A new walk-in campground will be built over the coming months in the Adelaide Hills near the South Para Reservoir Reserve as demand for campsite bookings.
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When Paul and Kathy Drogemuller bought a burnt-out dairy farm at Paracombe in the Adelaide Hills after the 1983 Ash Wednesday fires, they had no idea how special the property was, or how well-suited it would be for growing grapes.
âWe were both young hillbillies,â says Kathy. âPaul grew up in the Paracombe area, and Iâm from Lobethal, another town in the Hills. We were newly married. When that land came up for auction it needed a lot of work, but we thought it was a good opportunity.â
In the beginning: Kathy Drogemuller at Paracombe in 1983. Â
The Drogemullers werenât wine people at the time. Kathy was a dental nurse, Paul was a former AFL player and builder. But a neighbour at Paracombe, who worked at the old Tolley winery in nearby Hope Valley, told the young couple that the winemaker there, Andrew Garrett, was about to set up his own business and was looking for people to grow grapes for him.
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Funding for Adelaide Hills Council Biodiversity Team
The Adelaide Hills Council Biodiversity Team has recently been granted $12,635 for conservation works within three of it’s Heritage Agreement sites – Lenswood Centennial, Bradwood and Kersbrook Conservation Reserve.
These grants were awarded by the Nature Foundation’s Revitalising Private Conservation in SA grants aimed at supporting conservation works on Heritage Agreement sites. All three grants are matched by funds and in-kind contributions allocated by Council, Trees For Life and local Bushcare volunteer groups to protect threatened native flora and to improve habitat value at each of these sites.
Lenswood and Forest Range Community Association and Bush For Life volunteers provide valuable follow up to contracted works and site monitoring.