Biodiversity Victor Harbor

05/11/2026

🌱How do you improve the survivability of seedlings in the 1st year? Make sure they're well watered when planted & again several times during the warmer months.
We've now recieved our 1000 litre water cart and have been conducting field testing to ensure its functionality, durability and oprational safety.
Once given the big tick of approvable - we'll use it with our plantings and make it available for other community groups, schools, groups and rural property owners who have acquired seedlings from our plant nursery for their environmental planting projects.
We've had a heap of people cast their eye over it (thanks Mal, Jenny, Andrew & Randy) and put it through its paces of collecting water from various water sources and completing watering trasks.
This project is only made possible with the support of SA Water Community partnership - 'Water for habitat Improving the Survival and Resilience of Community Biodiversity'.

City of Victor Harbor
Landscapes Hills and Fleurieu
Landcare Association of SA
SA Water

02/11/2026

🐝 TO BEE, OR NOT TO BE? 🐝
Have you ever wondered what our world would look like without bees?

Join us for a fascinating film evening at Victa Cinema as we explore the hidden world of these extraordinary pollinators through two captivating films.

🎬 Bees: The Invisible Mechanism (53 min) takes you inside the hive to uncover the incredible role bees play in our food systems and ecosystems, while highlighting the challenges they face worldwide.

🎬 The Dropkick’s Guide to Aussie Bees (18 min) offers a fun and eye-opening look at Australia’s amazing native bees, packed with stunning close-up footage and surprising facts.

🎤 Special Guest Speaker: Mark Rose Following the films, respected local beekeeper Mark Rose will share his beekeeping journey, provide a Varroa mite update, and offer practical tips for creating bee-friendly gardens. There will also be time for audience questions.

🗓 Monday 9 November 📍 Victa Cinema 🚪 Doors open 6.30pm 🎥 Films start shortly after 7.00pm 💰 Gold coin donation (EFTPOS available)

🍯 You can also browse a range of bee-related products including local honey, beeswax candles, handmade soaps and more.

Come along for an inspiring evening of film, learning and conversation, and discover how each of us can help protect these vital pollinators.
🐝 Registration at the Biodiversity Victor Harbor Events page is encouraged.

https://www.biodiversityvictor.org.au/events

30/10/2026

Coorong National Park is National Parks and Wildlife Service South Australia ’s Park of the Month for November
The Coorong is a spectacular landscape of wetlands, lagoons, coastal dunes and waterways, supporting an amazing diversity of plants and wildlife. It’s also a place rich in cultural and environmental significance.
Throughout November, a range of events and activities will be happening across the Coorong National Park, providing plenty of opportunities to explore, learn and connect with this unique environment.
👉 Check out the full calendar of Coorong Park of the Month events here:
https://www.parks.sa.gov.au/get-inspired/park-of-the-month

Image: National Parks and Wildlife Service South Australia / Parks SA



https://www.parks.sa.gov.au/get-inspired/park-of-the-month

30/10/2026

Surveys show Australians overwhelmingly support meeting our international environmental commitments, yet our Government still fails to fund this adequately.

27/10/2026

Our pop up nursery is in full swing for our 3rd season with a broad range of local indigenious species destined for a growing list of projects, including the Bluff & Coastal plantings in June/July '27.
We’re likely to achieve around 9,000 seedlings again this year.
Many thanks to our fabulous team of volunteers.
And a huge thank you for the support and funding we recieve via the Landscape Resilience Program of the Foundation for National Parks & Wildlife which helps keep our Nursery operational.
Foundation for National Parks & Wildlife
ReBird the Ranges
City of Victor Harbor
Landscapes Hills and Fleurieu
Landcare Association of SA

18/10/2026

Join the rest of Australia in the Great Aussie Bird Count.
Whether its birds you see from your Kitchen window or out on the tractor make sure you record them. Doesn’t matter whether you see them or can hear them.
Not sure what the species is? Check them out in the Birdlife Australia Bird Finder https://www.birdsinbackyards.net/finder

The Aussie Bird Count starts TOMORROW! 🦅🦆

We’re excited to come together and count birds across the country.

The Aussie Bird Count is for everyone. No matter who you are or where you are across Australia, there are birds to count. Take 20 minutes out of your day and jump into our easy-to-use app to count the birds around you.

With one in six Australian birds facing extinction, there’s never been a more important time to pay attention to our birds and feel inspired to protect them.

🔗 Don’t forget to register: https://aussiebirdcount.org.au/

🎨 Artwork by Angharad Neal-Williams

16/10/2026

A great turnout at the 2026 SA Landcare Conference, with strong representation from Biodiversity Victor Harbor members! 🌿

Running across the weekend, the conference brings together local groups, volunteers, Traditional Owners, industry and government to share ideas and strengthen partnerships.

This year’s theme is Community, Climate and Place, and there will be plenty of learning shared over the next two days.

15/10/2026

Big Spring Clean Up at the Hindmarsh River Estuary 🌿

On Tuesday morning, Biodiversity Victor Harbor volunteers joined volunteers from Coastcare Victor Harbor for a working bee as part of Clean Up Australia’s Big Spring Clean Up, held in collaboration with the City of Victor Harbor Council Open Spaces team.

Volunteers collected litter along the boardwalk and lagoon area of the Hindmarsh River Estuary. There was less than at the previous bee earlier in the year, but still enough to fill several bags. That’s still too much litter for such a beautiful spot, and every piece removed is one less that can reach our waterways and the marine environment.

With such a great turnout, volunteers were able to tackle a second job at the same time: weeding and preparing the Bridge Point Garden for summer. Lots of weeds came out, especially euphorbia, bowls were re-made around many of last year’s plantings, a boxthorn was removed, and some new Leucopogons went in to replace plants damaged by a camper last summer.

Thank you to the wonderful Council team for a fantastic morning tea, which was a lovely way to end the morning. We value this collaboration and look forward to more community projects together.

Thanks again to all our volunteers for your enthusiasm and community spirit! 💚