Friends of Parks
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Friends of Parks Incorporated is an umbrella organisation for 141 individual volunteer community groups and over 7000 individual volunteers in South Australia
, who are each affiliated with a specific national park or historic site. The objectives of "Friends" groups are: to provide opportunities for public participation in the management of national parks and historic sites; to raise funds to support national parks, historic sites and the social functions of the Friends group; to publicise national parks and historic sites as well as the objectives of the Friends; and to provide cultural and social events for the benefit of members, staff and the general public.
Each Friends group is financially self-supporting, through a combination of members fees and fundraising. In addition, the South Australian Department of Environment and Heritage provide "Friends Grants" for which individual groups apply on a project basis.
The first Friends group started at Fort Glanville Conservation Park
in 1980, where there had been an existing historical society. The second group was formed at Ferguson Conservation Park in Stonyfell
. In 1983, the National Parks and Wildlife Service
set up the Friends of Old Government House
in Belair National Park
. The success of the Friends model had been demonstrated and in the following years many more groups were set up. In 1993, the Friends of Parks umbrella group was incorporated.
A central Volunteer Support Network based in Adelaide coordinates the network of groups. Each group is answerable to a Liaison Ranger in order to ensure coordination with the goals and policies of the Department of Environment and Heritage and park management.
Dingley Dell Conservation Park
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South Australia
South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories.South Australia shares borders with all of the mainland...
, who are each affiliated with a specific national park or historic site. The objectives of "Friends" groups are: to provide opportunities for public participation in the management of national parks and historic sites; to raise funds to support national parks, historic sites and the social functions of the Friends group; to publicise national parks and historic sites as well as the objectives of the Friends; and to provide cultural and social events for the benefit of members, staff and the general public.
Each Friends group is financially self-supporting, through a combination of members fees and fundraising. In addition, the South Australian Department of Environment and Heritage provide "Friends Grants" for which individual groups apply on a project basis.
The first Friends group started at Fort Glanville Conservation Park
Fort Glanville Conservation Park
Fort Glanville Conservation Park is a registered heritage conservation area in Semaphore South, South Australia, a seaside suburb of Adelaide, that incorporates a functional 19th century fort. The fort was built after more than 40 years of indecision over the defence of South Australia...
in 1980, where there had been an existing historical society. The second group was formed at Ferguson Conservation Park in Stonyfell
Stonyfell, South Australia
Stonyfell is a prestigious suburb in the foothills of Adelaide in the City of Burnside. It has many parks with walking tracks, waterfalls and bike tracks. St Peter's Collegiate Girls' School is the only school in Stonyfell. The historic Stonyfell Winery is one of Australia's oldest. There is also a...
. In 1983, the National Parks and Wildlife Service
National Parks and Wildlife Service (South Australia)
The National Parks and Wildlife Service is part of the Department for Environment and Heritage - the main government conservation agency in South Australia, Australia....
set up the Friends of Old Government House
Old Government House, South Australia
The Old Government House of South Australia is a historic building located in Belair National Park. It was the summer residence of the Governor of South Australia from 1860-1880, and was used by governors Richard Graves MacDonnell and Dominick Daly...
in Belair National Park
Belair National Park
Belair National Park is a national park in South Australia , 13 km south of Adelaide, covering an 835ha area. It was proclaimed in 1891 and was the first National Park in South Australia, second in Australia and the tenth in the world...
. The success of the Friends model had been demonstrated and in the following years many more groups were set up. In 1993, the Friends of Parks umbrella group was incorporated.
A central Volunteer Support Network based in Adelaide coordinates the network of groups. Each group is answerable to a Liaison Ranger in order to ensure coordination with the goals and policies of the Department of Environment and Heritage and park management.
Parks
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- Althorpe Islands Conservation Park
- Angove Conservation Park
- Anstey Hill Recreation ParkAnstey Hill Recreation ParkAnstey Hill Recreation Park is a public park approximately northeast of Adelaide, South Australia. It is managed by the City of Tea Tree Gully, the Department for Environment and Heritage and a volunteer group—The Friends of Anstey Hill. The park is designed for recreational walking and there are...
- Beachport Conservation Park
- Belair National ParkBelair National ParkBelair National Park is a national park in South Australia , 13 km south of Adelaide, covering an 835ha area. It was proclaimed in 1891 and was the first National Park in South Australia, second in Australia and the tenth in the world...
- Black Hill Conservation ParkBlack Hill Conservation ParkBlack Hill Conservation Park is a public reserve approximately 10 km northeast of Adelaide, in the state of South Australia, Australia. The park is in a rugged bush environment, with a prominent peak, bounded by steep ridges on the southern slopes...
