleared,fenced [970 acreshectares],2400 acres[1700 4200 the ‘Of intended. originally as eventuate not did plans However,these sons. two their with association in time over it developing of intention the with I East South for financial assistance. ‘The first offer was offer first ‘The assistance. financial for reasonablevaluation reacha to hurdlewas next The hectare property adjacent to their home farm home their to hectarepropertyadjacent 1700 a bought Gaden Joan and Michael 1978 n Eucalyptus behriana Eucalyptus occurs, and we would we and occurs, Eucalyptus behriana Eucalyptus . Michael and Joan Gaden, Joan and Michael have been recording species for us’, he said. he us’, recordingfor been species have Alcock, Kath and Samuel-White John botanists, recorded.local Twobeen enthusiastic have species scarceor previouslyunknown and fantastic been regrowth‘The has 1999. April occurredin block the of fifth a of prescribedburn a propertyand preparedthe was for plan firemanagement A enableustomanage native vegetation’. otherwisewenever will have theinformation to anywhere.We need totakerisk a and experiment example,burn part oftheblock, isnotgetting us informationtodosuch andsuch, inmyinstance for knowledge.‘The argument that we don’t have enough Mikegreatisa believer inexperimenting togain do. to thing essential an like seemed years of period a over sections Burning decreasing. was block the of value biodiversity the and senescing werespecies many and 1955 since burnt been not Areahad Heritage their awarethat was He moreawaremanagebushlandtoneed theareas. of assessingclearancemanyapplications becameand deputy.a involvedorwas inDuringhe timethis yearsfromCounciltenmemberfor a1991, either as NativeVegetationtheon serve to onwentMike farm’. own his on son one put to enough us give did compensation the But, infrastructure. on up doubling meant which land additional buy to kilometresaway twenty go ‘Weto had Mike. said block’, the NVAarounderectvermin-prooffencing agreed to the reasonableand prettynear was thirdoffer The it. accept refusedto I and low ridiculously Graythwaite Heritage Agreement953 Heritage , Lowan ValeLowan , prescribed burning. We all learn by example’. by Welearn all prescribedburning. control,or emu kangarooor control,rabbit, weed is it whether practices, management demonstrate to greatopportunity area that like events and owners AgreementHeritage for ago months eighteen hereheld was day field A anything. know don’t we mean doesn’t arefarmers we because ‘Just bush. the about know landowners what to paid moreattention be to thereneeds that feels also He work’. practical resourcesinto going moreneed just we grants, the knocking not I’m do. should or might we what reportson than rather on-groundaction into go to need funds the moreof and grants the match to farmers harderfor getting is it but work management do to landowners arehelping AgreementGrants Heritage ‘The future?the in headed is management bushland think he wheredoes And frequentbushfires’.too to due Park Conservation Ngarkat of parts in vegetation the in changes see can you Youregeneration.though; overburn can encourage to years twenty to ten fireevery a probablyrequirebanksia like species that suggest observations My information. after beforeand recordto organisephotopoints can we hope I and autumn this burnt be will section second ‘A

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Being prepared to experiment 32 A passion for conservation Verne and Jean McLaren VerneJean and sheep and cattle. … After a period it was as was it period a After … cattle. and sheep quality pasturesproducedtop Lush wereexciting. resultsthe pastureand to sown was turn clearedin portion Each daybreak. at morning next start to eagerness an with and achievement of sense a with clearedland the over looked day,I long each of end the at [and] bushland dense clearing bulldozer a on hours long worked ‘…I written: has he time this Of 1950s. early the propertyin the of section hectare2400 his Vernedeveloping commenced Australia. South of south-east the in Kingston, Blackford,near at bushland undeveloped hectaresof 6880 up take to Hills Adelaide the in orchardLenswood apple at his Verne’s1945 In father,W.G.W. McLaren,left (Bert) co-exist. should, and can, conservation wildlife and farming that belief the to held long has conservationist, and grazier,author Verne McLarenAM, conservationists. best-known Australia’sof one become would he years few a I seen CommonseenBrushtail Possums SmallSugarand Workingbulldozerbush,Vernetheain aloneon had flora’. native of destruction total the of also conscious was cleared,and areabeing the in fauna native welfareof the for moreconcerned moreand became I and natureintervened, though busy clearing bushland little knowing that within that knowing little bushland clearing busy n 1952 a young man in his early twenties was twenties early his in man young a 1952 n

