Another first for The New Springs Landcare group! April 18th 2026 will go down as a milestone day, when we held our first mass planting – and the weather was superb! The project was in [...]
female Crested Shrike Tit (front left) with a New Holland Honeyeater (rear right) A Crested Shrike Tit (Falcunculus frontatus) has become a welcome and regular visitor to the property of New Springs Landcare group member Hayden Schulz. Hayden [...]
New Springs Landcare Group's 2025 Annual General Meeting had an excellent turnout of 21 members and 7 guests, and saw existing office holders re-appointed, provided an update on the Group's stable finances, heard fascinating insights from a noted birding expert, [...]
The New Springs Landcare Group has successfully supported a local restoration initiative through the Grassroots Grants program, focusing on a vital section of Dawesley Creek flowing through Brukunga. This targeted project addresses critical environmental degradation caused by invasive woody [...]
After the devastating Cudlee Creek bushfire, ten New Springs members banded together and successfully obtained a Hills and Fleurieu Landscape Board Catchment Recovery grant. This funding supports essential farm dam improvements across multiple properties affected by the fires. The [...]
This striking little black, white and yellow insectivore was once common in the Mount Lofty Ranges, but loss of its favoured habitat has rendered it endangered. We’ve adopted this tenacious little bird as our emblem and are working to [...]