Have Your Say – Draft Tree Strategy for NPSP

Please note that the deadline for submissions has passed. The Draft Tree Strategy 2022-2027 (PDF, 6.6MB) is designed to guide the management, planning, planting, and maintenance of all trees within the city, with a particular focus on street trees. The Council has...

Help track down Alexandrine parakeets

These big green birds are popular pets in South Australia, but are native to South Asia and could become a highly invasive species in the Australian bush if left unchecked. Wild sightings have been reported in Adelaide’s suburbs – particularly southern suburbs. Green...

Borthwick Park Loves Our Volunteers

Thank you to all the volunteers who have helped to keep the native seedlings and young plants in Borthwick Park alive with watering over summer. Hand watering started in January and will continue through to the end of March with a new team taking over every week. The...

Help on tap!

Detectorist Craig uncovering a lost artefact in Borthwick Park After repeated attempts over the last two years to find a lost watering outlet, Sonya and Craig responded to our cry for help through Facebook. Bringing their metal detector, Sonya and Craig Brocklehurst...

KRA in Look East

In 2020, the KRA applied for a grant to fund a storage shed for Borthwick Park to securely store tools and equipment used during the monthly working bees and weekly watering over the summer months. Below you can see some of the KRA’s proud volunteers in front of...

Helipad Refused!

Thanks to all residents for contributing to the fight that stopped Peregrine from flying helicopters over our suburb for their VIPs to get to a racetrack. Common sense prevailed when the State Government refused their application in March after months of reports,...