G C Bishop Heritage Agreement253 Heritage McLaren, Jean Verneand pushed down and crushedpushedandenormousdowninto heaps. treeshousednestinghadthatbirds decadesfor Glidersterrifiedjumpfrom fallingtrees hollowand been ploughed under and many burial groundsareburial many and under ploughed been have sites camp Aboriginal ‘Countless heritage. Aboriginal local of loss the and swamps east south- many of drainage the Vernewitnessed also parks’. purchasedfor be to land suitable for out look the on always was capacity this in and Commission Parks National the with commissioner founding a appointed Verne1966 was one’sIn of out mind! be to had one scrub’ ‘useless saving of talk to and known scarcelywas word“conservation” the 1950s the ‘In said. replaced’,he be cannot it – wood much too off shaves who carpenter a to likened be can It aside. bushland areasof set not have people morethat tragic is it feel I but same, the done have I when bushland clearing for others criticise can’t ‘I clear.to good too was it felt we but leave, to good too was it said neighbours our of ‘Some hectares]werereserved.acres[408 1007 – bush our of some aside set to decided I and Jean when was This left. little be soon therewould ‘50s, early the in occurring was it rate the at and land clear to incentives people giving was Government ‘The Verne.said mind’, my eased extent, some to that, and clearedland, the adjoining directlybushland largeareaof a had I least At wildlife. refugefor no cleared largeareasleaving developers land Many was. certainly outwardlyit and “development” termed was clearance ‘Land V.Reserve McLaren , Blackford , conservation’. it’sto and asset us an to possession unique a is bushland Our grazing. and farming with compatible is Verne ‘Conservation As says, morecommon. moreand arebecoming ago years fifty adopted Vernethat management land of concepts The habitat’. natural valuable very and bush dense is ‘It said, recordedshe reserve’,from our been have birdspecies thirty hundredand ‘One Verne’sas it referto Retreat. family the but name formal a ‘Weit gave Jean. said Area’,Heritage the kept we farm the sold we ‘When everyone. for education of place a is It elsewhere. exist not does which bushland natural serenityin Thereis mound. the of edge the on view full in sit we while mound nesting massive its working Malleefowl trusting the birds,and countless of chatter the season, in wildflowers the – best its natureat observing reserve wilderness throughour friends and family my with wander to greatestpleasuresis my of ‘One says, Worldhe the as WildernessCongressand but, NatureWorld(WWF) for the WideFund including overseas and Australia in both conservation, with involved Verne very years become the Over it’. to belonged that everything and habitat natural the destroyedall I that knowledge the with mind poorerin but wealthier financially been have would I land, my clearedall I ‘Had reserve. our remainon implements stone some that say to pleased I’m pasture. coveredwith now South East South inspection of the block. Tim was enthusiastic and enthusiastic Timwas block. the of inspection heritage original the out carried Timhad Croft,who colleague, biologist Tanyaa with selling. spoke interestedin werestill they found and block the owned who family Mazzeo the contacted Milnes The sale. for been had Agreementand Heritage a had that Flat Swedes at bush’ of greatblock ‘a about told was and East South the Tanyain working was expensive. too was Ranges Lofty Mount the in everything found but bushland of block a buying of thought had They resource natural management. areaof the in work now and TanyaTimstudied and both Milne Mundulla. and Padthaway between bushland of A East South young biologists buying an eighty hectareblock eighty an buying biologists young two resultedin East South the to trip work parents, Richard and Shirley Littlely! Shirley and Richard parents, Below: Above: Tim and Tanya Milne, Swedes Flat, Mundulla TanyaFlat, Timand Swedes Milne, The fencing was nearly right, thanks to Tanya’sto thanks right, nearly was fencing The Running Postman ( Postman Running Kennedia prostrata Kennedia Tanya Milne Heritage Agreement333 Heritage )