- Blackwood Forest Recreation Park
- Blue LakeBlue Lake (South Australia)The Blue Lake in Mount Gambier, South Australia is a large monomictic lake located in an extinct volcanic maar associated with the Mount Gambier maar complex. It is one of four crater lakes on Mount Gambier...
- Brookfield Conservation Park
- Brown Hill CreekBrown Hill CreekBrown Hill Creek, in South Australia, , is one of several creeks running in a generally west-north-west direction, draining the western watershed of the Mount Lofty Ranges....
- Burra ParksBurraWest Burra is one of the Scalloway Islands, a subgroup of the Shetland Islands in Scotland. It is connected by bridge to East Burra. With an area of , it is the eleventh largest of the Shetland Islands.-Geography:...
- Butcher Gap Conservation Park
- Canunda National ParkCanunda National ParkCanunda is a national park in South Australia . It is southeast of Adelaide, on the coast about southwest of Millicent. It consists of coastal dunes, limestone cliffs, and natural bushland...
- Cape Gantheaume Conservation ParkCape Gantheaume Conservation ParkCape Gantheaume Conservation Park is located on Kangaroo Island, South Australia. Attractions include Murray Lagoon and D'Estrees Bay....
- Cleland Conservation ParkCleland Conservation ParkCleland Conservation Park is a conservation park in the Adelaide Hills, South Australia. from Adelaide City centre. Cleland Conservation Park conserves a significant area of natural bushland on the Adelaide Hills face and includes the internationally popular Cleland Wildlife Park and the popular...
- Clements Gap Conservation Park
- Cobbler Creek Recreation ParkCobbler Creek Recreation ParkCobbler Creek Recreation Park is a conservation and recreation park north of Adelaide, South Australia in the suburb of Gulfview Heights. Originally part of the lands of the Kaurna aboriginal people, it was farmed from European settlement of South Australia until the declaration of the park in...
- Coffin Bay National ParkCoffin Bay National ParkCoffin Bay is a national park in on the Eyre Peninsula of South Australia , 301 km west of Adelaide, and 46 km west of Port Lincoln. The township of Coffin Bay is near the entrance to the National Park...
- Coorong National ParkCoorong National ParkThe Coorong is a national park and lagoon ecosystem in South Australia , 156 km southeast of Adelaide. Its name is thought to be a corruption of the local Aboriginal people's word kurangh, meaning "long neck"; a reference to the shape of the lagoon system...
- Cox Scrub Conservation ParkCox Scrub Conservation ParkCox Scrub is a conservation park in South Australia, approximately 55km south of Adelaide....
- Deep Creek Conservation ParkDeep Creek Conservation ParkDeep Creek Conservation Park is 45 square kilometres of natural Australian bush land located at the southern end of Fleurieu Peninsula in South Australia, 11 km east of Cape Jervis. It has spectacular cliffs fronting the Southern Ocean. The total of 18 km of coastline include views across...
Dingley Dell Conservation Park
- Dutchman's Stern Conservation Park
- Ferguson Conservation Park
- Flinders Ranges National ParkFlinders Ranges National ParkThe Flinders Ranges National Park is situated approximately 400 km north of Adelaide in the northern central part of South Australia's largest mountain range, the Flinders Ranges. The park covers an area of 912 km², northeast of the small town of Hawker...
- Gammon Ranges National Park
- Gawler Ranges National ParkGawler Ranges National ParkGawler Ranges is a 1633 km2 national park lying 350 km north-west of Adelaide in the northern Eyre Peninsula of South Australia. It is known for its spectacular rock formations.-History:...
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- Granite Island Recreation Park
- Great Victoria Desert ParksGreat Victoria DesertThe Great Victoria Desert is a barren and sparsely populated desert area of southern Australia.-Location and description:The Great Victoria is the biggest desert in Australia and consists of many small sandhills, grassland plains, areas with a closely packed surface of pebbles and salt lakes...
- Hallett Cove Conservation ParkHallett Cove Conservation ParkHallett Cove Conservation Park is a conservation park in Hallett Cove, South Australia. It is located on the shore of Gulf Saint Vincent, 22 km south of central Adelaide.-History:...
- Harding Springs Park
- The Innamincka ReservesInnamincka Regional ReserveInnamincka Regional Reserve is located in South Australia.The 1.3 million hectares reserve was created in 1988, in particular to protect its important wetlands.It was in this area that the Burke and Wills expedition started and finished....
- Innes National ParkInnes National ParkInnes is a national park on the southwest tip of Yorke Peninsula in South Australia , 160 km west of Adelaide.-Environment:Innes is the largest area of native vegetation remaining on the Yorke Peninsula, providing habitat for 115 species of conservation significance...
