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Grants available to help restore and preserve State heritage properties

15/01/2019

Half a million dollars in grants will be available over the next two years to owners of State Heritage Places to help them undertake vital preservation and restoration works.

Avoid contact with bats

14/01/2019

South Australians are being reminded not to handle bats, as temperatures soar, increasing the likelihood of bats and bat pups falling to the ground from heat stress.

Protecting South Australia’s marine environments

03/01/2019

With the warm summer months now upon us, the fishing and crabbing season is in full swing across the state.

Innes National Park – the place to be in January

02/01/2019

Innes National Park will be a hive of activity throughout January, as it is celebrated as Park of the Month – an initiative encouraging children and families to get into South Australia’s parks.

Ancient underground water supplies found in the APY Lands

02/01/2019

A drilling program carried out in the APY Lands last year by the Department for Environment and Water (DEW) has revealed ancient underground water, which will ultimately be good news for the region’s economic development.

Duck and quail hunting season for 2019

20/12/2018

South Australia will have a restricted duck and quail hunting season in 2019, with hunters able to take eight ducks and 15 quail per hunter per day.

Campers, beware of ‘seedy’ hitchhikers

20/12/2018

Thinking about a Christmas-New Year camping trip to the coast, the bush or along the Murray?

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Seven sisters and the Coloured Stone painting by Dorcas Miller, a Mirning Woman from Koonibba, South Australia

Acknowledgement of Country

We acknowledge and respect the Traditional Custodians whose ancestral lands we live and work upon and we pay our respects to their Elders past and present. 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.

Seven sisters and the Coloured Stone by Dorcas Miller, a Mirning Woman from Koonibba, South Australia