Tanya Milne which lives in swamps on lower Fleurieu Peninsula. Fleurieu lower on swamps in lives which Emu-wrenendangeredSouthern the of biology Tanya’sof One researchingbeen the projectshas degree’.Honours my completing since projectsmanagement bushland various on worked have and university at zoology study to on went ‘I Tanya.said season’, wildflower the during especially scrub, the to visitors took often Valleywe Back and at farm family our on bush of block ‘Wea had bush. the interestin life-long Tanyaa Both had Timhave and Tanya.said landforms’, the to closely relatingwell-defined, arevery types vegetation differentthe but complex quite is vegetation ‘The it. on stringybarks low with rise sandy a is part western the of much while flooding, seasonal to subject is which woodland redgum and blue low-lying is part eastern The types. vegetation distinct five with landforms and types soil of variety a propertyhas The 1996. May TanyaTimbought and weeds. few very and types vegetation of variety a with bush of greatpiece a was it that said TanyaMilne Tim and The Block The (as they call it) in it) call they (as 33

A great block of bush 34 A great block of bush interests in the block. ‘Tanya sees it as a projecta ‘Tanyaas it block. sees the interestsin Tanyadifferentand slightly Timhe have relatesthat areas.reinvasionfromnearby continual with problem,especially biggest aretheir Rabbits too’. it, enjoy actually they think I control,and rabbit out carrying and block the fencing in others parentsand fromour help of lots ‘Wehad have older. childrenarethe once theremoreoften probablygo Tanya.said ‘Weus’, therewill with – working and – camping come often friends and ‘Family to go Milnes The biology. conservation in University Flinders at PhD a then and Adelaide of University the degreeat science a Timdid Tim.said bushwalking’, of lots did and kids as farm the to ‘Wewent often Naracoorte. at Agreementblock Heritage a parentshave his Bordertownand Tim’snear farm a had family The Block The as often as they can. can. they as often as mother Julie and sister-in-law Bryony sister-in-law and Julie mother Tim’s- understorey the Exploring of the area’, said Tim.area’,said the of peacefulness the in taking and observing like just ‘I animals. and differentplants the them showing bush throughthe people taking enjoys She when. flowers what thereand finds recordsshe and what environment in our own bit of bush’. of bit own our environmentin natural the about them teaching to forward looking We’rechildren. our up bring to greatplace a be will It ahead. werethinking we block the buying ‘In South East South

Tanya Milne cleared for farming because of Lobethal’sof because once farming clearedfor being survived bushland of block significant This recreationarea. passive a remainderas the and conservation to hectaresdedicated 112 with functions, two has park The Hills. Adelaide the in Lobethal at Park Bushland hectareLobethal 116 the is reserves T landholders Other Heritage Agreement areas and one of the largestthe of one Agreementareasand Heritage with bodies government local hereareseven open blue gum woodland gum blue open spinosa Right: group Friends’ the by used are techniques weeding Above: Christmas Bush ( Bush Christmas Minimal disturbance Minimal ) is common in this in common is ) Bursaria

FOLBP weeds such as ash, pine and olive wereremovedolive and pine ash, as such weeds woody the of many although focus conservation naturea have not groupdid The facilities. recreationalthe for work the of much did members John’sSt the by and formed groupwas Friends A BusinessandTechnology Centre. Council,Town Tourism Group, CFSand Adelaide Hills membershipfrom thecommunity, Friends group, AdelaideHills Business andTechnology Centre with isnowmanaged managementbya committee ofthe StJohn’s isnolonger associated with thepark which reserve. the of end southern the recreationalat developing facilities in John’sSt Brigade of Ambulance involvement the of recognitionin Park Bushland John St Onkaparinga as known originally was reserve The here). occur species seven orchids(thirty native of photographer keen a Seaman, David Clerk, District then the of efforts the to largelydue 1982, in land the of controltook Onkaparinga of Council District The blackberries. with choked arenow these and dams the to water deliver to wereconstructed Runs legacy. its left has too this but town, the and mill the by use for storewater and harvest to land the used company WoollenThe Onkaparinga Mills. famous Adelaide Hills Council – Lobethal Bushland Park Bushland Lobethal – Council Hills Adelaide Heritage Agreement88 Heritage