- Kaiserstuhl Conservation ParkKaiserstuhl Conservation ParkThe Kaiserstuhl Conservation Park is a small 403 ha park about 12 km southeast of Tanunda in South Australia. It lies in the range overlooking the Barossa Valley, and is named after the 600 metre high Kaiserstuhl in an immediately adjacent section of the Mount Crawford Forest.The mountain itself...
- Kangaroo Island Parks
- Kenneth Stirling Conservation Park
- Kimba, South AustraliaKimba, South AustraliaKimba is a rural service town on the Eyre Highway at the top of Eyre Peninsula in South Australia. At the 2006 census, Kimba had a population of 636 and it has an annual rainfall of 339 mm. There is 7 metre tall statue of a big galah beside the highway marking halfway between the east and west...
District Parks - Kyeema Conservation Park
- Lake Newland and Waldegrave IslandsLake Newland Conservation ParkLake Newland Conservation Park protects a 20 km long hypersaline lake and associated wetland complex lying on the west coast of the Eyre Peninsula of South Australia. It is separated from the sea by sand-dunes. The southern end of the reserve is about 10 km north of the small town of...
- Lake Ormerod
- Little Dip Conservation Park
- Lobethal Bushland Park
- Lower Field RiverField RiverThe Field River is located some 20 kilometres south of Adelaide in South Australia. The catchment area of the Field River includes the Happy Valley Reservoir, part of Main South Road and the Southern Expressway and covers a total area of 55.3 km2...
- Marino Conservation ParkMarino Conservation ParkMarino Conservation Park is a 30 ha park located in the Adelaide suburb of Marino with views across Adelaide and the coastline.Once part of the lands of the Aboriginal Kaurna people, the Marino Conservation Park and surrounding areas are part of the Tjilbruke dreamtime.Proclaimed in 1989 as a...
- Mark Oliphant Conservation Park
- Moana Sands Conservation Park
- Monarto ZooMonarto ZooMonarto Zoological Park is an open-range animal sanctuary that is administered by the Royal Zoological Society of South Australia, along with the Adelaide Zoo. It has an area of . It is located in Monarto, approximately from the city of Adelaide...
- Morialta Conservation ParkMorialta Conservation ParkMorialta Conservation Park is a public reserve 10 km north-east of Adelaide, in the state of South Australia, Australia. The park is in a rugged bush environment, with a narrow gorge set with three waterfalls, bounded by steep ridges and cliffs...
- Mound Springs
- Mount Billy Conservation Park
- Mount GambierMount Gambier (volcano)Mount Gambier is a maar complex in South Australia associated with the Newer Volcanics Province. It contains four lake-filled maars called Blue Lake, Valley Lake, Leg of Mutton Lake, and Brownes Lake...
Area Parks - Mount George Conservation Park
- Mount Monster Conservation Park
- Mount Osmond Conservation Park
- Mount Remarkable National ParkMount Remarkable National ParkMount Remarkable is a national park in South Australia , 238 km north of Adelaide.Edward John Eyre named Mount Remarkable in June 1840...
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- Murray RiverMurray RiverThe Murray River is Australia's longest river. At in length, the Murray rises in the Australian Alps, draining the western side of Australia's highest mountains and, for most of its length, meanders across Australia's inland plains, forming the border between New South Wales and Victoria as it...
(Friends of the River Inc) - Mutton CoveMutton CoveMutton Cove is an anchorage 0.5 nautical miles northeast of the south end of Beer Island in the Biscoe Islands. The cove is formed by four small islands, Harp, Upper, Cliff and Girdler Islands. Beer Island shelters the cove from the west. Charted in 1936 by the British Graham Land Expedition ...
- Mylor Conservation Park
- Naracoorte Caves
- Nene Valley Conservation Park
- Newland Head Conservation Park
- O'Halloran Hill Recreation Park
- Onkaparinga Park
- Para Wirra Recreation ParkPara Wirra Recreation Park.Para Wirra Recreation Park is a national park located in the foothills of the Mount Lofty Ranges near Adelaide, Australia. Para Wirra forms part of a larger, block of contiguous native vegetation, the remainder of which is owned by the Woods and Forests Department, the Engineering and Water...
- RiverlandRiverlandThe Riverland, is a region of South Australia. It covers the area near the Murray River from where it flows into South Australia downstream to Blanchetown.The major town centres are Renmark, Berri, Loxton, Waikerie and Barmera...
Parks - Sandy Creek Conservation Park
- Sceale Bay
- Scott Conservation Park
- Scott Creek Conservation ParkScott Creek Conservation ParkScott Creek Conservation Park is a conservation park in South Australia, approximately 20 km south of Adelaide.-Facilities:The park has an extensive network of walking trails which enables visitors to select walks appropriate to their level of fitness, specific interests and personal time frame...
