Work Activities/News

Do you enjoy volunteering independently on Red Hill as part of the Red Hill Regenerators? We appreciate your efforts and would like to ensure your volunteer hours are included in our reporting. Please email the Volunteer Hours Coordinator at jhag58@gmail.com with the date, number of hours, and a brief description of your activity. Your volunteer hours will […]

Red Hill Work Activity on Wednesday 19 August 2026 from 9am to 12 noon. The focus of this work activity will be controlling outbreaks of Vinca in the southern part of the Reserve near Hindmarsh Drive.  Vinca is a serious environmental weed.  It is a ground creeper that is capable of forming dense mats that

Rare Jewel Beetle – Castiarina xystra Image courtesy of Korinne McDonnell On 17 September 2024, the black and red Jewel Beetle  Castiarina xystra was recorded under the planted White Box trees on Kent Street. It was probably feeding on the flowers and was blown off in strong winds. This is the only other time this species has

Red Hill Work Activity on Sunday 2 August 2026 from 9am to 11.30am. The last work activity on 15 July commenced the task of tackling large numbers of woody weeds located on the hill slopes below the Red Hill summit road.  The work activity on Sunday 2 August will continue tackling these woody weeds.  Removing

Red Hill Work Activity on Wednesday 15 July 2026 from 9.30am to 12 noon. There are a large number of nettle trees and other woody weeds located on the hill slope below the Red Hill summit road.  These woody weeds need to be removed before they mature and form thickets to the detriment of the

Red Hill Work Activity on Sunday 5 July 2026 from 9.30am to 12 noon. Further work will be undertaken on the 40th Anniversary Project by tackling a persistent patch of Verbascum and some woody weeds on a hill slope in the southern part of the Reserve.  Removal of the Verbascum rosettes will mean that these weeds will not flower

Red Hill Work Activity on Wednesday 24 June 2026 from 9.30am to 12 noon. Joint work activities in May 2026 with the Federal Golf Club (FGC) resulted in over 0.7ha of the of the FGC lease area (which has been rezoned for inclusion into the Reserve) being cleared of large woody weeds.  It is now

Walter Burley Griffin’s and Marion Mahoney Griffin’s visison for Red Hill to be ‘painted’ red. Charles Weston established two platations of red flowering plants on the Red Hill. These heritage listed plantings are now in urgent need of maintenance and need your help! Click below to find out more! Historic Plantings Flyer

Red Hill Work Activity on Sunday 14 June 2026 from 9.30am to 12 noon. We will continue work on the 40th Anniversary Project by tackling a persistent stretch of Verbascum on a ridge in the southern part of the Reserve.  Removal of the rosettes will mean that these weeds will not flower and set seed next

Hello all, I have some exiting information to share with you all and some cute photos!! Enjoy! By Michael Mulvaney and Larissa Dann Like the Gang-gang Cockatoo, there are very few nest trees of the Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo in our region and little is known of its nesting ecology, other than that obtained by observing