G C Bishop a weed control strategy that is coordinatedby is that controlstrategy weed a with plan management a Areahas Heritage The areas.remnantbushland link to corridors createwildlife Precincts'to 'Conservation of development promotingthe actively is (AHC) Council Hills Adelaide The area.Charleston the of woodlands open the forestsand stringybark rainfall higher the between midway lies botanically areawhich the of significance recognisedthe Rosie group. the of secretary became Ponds of Chain of Ketteridge Rosie when came focus strongerconservation A problems. erosionsignificant causing was this as cultivating than breaksrather the graded and slashed Council broadfirebreaks the changed. of management and ownership council of years early the during

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Changing the focus – recreation or conservation? 36 Changing the focus – recreation or conservation? four regionally threatened species. threatened regionally four forty- and state forty national, nine including species plant native 266 are biodiversity.There high a has park The infestation including long-standing problemssuch long-standing including infestation weed containing groupin Friends the with closely operates ‘Management Unit. Management Land and Conservation Council's Hills Adelaide the excluded through fencing and other strategies’. other and throughfencing excluded been have bikes and Horses project. GreenCorps Park Bushland a of part as names Peramangk with aremarked and rationalised been have trails ‘WalkingResources Officer,Natural AHC. James, Ray said infestation’, blackberry and gorse as

G C Bishop local hands-on support. hands-on local limited and pressuresfiremanagement park, for the roaddividing public a runs, dam blackberry-ridden include These vegetation. the arethreatsto that issues management significant some areahas the as misleading rather is block the of size the that group,says Friends the of Chair TriciaMachin, isolated weed outbreaks in the best areas. The areas. best the outbreaksin weed isolated controlto work we approach,and disturbance minimal the uses Friends the by done weeding ‘All sites. these at done is work up follow- and park the in working team GreenCorps a had have Council ‘The Tricia. said real concern’, a becoming is orchid,which weed African South and cottonbush as such weeds other and – best work methods swab and cut – targetinggorse been have Friends ‘The group. Friends the of focus particular Weeda controlis Ray.said invasion’, weed monitoredfor firebreakis wide that the bufferedby curiously is effect edge external major The populations. echidna kangarooand the and associations vegetation the sustained substantially have to appears park the of size ‘The regionallythreatenedspecies. forty-four and state forty national, nine including species plant native Therebiodiversity.are266 high a has park The areas. wetter in weeds woody presenceof the recreationaland for purposes overuse and grazing frompast impacts the considering condition good relativelyin is park the that considers James Ray GreenCorps’. and Volunteers Conservation fromAustralian assistance with Council, the groupand our by weremapped occurrenceweed and vegetation the of condition ‘The Tricia.elsewhere’, said pockets good with condition, best the areashigher,arein drier ‘The Monadenia Other landholders Other , the , of volunteerism is needed’. is volunteerism of promotionand education community for assistance on greaterfocus a Perhaps forthcoming. been has input local little Otherwise efforts. token made have schools Local activities. Friends fromthe separate or within involvement local on dependent reallyis park the threatsto principal the of containment However,long-term commendable. is hardyacka sheer and assistance financial throughthis achieving in success limited albeit group'sFriends the and ‘It agreement. the under responsibilitiesits fulfil to need the seen has Council the disappearedand but all has land the of use pressuresalternate meant for has listed heritage being that considers James Ray areasarerecognised’.such of values all so perceptionspublic change could government, local and Heritage] Environmentand [for Department the by Agreements,both Heritage greaterpromotionof Perhaps recognise. they that value conservation long-term the than rather things recreationof side the is it but Lobethal, of part a is it – park this residentsvalue Local natureconservation. not recreationwith reservesand council associate still people many and visitation of rate higher much a potentially thereis access, ‘Withpublic ownership. private in bushland greaterthreatsthan face often reserves government local that Triciaconsiders it!’ walk you it, see to want you ‘If it, put aptly Roger as or trails, walking the restrictedto now Visitorsare reserve. the of values conservation the with odds recreationalwereat uses that Brockhoff,says Roger Onkaparinga, of Council District the of Chairman Former park’. the of parts various controlin weed disturbance minimal additional for contractors employ to grants AgreementHeritage of use made also grouphas funded by a Natural Heritage Trustgrant. Heritage Natural a by funded Tothillthe property,at Range fence new the on sign Bushcare the at members Conservation Bushland resourcestheir to combined and KangarooIsland on clearance vegetation native of rate rapid the with wereconcerned They fauna’. and flora landscape, existing preserveprotect and ‘to - Smyth Michael and Smyth Hannaford,John Hannaford,Ian Robert - people four by started was company The Australia. South groupin conservation owning largest,non-profitbushland the is Ltd Pty Conservation Bushland members, fifty with Now group. conservation innovative an of beginning the was ago years twenty-five Cape False propertyat bushland a purchaseof The landholders Other Heritage Agreements 20, 655, 669, 927, 1033, 1057, 1082, 1093, 1200 1093, 1082, 1057, 1033, 927, 669, 655, Agreements20, Heritage near Rockleigh. near hectaresproperty120 a Tothilland the Ranges in propertiestwo by followed was and expanded was Cape False hectares. 1959 of total properties,a four currentlyowns Ltd Pty Conservation Bushland areas.bushland protectionof purchaseand the to contribute to able been have people minded like- many throughwhich vehicle providedthe approachhas innovative foresightand Their Peninsula. Dudley of coast south the on Cape False near bush mallee of ha purchase971 Bushland Conservation Pty Ltd Pty Conservation Bushland

