Glenthorne National Park Draft Master Plan Report October 2019 Department for Environment and Water URPS Contents 1. Executive Summary 03 5. Glenthorne Property Master Plan 28 5.1. Glenthorne ‘Hub’ 28 2. Introduction 04 5.2. Vehicle Access 32 2.1. Background 04 5.3. Heritage Precincts 33 2.2. Regional Context 04 5.4. Nature Play & Picnic Areas 34 2.3. Approach 06 5.5. The Wetland 37 5.6. Camping 40 3. Vision & Guiding Principles 08 5.7. Creek Rehabilitation & Nature Play 40 3.1. Vision 09 5.8. Trail Network 41 3.2. Guiding Principles 10 5.9. Revegetation 43 5.10. Water Sensitive Urban Design (WSUD) & Improved 4. Glenthorne National Park Precinct Water Quality 46 Master Plan 12 4.1. An Overarching Management & Governance Plan 13 4.2. Retain & Enhance Distinct Park Character 14 4.3. Supporting Open Space 17 4.4. Improve Physical Connections Between Parks & Open Space 18 4.5. A Shared-Use Path Network 19 4.6. Accessibility & inclusivity 21 4.7. Integrated Programs & Community Infrastructure Links 22 4.8. Commercial Partnerships 27 Image Credits The images used throughout this document have been sourced from DEW, Walking SA, Glenthorne Partnership members and other websites. Full acknowledgement will be made in the final report. 02 Glenthorne National Park Master Plan | Draft Master Plan Report | Prepared for DEW URPS 1. Executive Summary The creation of Glenthorne National Park is a once-in- a-lifetime opportunity to preserve and revitalise a large area of existing open space in the southern suburbs of Adelaide and transform it into a thriving environmental and recreational precinct for the whole community. Glenthorne National Park will represent a coordinated approach to park planning and management that will cover several important parcels of land including the Glenthorne Property, O’Halloran Hill Recreation Park, Marino Conservation Park, Hallett Cove Conservation Park, Happy Valley Reservoir and areas of the Field River Valley. The local community have been involved in planning for the area over many years, forming the foundations for creating Glenthorne National Park, and they will continue to play an important role in shaping the park’s future. Glenthorne National Park will include interpretation of natural and cultural heritage, picnic areas and activity precincts, walking and cycling trails, and large tracts of native revegetation creating an urban woodland that will be enjoyed for generations to come, and provide an opportunity for people to connect with nature. The new park will demonstrate the importance of access to open green space for the health and wellbeing of the community. A universal design approach will be used in the planning of the park so that it can be accessed, appreciated and used to the greatest extent possible by all Acknowledgement of Country South Australians. We acknowledge and respect the Kaurna Nation as Glenthorne National Park will also become a base for a Traditional Custodians whose ancestral lands we live and southern national park ranger service. work upon and we pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging. We acknowledge and respect the deep spiritual connection and the relationship that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have to Country. We also pay our respects to the cultural authority of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and their nations in South Australia, as well as those across Australia. Project credits This Master Plan was developed by ASPECT Studios, in collaboration with URPS, and in partnership with the Department for Environment & Water. Other key members of the consultant team include Trailscapes & RLB. The project team would like to thank the organisations, groups, and individuals who generously contributed to the development of this Master Plan. 03 Glenthorne National Park Master Plan 2. Introduction Glenthorne National Park will make a significant N contribution to Adelaide’s green open space and will provide opportunities for recreation, environmental and cultural protection, restoration and interpretation. The Glenthorne Property, the focal point of a locally driven and long-term campaign to protect 208 hectares of farmland, will become the central ‘Hub’ of the proposed Bellevue Heights National Park. Seacombe Heights The vision is to create an environmental precinct of Adelaide Sturt Gorge Recreation Park national and international significance on Adelaide’s Seaview doorstep. 