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The rugged area of Adelaide Hills, centred on Mount Barker, with its conservation parks, reserves, sanctuaries and botanic gardens, forested areas of stringy barks and European trees, high altitude cool glades and fern gullies, offers a nature’s paradise of delight.

Brimming with wildlife encounters, from bird watching to the variety of animals and reptiles, insects and arachnids for those interested in entomology. There are magnificent examples of flora, from wildflowers to magnificent trees, both native and introduced in the parks and botanic garden. Of course there is also the growing interest in the many species of funga (fungi), that can be growing in the undergrowth on rotting logs and damp courses.

Check out some of natures fauna, flora and funga brought to you here (more information coming).

Flora and fauna, Wittunga Botanic Garden SA © Marianne Broug
Flora and fauna, Wittunga Botanic Garden SA © Marianne Broug
Zebra Finch (Taeniopygia castanotis), Cleland Wildlife Park SA © Marianne Broug
Zebra Finch (Taeniopygia castanotis), Cleland Wildlife Park SA © Marianne Broug
Long-nosed Potoroo (Potorous tridactylus), Cleland Wildlife Park SA © Marianne Broug
Long-nosed Potoroo (Potorous tridactylus), Cleland Wildlife Park SA © Marianne Broug
Leather-leaf Spore-eater (Calicotis crucifera), Hawthorndene SA © Marianne Broug
Leather-leaf Spore-eater (Calicotis crucifera), Hawthorndene SA © Marianne Broug
European trees in The HIlls (Adelaide) SA © Marianne Broug
European trees in The HIlls (Adelaide) SA © Marianne Broug
Coral Fungi (genus Ramaria), Mark Oliphant Conservation Park SA © Marianne Broug
Coral Fungi (genus Ramaria), Mark Oliphant Conservation Park SA © Marianne Broug

This section is a work in progress…

Footnote & References

  1. Photographs © Marianne Broug / Author / Contributor Marianne Broug
  2. Cleland Wildlife Park, National Parks and Wildlife Service South Australia, https://www.clelandwildlifepark.sa.gov.au/
  3. Mark Oliphant Conservation Park, National Parks and Wildlife Service South Australia, https://www.parks.sa.gov.au/parks/mark-oliphant-conservation-park
  4. Mylor Conservation Park, National Parks and Wildlife Service South Australia, https://www.parks.sa.gov.au/parks/mylor-conservation-park
  5. Wittunga Botanic Garden, Botanic Gardens and State Herbarium, https://www.botanicgardens.sa.gov.au/visit/wittunga-botanic-garden
  6. 5 fungi you’ll find in the Adelaide Hills, Department of Environment and Water, https://www.environment.sa.gov.au/goodliving/posts/2016/08/winter-fungi
  7. Fungi of Adelaide and the Hills, Department of Environment and Water, https://cdn.environment.sa.gov.au/landscape/docs/hf/2017-fungi-of-the-adelaide-hills-gen.pdf

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