John Smyth protection, being part of the scheme has saved has scheme the of part protection,being long-term vegetation the fromgiving ‘Apart introduced.was scheme the when Committee VegetationNative Advisory the of member a was Smyth John Agreements. Heritage protectedby propertiesarefurther Conservation Bushland The camp. overnight an or lunch picnic a and bee working a with combined properties,generally the on areheld meetings company and like they propertieswhenever the visit can Members dividends. shareholdersany its pay it does nor staff paid no has company The ecosystems’. natural our preserving to strongdedication a have all backgrounds,but varied fromvery shareholderscome Our company. the strengthfor major a been has camaraderie and sharedownership of sense the that believe ‘I energy.and funds of lack a of flounderedbecause have could or possible been have not may scale this on effort ‘Individual Conservation’sSecretary,Smyth. John Bushland says company’, the in efforts combined shareholders’throughour achieved been has ‘Much

G C Bishop at False Cape, Kangaroo Island. Kangaroo Cape, False at property their on meeting company Conservation Bushland a at Smyth John and Vincent David 37

False Cape was just the start 38 False Cape was just the start Nature Conservation Award. NatureConservation Bushcarethe won company Awardsthe when LandcareNational 1998 the wererecognisedin Conservation Bushland of efforts conservation The Tothillthe Ranges’. in fences renewthe to able been have we which at rate the up speeding in invaluable been Trust,has Heritage Natural receivedthroughthe funding and ‘This, Rockleigh. at revegetationTothillwork propertyand Ranges the at survey insect an plans, propertymanagement preparationof the with assisted have Grants Scheme. AgreementGrants Heritage the under assistance funding for applied also grouphas The position’. in werecemented posts the and drilled be to had holes country,the limestone Being too. fence, some property.was KI That the of boundary eastern the fence to scheme throughthe assistance ‘Wefinancial obtained John. said purposes.’ other for funds our use to us enables this and rates council as such costs ongoing us established in the Murray Mallee. Murray the in established been now grouphas similar a fact, in adopt, could groupsother that one is model our ‘Wethat feel Director,Company Matheson. said Bill nationally’, recognisedefforts our have greatto was ‘It Bushland Conservation’s TothillConservation’s property Bushland Range of edge the on road Gap Niblet the on dump rubbish ‘community’ old an Workingremove to bee Other landholders Other preserve natural biodiversity’. natural preserve to way effective most the believe, I is, remnantbush rehabilitatingProtectingand system. reserves the in conserved adequately arenot which bushland of acquiredtypes and identified grouphas ‘Our