18km FLAGSTAFF RD SOUTHERN EXPRESSWAY Marino O’Halloran Hill 2.1. Regional Context Rec. Park Marino Conservation Park Flagstaff Hill Located in the heart of the southern suburbs Glenthorne approximately 18km from Adelaide’s CBD, Glenthorne MAJORS RD BLACK RD National Park Linwood National Park will incorporate existing well established Quarry State managed Parks - Marino Conservation Park, Hallett Coast Park Glenthorne Property Cove Conservation Park, O’Halloran Hill Recreation Park as Figure 1: Regional context well as Happy Valley Reservoir (managed by SA Water), and the Glenthorne Property. Hallett Cove O’Halloran Hill Happy Valley Reservoir Areas of open space adjoining and identified as Trott Park strategically important to the connection between existing State managed parks are integral to establishing the National Park. Hallett Cove LONSDALE RD CANDY RD Conservation Park LANDER RD Other areas of land important to the establishment of THE COVE RD Aberfoyle Park MAIN SOUTH RD the National Park include Council land, State Government CHANDLERS HILL RD land and privately-owned land such as Linwood Quarry Sheidow Park (currently leased to Boral) and areas of the Field River Happy Valley Valley. The new Glenthorne National Park with Glenthorne Field River Valley Property as its ‘Hub’ will become a world-class destination Reynella East that will benefit the environment, protect our shared heritage and become a vitally important asset to Reynella surrounding communities. Lonsdale SHERRIFFS RD Figure 2: Regional context 04 Glenthorne National Park Master Plan | Draft Master Plan Report | Prepared for DEW URPS 2.2. A Celebration of History, a Park for the Future The timeline below outlines key moments in the history of the Glenthorne Property. The site’s history, and that of the wider National Park, is an important element of the cultural and educational values of the park. Pre-1838 1838 1878 1910 1947 2001 Future Kaurna Country Lizard Lodge Glenthorne No.9 Army CSIRO University Glenthorne Remount Depot Field Station of Adelaide National Park Aboriginal people have Colonist ‘Major’ Thomas Thomas Porter purchased the Developing international The Council for Scientific and A period of uncertainty The state Liberal Party inhabited the Adelaide plains O’Halloran bought the plot of property following O’Halloran’s threats led the Australian Industrial Research (CSIR) surrounding the future of announced their plan for for tens of thousands of years land in London prior to clearing death and changed the Army to become interested in undertook research into sheep Glenthorne led to the transfer Glenthorne National Park in prior to European colonisation. of the site and establishment property’s name. He built Glenthorne as a remount depot nutrition, wool and agricultural of the property under a deed to 2016, championed by David The Kaurna people migrated of his pastural farm typical of Glenthorne House, a remarkable from 1910. The Commonwealth production on the property The University of Adelaide (UoA). Speirs MP. The new National between seasonal camp the period. O’Halloran became three level building inspired by compulsorily acquired the from 1947, establishing many The UoA originally intended to Park was to encompass sites from the coast to the Commisioner of Police but a building of the same name in property in 1913. Horses were new facilities and maintaining develop the site for viticulture Glenthorne Farm, O’Halloran hills. Migration tracks linked maintained his successful Devonshire, England. Porter brought to Glenthorne to be sheep breeding. operations, however this was Hill Recreation Park, Marino significant ceremonial and farming enterprises. passed away in 1890, and his broken, trained, and then later deemed to be economically Conservation Park, Hallett Cove In 1979 a physiology spiritual sites, trade centres, wife Jane in 1901. In 1903 the supplied to the Light Horse unviable. Research into Conservation Park and areas of A number of remnant but laboratory for biochemical and and seasonal food and water property was sold to George regiments during WW1 & WW2. genetically modified (GM) crops the Field River Valley. When the deteriorated heritage buildings physiological research was sources. Brookman and stud breeding Tens of thousands of horses were instead undertaken in Party were elected in 2018 and and trees remain from this era. completed. Glenthorne became was established at Glenthorne, from Glenthorne were sent controlled conditions. funding secured, the master Kaurna continue to have a a centre for human nutrition specializing in sheep and horses. to India and the Middle East planning process commenced. deep spiritual connection and studies using animal models for Friends of Glenthorne between 1911 and 1930. relationship to the land in which In 1910 the property was sold to research into human disease established in 1997, first gained Community open days were the Glenthorne National Park is Harold Drew. This period altered the prevention, later replaced by permission from UoA to start held in April 2019, and results located. landscape signifcantly. In