- Sellicks Beach
- Shepherds Hill Recreation Park
- Simpson DesertSimpson DesertThe Simpson Desert is a large area of dry, red sandy plain and dunes in Northern Territory, South Australia and Queensland in central Australia. It is the fourth largest Australian desert, with an area of 176,500 km² ....
Parks - Southern Eyre PeninsulaEyre PeninsulaEyre Peninsula is a triangular peninsula in South Australia. It is bounded on the east by Spencer Gulf, the west by the Great Australian Bight, and the north by the Gawler Ranges. It is named after explorer Edward John Eyre who explored some of it in 1839-1841. The coastline was first explored by...
Parks - Southern MalleeMurray MalleeThe Murray Mallee is the grain-growing and sheep-farming area of South Australia bounded to the north and west by the Murray River, to the east by the Victorian border, and extending about 50 km south of the Mallee Highway....
Parks - Spring Gully Conservation ParkSpring Gully Conservation ParkSpring Gully Conservation Park is a conservation park in the Skilly Hills, west of the Clare Valley in South Australia. It provides views to the west across the northern end of the Adelaide Plains...
- St PeterSt. Peter IslandSt Peter Island is an island on the south coast of South Australia near Ceduna to the south of Denial Bay. It is the second largest island in South Australia and about 13km long...
and St Francis IslandSt. Francis IslandSt Francis Island is an island on the south coast of South Australia near Ceduna. It is part of the Isles of Saint Francis conservation park...
Parks - Stirling Linear Park
- Streaky Bay District Parks
- Sturt Gorge Recreation ParkSturt Gorge Recreation ParkThe Sturt Gorge Recreation Park is located in Bellevue Heights, South Australia. It channels the Sturt River down to the Adelaide Plains....
- Telowie Gorge Conservation Park
- Totness Recreation ParkTotness Recreation ParkTotness Recreation Park, is a public park near the town of Totness, South Australia in the central Mount Lofty Ranges. Covering of land, the park is divided by the South Eastern Freeway and features a large dam. It was declared as a reserve in 1970 and re-designated as a recreation park in 1972....
- Troubridge Island Conservation Park
- Whyalla Conservation Park
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Buildings
- Adelaide GaolAdelaide GaolAdelaide Gaol was an Australian prison located in Thebarton, South Australia, Australia. The gaol was the first permanent one in South Australia and operated from 1841 until 1988...
- Fort GlanvilleFort Glanville Conservation ParkFort Glanville Conservation Park is a registered heritage conservation area in Semaphore South, South Australia, a seaside suburb of Adelaide, that incorporates a functional 19th century fort. The fort was built after more than 40 years of indecision over the defence of South Australia...
- Marble HillMarble Hill, South AustraliaMarble Hill was the Vice-Regal summer residence for the Governor of South Australia from 1880 to 1955. It is also the name of a district of the Adelaide Hills Council, named after the residence and in which the residence is located...
- Martindale HallMartindale HallMartindale Hall is a Georgian style mansion near Mintaro, South Australia which appeared in the film Picnic at Hanging Rock. It was built in 1879. The architect was Ebenezer Gregg of London, and the chief supervisor was Adelaide architect Edward John Woods...
- Mt Lofty Fire Tower
- Old Government HouseOld Government House, South AustraliaThe Old Government House of South Australia is a historic building located in Belair National Park. It was the summer residence of the Governor of South Australia from 1860-1880, and was used by governors Richard Graves MacDonnell and Dominick Daly...
Other
- Adelaide Dolphin SanctuaryPort RiverThe Port River is the western branch of the largest tidal estuary on the eastern side of Gulf St Vincent. It extends inland through the historic Inner Harbour of Port Adelaide, to the constructed salt-water West Lakes in the north-western suburbs of Adelaide, the capital of South Australia...
- Gulf St Vincent
- Heysen Walking Trails and other Walking TrailsHeysen TrailThe Heysen Trail is a long distance walking trail in South Australia. It runs from Parachilna Gorge, in the Flinders Ranges via the Adelaide Hills to Cape Jervis on the Fleurieu Peninsula and is approximately 1200 km in length....
- Society for Underwater Historical Research
- Sporting Shooters Association of AustraliaSporting Shooters Association of AustraliaThe Sporting Shooters' Association of Australia was established in 1948 to promote shooting sports and protect firearm owners' interests. The SSAA currently has over 120,000 members, making it the largest body representing licensed firearm owners in Australia, and covers all aspects of shooting...
, Hunting and Conservation Branch SA - State Herbarium of South Australia
See also
- Protected areas of South AustraliaProtected areas of South AustraliaSouth Australia contains 324 separate Protected Areas with a total land area of 216,310 km² . Eighteen of these areas are National parks, totalling 43,374 km² .-Conservation Parks:...
- Department for Environment and Heritage (South Australia)