John Smyth is a leading figure in what the National Trusthas National the what figurein leading a is and natureconservation about enthusiastic and committed very is ‘Enid Crawford,comments: Manager,Caroline NatureConservation Former reserves. its agreementsover voluntary for apply Trustto National the encouraged Enid afforded,scheme the protectionthat term long- the Impressedwith introduced. first AgreementswereHeritage when Committee VegetationNative Advisory the of member a was Robertson Enid Trustmember National floodplains. and cliffs striking with reserves Riverland complex to Burra, at grasslands native throughwindswept Lofty,Mount near fromrarewetlands ranging arescattered,they as diverse areas They (1). East South the Yorkeand on (3) being Peninsula balance the with (12), Murray River the along and (11) Ranges Lofty Mount the in arereservesmainly The future.near the in suit follow to arelikely ten another Agreementsand Heritage areprotectedby these Twelve hectares.of 1000 over naturetotalling reservestwenty-seven has now It Hills. WatiparingaEden and at Williamstownnear Roachdale nature– reserves careweretwo its to propertiesdonated first the 1955, in formed Trustwas National the When vegetation. native areasof of management protectionand its is importance equal Of heritage. T landholders Other achieved over the years. the over achieved known for its role in protecting our built protectingour rolein its for known well- is Australia South Trustof National he Heritage Agreements 396, 399, 499, 502, 514, 531, 545, 551, 789, 995, 1010 995, 789, 551, 545, 531, 514, 502, 499, 399, Agreements396, Heritage ‘The grants have enabled us to get work done on done work get to us enabled have grants ‘The reserves. its of many projectson management undertake Trustto National the by used been have grants TrustHeritage Natural Agreementand Heritage said. she practicable,’ regenerationwherevernatural of use good make to and weeds controlthe approachto disturbance minimum the use programs,we management active have reserves Our this. achieve us helping is AgreementScheme Heritage the that think I and natureconservation, areaof the in leader a as others to example providean to Trust wants ‘The good. for lost been have may Trustthey the to come not had they if and Parks National interestto of be to small areasweretoo the of ‘Many Caroline. said Items’, Heritage State of Register the on building a placing to equivalent is it – vegetation native the of value conservation the recognitionto legal agreementsgive ‘The naturereserves.its with achieve to seeking Trustis the what with well fitted AgreementsHeritage consideredthat Carter Carlsa Manager NatureConservation fellow Carolineand management’. approachbushland should we how precedentfor Watiparingaa set Enid’sfor areas. plan bushland management for plans management of concept the Australia South introducedto and NatureCommittee Preservation Trust’sthe of weremembers McBriar Maud and ‘She National TrustAustralia National South of community-based project at the Burra Mine Site Mine Burra the projectat community-based similar a commenced later Carlsa school. the and TrustNational the both rewardingfor collaboration a been has This Reserve. Lenger at surveys fauna and landcareactivities in School Primary Mannum fromthe students involved successfully has Carlsa education. community incorporate Trustto the enabled also have grants The Caroline.orchids’,said native amongst CreepergrowingBridal onto herbicide ‘sponge’ to and bog peat a in gorse dense Riverland, the in treesremovelargepepper to operators specialist employed have we example, For do. to able been have not would volunteers our groundthat the

NTSA many bushcarers many to inspiration an and NTSA’s reserves nature behind driving-force a been has Robertson Enid 39

Bushland heritage in trust 40 Bushland heritage in trust track of progress’.of track keep to us enable they programas management any of part important Recordsarean out. carried work recordsthe keep of we ensurethat also they and programsforwardthe drive They operations. our of part essential arean AgreementGrants ‘Heritage Caroline.said easy’, not is volunteers new Attracting change. will do can they tasks older,the get they as and, base volunteer relativelysmall a have groups,we other of lots ‘Like contribution. in-kind the finding in difficulty has it as for apply can it what in limited Trustis National the that is grants with drawback biggest the Carolinesees Grasslands.

G C Bishop Dr Caroline Crawford and Carlsa Carter Carlsa and Crawford Caroline Dr Managers Conservation Nature Former Other landholders Other

E L Robertson habitat woodland grassy the of restoration the showing 1998 Below: 1974. April Hill, Viaduct on trees Box Grey now.and Then E L Robertson From the same position in July in position same the From Above: A solitary clump of clump solitary A protecting this area of bush. areaof protectingthis behind community the got terrestrialorchids,and the on keen especially was and bush the loved Chapman, Bob late the 1970, in principal school the relatesthat years, twenty for school the at been Officer,has Services School the Grubb, Raelee Agreement.Heritage a under put being to prior years twenty about for community school the by caredfor been had campus, school the on is which bush, The 1996. in bushland hectaresof 0.75 its agreementover an signed Ranges, Lofty Mount the in Crafers near School, Primary Tanunda).Sturt at Upper School T landholders Other by schools (the other is Redeemer Lutheran Redeemer is other (the schools by Agreementsheld Heritage two only of one is his teaching resources used by the school. the resourcesby teaching used the responsiblefor largelybeen have Fletcher Karenand Coad Sue curriculum. teaching the into incorporated been have issues Bushland tasks. management the of some carry-out help and bush the about learning in involved areactively they and students fifty has School Primary Sturt Upper The this.’ of part central a is bush our and focus environmentaleducation stronga school the given have Coad, Sue now and Craig David Bob, followed who Principals The students. the enthused he and bush the loved ‘Bob reallyRaelee. grownfromthere’,has said ‘It Upper Sturt Primary School, Upper Sturt Upper School, Primary Sturt Upper

