Fleurieu Environment Centre

02/11/2026

Our Yankalilla Community Garden sessions are now on the first THURSDAY and the third Sunday of the month 🍅 Pop along and say hello! See what to grow in Spring🌞

02/11/2026

Make a plan to control rabbits this summer 📅 Find out more via Landscapes Hills and Fleurieu

Make a plan to control rabbits this summer 📅

Wild rabbit numbers remain high across the region and their impacts are being felt on farms, in gardens and across the environment. As the landscape dries and feed becomes harder to find, rabbits will increasingly turn to irrigated crops and gardens.

There are several methods that can help get numbers under control. Options can include exclusion fencing, warren fumigation and collapse, shelter removal and baiting where appropriate.

Baiting needs careful planning to minimise risks to wildlife and pets. That's why we require landholders purchasing pindone-treated carrots through our distribution days to complete annual training in safe and responsible use.

Combining methods to suit your surrounds and situation and working with neighbours or adjoining landholders remains the most reliable and effective management approach.

Visit our webpage for advice and resources to help you plan your rabbit control program 🔗 https://hf.landscape.sa.gov.au/rabbits

29/10/2026

We would love YOU to be at our Fleurieu Environment Centre AGM to review the last year AND have pizza if you would like to stay 🍕 Free event, please RSVP for food ordering. Thank you :)
https://events.humanitix.com/flec-agm-2026

29/10/2026

Seen an echidna? Show us and Green Adelaide your pictures! 📸
Our prickly friends are having a later than usual breeding season and are currently looking for their mates. They’ve emerged from torpor (aka their energy saving-mode) and can be seen on the move mostly at dawn and dusk. Don’t get too close or they’ll dig into the ground or curl up into a ball.

Seen an echidna? Show us your pictures! 📸

Our prickly friends are having a later than usual breeding season and are currently looking for their mates.

They’ve emerged from torpor (aka their energy saving-mode) and can be seen on the move mostly at dawn and dusk.

Don’t get too close or they’ll dig into the ground or curl up into a ball.

📸 Martin Stokes

26/10/2026

Discover Myponga Reservoir with Adelaide Canoe Club this November! Including Native wildlife identification and Guided nature walks

Join the Adelaide Canoe Club for a special community event at the stunning 𝐌𝐲𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐚 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐨𝐢𝐫 𝐒𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟏𝟒𝐭𝐡 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔.
The day has been designed around three key themes that align beautifully with SA Water's "Enjoy. Explore. Preserve." values:

ENJOY Free Come & Try Paddling sessions for more than 60 participants, open to families and complete beginners. With professional instructors, stable kayaks and a free community BBQ, it's the perfect opportunity to get out on the water and have some fun!

EXPLORE Enjoy guest speakers and demonstrations covering: • Water quality testing
• Native wildlife identification
• Guided nature walks
• Historical displays showcasing Myponga Reservoir's role in Adelaide's water supply

PRESERVE Learn how we can all help protect our precious water sources through a conservation session focused on watershed protection and simple actions that make a real difference.
Book your paddling session today:
Morning Paddle https://paddleaustralia.justgo.com/workbench/public/events?ref=6F90167DE917AA0D073EC1DABCA9765A45E9503F

Afternoon Paddle https://paddleaustralia.justgo.com/workbench/public/events?ref=17B24F6323DE948B8EA7CDB3048197F5A4BF414D

23/10/2026

Join for Catchment Conversation - Myponga River, Carrickalinga, Bungala.
Wed, 28 Oct, 3pm - 6pm DROP IN any time, Myponga. RSVP at the link below

Across the Hills and Fleurieu, water is under pressure. Reviews in 2023-24 found that current Water Allocation Plans are no longer suited to the region’s changing conditions. To help secure our future, we need to rethink how we use, protect and share our water resources.

This Catchment Conversation provides a transparent and safe space for people to drop in, ask questions, share local knowledge and help shape future policy directions.

There is no pre‑determined agenda and no decisions will be made - just open discussions shaped by local voices, science and lived experience.

Why these conversations matter

This session is designed to help us understand what matters most to you and the community. It facilitates open, respectful conversations about water, the pressures it faces and its future across the catchment. Through these conversations, we're keen to hear your perspectives on water planning in the region - what’s working, what’s under pressure, and what a good water future looks like.

The session will help identify community values and concerns, influence how issues are framed and how options are explored.

