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With thanks to our 11 regular volunteers throughout 2019, Taperoo Dunes have had a huge year. We started the year with a personalised calendar full of Taperoo Dunes photos which we distributed to group members, stakeholders and local environmental organisations. Coast care work continued as usual on a weekly basis. Regular weeding, planting and rubbish…

Taperoo Dunes would like to acknowledge the equipment grant recently received from the City of Port Adelaide Enfield. The grant allowed us to purchase a range of tools and equipment to make more purpose made tools we use to eradicate Euphorbia and Coastal Galenia. These tools were designed and constructed by Taperoo Dunes Group member…

Taperoo Dunes are proud to announce that we have been awarded the Virgin Coastcare Award at the 2019 State Community Landcare Conference hosted by Landcare Association of SA in Bordertown this week! We had been selected as one of three finalists for the Award so were thrilled to hear that we had actually won the…

The Friends of Taperoo Dunes were thrilled to be invited by the Landcare Association of SA to give a presentation about the work we are doing at Taperoo Dunes at The Parliamentary Friends of Landcare annual dinner at Old Parliament House on 15 October 2019.

You may be aware that the Port Environment Centre has a library of donated books relating to the Environment. There’s a wide range of books – from the land to the sea, and children’s books through to adults’ books. Worth a look if you are passing by, need to do some research or are a…

Members of the Taperoo Dunes Group invite you to visit the newly installed signs featuring Native Plants Birds and Animals at the Lady Gowrie Drive walkway adjacent to the Taperoo car park. After winning a Place Making Grant from the City of Port Adelaide Enfield, Taperoo Dunes Group members swung into action and selected 15…

The Friends of Taperoo Dunes are pleased to announce that we have been successful in our application for a small Port Adelaide Enfield Council Place Making Grant. Our proposal was to design and install signage to form a new trail along the Lady Gowrie Drive pathway which we have named the Taperoo Dunes Walk. We…

Another planting day, this time down the Wandana Tce end of Taperoo Dunes. We achieved 75 new plants specialising in butterfly and bird attracting. These included Scavolea crassifolia, Kunzel pomifera, Leucophyta brownii, Pelargoinium australe, Kennedia prostrata. Thanks to our fabulous team of volunteers. More plantings next week so come along if you are free

We were lucky to be involved with the spectacular exhibition “It came from the Harbour” . Check it out at Gallery Yampu in Port Adelaide. Our beautiful paper cache birds are on display and Kym’s amazing photo. They also have videos of underwater creatures….. octopus, sea horses and more. A big thank you to Bob…

A stunning day in Taperoo. We have planted 50 new indigenous tube stock ready for the winter rains. This should set them up well for the summer ahead. Thanks to all the team