USPS Heritage Agreement1130 Heritage Waters Program and Clean Up Australia Day.Australia Up WatersClean Programand Clean Care,FrogCensus, Catchment Congressfor Kids’ in participation include These activities. whole-of-school therearesome and 7, to R years Sturt’sUpper covers environmentaleducation throughit’. running them about upset quite got students our and oval surroundsthe that bush respectchildrenthe didn’t visiting The oval. local a to moved now have we herebut day sports schools combined a hold Weto used anymore. don’t there but play to used ‘They said. Raelee bush’, their reallycareabout students ‘The known. affectionately is it as Scrub, The or bush, the for caring for school’sresponsibleThe is EnvironmentCommittee

USPS bush is a central part of this of part central a is bush their and focus education environmental strong a has School Primary Sturt Upper 41

Students enthused by the bush 42 Students enthused by the bush

USPS of years ago. years of couple a bush the of edge the on installed was sign interpretivepreparedan been and has herbarium A areas. degraded revegetationof and - blackberries targetedbroomand have we control– weed management, trail include bushcareactivities ‘Our workshops. bushcaredone parentshave many and staff the ‘All Coad. Sue said us’, to greathelp a been all have OrchidSociety Native the West,and Pedler GregTrishSarre,Janet Makin, Andrewlike experts bushcareprogram– our for people fromoutside support fantastic ‘Wehad have species are needed to support the differentgroupsthe support to areneeded species ‘Karen’splant what at Yearlooked have students 6-7 said. Sue year’, last done was birdsurvey a and here– found differentspecies 25 thereareover – orchidsurvey an ‘Wedone have Opening of the interpretive signage interpretive the of Opening grasses for species that feed on grass seeds’. grass on feed that species for grasses native out planted and art in masks beak made science, in types beak at looked They region. the in occur birdsthat of Other landholders Other

G C Bishop plants to revegetate degraded areas.revegetatedegraded to plants propagatingand Scrub fromThe seed collecting trees’to from‘planting moved school’sThe has revegetationwork group.management catchment local the hosts also school The school. the at meets groupwhich Landcarelocal the started students former Parentsof school. based community- a much very is Sturt Upper environments’,two Sue.said investigateddifferentthe the needsof Hillsenvironment. studentsThehave experiencedhavedifferentthey very our culturalandprojects Raukkanandat studentsvisitedhaveenvironmental RaukkanAboriginal‘Upper SturtSchool. environmentalsocialprogramand with developedschoolhasThean G C Bishop Agreement had recently been finalised. finalised. recentlybeen Agreementhad Heritage the 1997 propertyin the to came Caulfield VineyardJack Markaranka Manager When country.plain flood river hectaresof 450 manage protectand would company the that basis the on given was Consent vineyards. the extend orderto scatteredtreesin hectares of thirty clear to consent receivedplanning Southcorp 1996 In property. the vineyardson hectaresof there are177 now and previousowners fromthe grapes wine buying been had Penfolds 1989. in Murray River the of banks historic the bought group)Southcorp the of part Wines(now Penfold Waikerie. property,grazing of vineyardand north-west Wineson Southcorp by owned that Areasis largestHeritage the of One AgreementScheme. Heritage the in participants arecommercialcompanies of number A landholders Other Markaranka Markaranka station on the on station , a 1275 hectare1275 a , Southcorp Wines Pty Ltd, Pty Wines Southcorp currently being implemented’, said Jack. said implemented’, currentlybeing is and 1997 September in completed was plan The area. the for plan management preparinga was Stewart, Michelle Resourcesgraduate, Natural a Agreementand Heritage under flats river the put agreementto an enteredinto company ‘The livestock were removed were livestock since occurred has Gums Red River of regeneration Prolific Left: vineyards the of section a across viewed area Agreement Heritage Above: Markaranka Heritage Agreement1120 Heritage , Taylorville, variousobstacles,pipesbanksand assuch recommendations.We removedand in wentthen madeand us swampfor the at look Australia a had werepreventing seasonalinundation. Wetland Care builtstructures intakechannelsthesiltingandof ‘Variousarea.originalthesays: Jacktowater flow Southcorp’sofOne reinstatefirstactionstowas the arethousands ofyoung red gums inthelagoon area regenerationofsmall shrubs andgrasses, andthere happened’,said Jack.‘There hasbeen lot aof thestock were removed butfortunately that hasn’t ‘Ithought theweeds would have gone madafter thesigning ofthemanagement agreement. Sheepgrazed thecountry formany decades prior to cliffs. river high the against aresilhouetted redgums ancient huge, the of many and country attractive scenically is It lignum. and chenopods by dominated layer shrub a with largiflorens ( Gum Red River forestof open arean flats The seasons. most in year the of part for water some contains lagoon largecentral A Murray. River the of level flow the on depending inundation of extent the wetlands, areseasonal flats river The Eucalyptus camaldulensis Eucalyptus