If you are a water-user or interested in how water is managed across the Eastern and Western Mount Lofty Ranges, you will find this a valuable opportunity to share knowledge and learn more about this catchment. We look forward to seeing you there.

Please note: This Catchment Conversation is a drop‑in session. You’re welcome to come at any time and stay for as little or as long as you like.

Join a Catchment Conversation. Share local knowledge, ask questions and discuss the future of water in the catchment.

22/10/2026

Join us for our Fleurieu Environment Centre 2026 AGM!
This event is free and includes an optional post-AGM light dinner of pizzas. Please RSVP for catering purposes.
Free bookings: https://events.humanitix.com/flec-agm-2026

Event schedule
5.30-5.45: Arrival and mingling
5.45-6.15 approx: Year in review presentations and the Fleurieu Environment Centre AGM
6.15-7.00 onwards: Optional light bite and mingling

We are looking for new committee members!
Our friendly committee meets every month or two, and afternoon tea is provided. In particular, we’re seeking keen people for the roles of Chair and Secretary. We welcome "job share" and other flexible approaches. If you have any questions about the committee and roles at all, please reach out to Matt (current Chair) via 0427 070 796

We really need YOU to help us do great environmental work in this beautiful region.

Join us for our short AGM looking back over the past year. Followed by pizza (please RSVP for catering purposes)

20/10/2026

Working together for Bandicoots!

The Friends of Nixon Skinner Conservation Park joined forces with SA Water staff and Reservoir Volunteers for a habitat restoration activity at Myponga Reservoir Reserve.

This activity was part of the SA Water "Reservoirs for Nature Program" of which considerable works can be observed within the Myponga Reservoir Reserve.

As Nixon Skinner Conservation Park is adjacent to the Myponga Reservoir Reserve, it is important we work together to protect and increase native vegetation cover to connect habitat for local fauna including threatened species such as the Southern Brown Bandicoot, Yellow-footed Antechinus and Swamp Rat.

ReHabitat Pods were constructed, installed and secured within fenced and recently planted areas to provide temporary habitat structures while the seedlings grow and establish.

The Friends of Nixon Skinner are pleased to be working in partnership with SA Water and look forward to more activities that make a positive contribution to the local environment.

The Friends of Nixon Skinner are supported by the Department of Environments - Friends of Parks and Nature
also the Fleurieu Environment Centre (FLEC) 3/50 Main St Normanville, email [email protected]

If anyone would like to join the Friends of Nixon Skinner please contact Lisa Blake 0478 087 449

For more information on the Reservoirs for Nature Program, https://watertalks.sawater.com.au/reservoirs-for-nature or Google "Reservoirs for Nature Program"
or more about the ReHabitat Pods https://rehabitat.au/rehabitat-pods or seach "Rehabitat pods"

19/10/2026

Join us at the Aldinga Arts Eco Village on Monday 9th November to learn about the pivotal Dark Skies project (Carrickalinga case study) and get us wondering whether we could have something similar elsewhere in this region? Free. Please RSVP:

Join us in Aldinga to talk Dark Sky Communities with Dr Sheryn Pitman, co-lead of the campaign that helped Carrickalinga become a certified Dark Sky Community.

18/10/2026

Paddle for the Planet - Adelaide 2026: Sat 14 Nov at Port Noarlunga Beach

Come along to draw a symbolic line in the sand, to say that we don’t accept the continuation of fossil fuel driven climate change.

While global leaders will meet in Türkiye for COP31, First Nations People here and in the Pacific continue to ask Australia to stop expanding our fossil fuel mining, burning & exports as they watch their homelands burn or sink.

Across SA ocean lovers are grappling with the potential return of the harmful algal bloom, hoping that the marine life we watched perish will somehow return to our coasts.

Another Paddle for the Planet is being held simultaneously in Newcastle, NSW at the largest coal port in the world, to send the same message.

We stand in solidarity with First Nations Australians and Pacific Islanders, custodians of land & sea country for thousands of years who have a right to healthy homelands.

We call upon our governments and communities to support the rapid and just transition away from fossil fuels and towards regenerative and sustainable industries.

Hear from guest speakers, get on the water or stay on dry land. Be part of iconic photos to show our support for a healthier and more equitable planet.

After the Paddle Out it’s a short walk just over the dunes to Sauerbier House at the river mouth to join the beach clean, water sampling, storytelling & costume making.

Register here:
www.risingtide.org.au/adl-paddle-out