The Creeks and the Samphire Discovery Trail at Middle Beach
I revisited Middle Beach during January to check out the creeks and boat ramp there. I also wanted to check the status of the Samphire Discovery Trail there. I visited…
More vessels are regularly being abandoned in the Port River
Apart from all of those vessels located in the Port River’s ships’ graveyards, more vessels are regularly being abandoned in the river. According to Peter Carter, “During 2015 a trimaran…
Interpretive Signage at Birkenhead
Today I was able to photograph this Interpretive Signage at Birkenhead: – It is by the Birkenhead Tavern, adjacent to the large Admiralty anchor on the Port Adelaide Anchor Trail.…
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The Marine Life Society of South Australia online library
We have an online library through Librarika Each of the items in our library are given ‘Categories’ for topics from ‘Animal behaviour’ to ‘Wildlife’. Most items have some relevance to…
Joint Expedition by the Friends of Gulf St Vincent and the Marine Life Society of South Australia to Port Gawler (1st October 2022)
Members of both groups attended a Green Adelaide-sponsored, Mudflat Monitoring Workshop at West Beach on the evening of 15th September, where researchers from Flinders University, including the current President of…
The Formations at the St Kilda (SA) Breakwater and Channel
There is a plaque at St Kilda (SA) explaining about the rocks used to build the long breakwater there: – Certainly, it can be hard to read, but this is…
Habitat loss, habitat degradation and the Port River dolphins
I see similarities between the recent and seemingly quite rapidly escalating decline in Port River dolphin numbers and the continuing extinction trend in the bushland birds of Adelaide and the…
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The St Kilda salt fields brine spill – Mangrove disaster and a wake up call for the SA Government
If you’ve been following the news in South Australia over the past few months, you’re probably aware of the many hectares of dead, dying and distressed vegetation in the St…
Changes Over Time to Two Wreck Sites at the Jervois Basin Ships’ Graveyard
Changes Over Time to Two Wreck Sites at the Jervois Basin Ships’ Graveyard By Steve Reynolds There are several wrecks in the Jervois Basin Ships’ Graveyard at Ethelton. Two such…
The Growth of Mangroves at the Jervois Basin, Ethelton
The Growth of Mangroves at the Jervois Basin, Ethelton by Steve Reynolds On 20th July 2019, I visited the Jervois Basin Ships’ Graveyard, along with Phill McPeake’s son-in-law Danny and…