G C Bishop Jack Caulfield, Vineyard Manager,VineyardMarkaranka Caulfield, Jack ) and River Coobah ( Coobah River and ) ), River Box ( Box River ), Acacia stenophylla Acacia E. ’. ) ’. 43

Combining business and conservation 44 Combining business and conservation A section of the flood channel from the River Murray River the from channel flood the of section A baiting and warren ripping. Numbers were very werevery Numbers warrenripping. and baiting 1080 do to in came Controlchaps Plant and Animal local the 2000 in so active, werevery ‘Rabbits occurring. is this and tackled be to issues as rabbits and weeds identified plan management The 1998. projectduring the for funding Trust)providedHeritage Natural (throughthe ProgramPlanning WestAction River Local The year’, said Jack. said year’, this needed be programwill follow-up a whether determine to we’reyet and year following the low especially bad in the big lagoon’, he said. he lagoon’, big the in bad especially is It floodwaters. broughtdownstreamby gets which Burr Noogoora is problemweed other The periods. water high after evident most be to seems this Dodder; Golden searchfor yearly a do ‘They program.’ successful a been has It pay!” I’ll and kill, and find “Youthem, to said I do. they but work this do to resourcesWeequipment the or reallyhave don’t us. controlfor weed do also APCB Riverland ‘The Other landholders Other

G C Bishop Environment and Natural Resources. Natural and Environment of AustralianNovemberDepartment 1995.South 21 Adelaide, NativeAustralia. South VegetationProceedings,in Seminar Management Dendy, T.Murray,and J. (Eds).Conservation. (1996).to From Conflict 1978 September R. Colin Harris) Australia.byVegetationSouth (Prepared Report.in Final Clearance Environment.1978 forthe April AustralianDepartment South forthe P.C.by prepared Australia. South report in A Agreements Heritage James on VegetationCommittee Clearance. 1976 October Interdepartmental the Australia.of VegetationSouth in Report Clearance 1975.pp.94-98FoundationAugustConference,15-17 Canberra, easements.and James,P.C. covenantsto alternative An – Agreements (1975).Heritage REFERENCES state’. natural its restoreareato to the eventually and management, day-to-day oversee to is goal ‘My often. that hereall get don’t I so time, my of most up propertytakes the ‘It’s running greatareabut a Jack. said on’, move they then and lasts water the as long aroundas stay They species. other and pelicans ducks, of numbers ‘Wehuge waterbirds. get of host a to home seasonal arethe wetlands The in Landscape Conservation.AustralianLandscape Conservation CONTENTS The Profiles The District Council of Mallala, Dublin Parklands Dublin Mallala, of Council District Jeanneret,JeanneretWines,Sevenhill Carissa and Ben MargoTreloar,and Lachlan Mid Willson,Mandy and David Hagerstrom,Kay and Robert AndyandKate Gilfillan, Kangaroo W.R.W.G.,& Nosworthy,M.E. 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