Uncle Neville's tour

The following images are Uncle Neville's surprise tour around the camp site. He was telling us about the different bush tucker plants and the name of each plant and its uses. However, if you want to know more about the name of the plants, you have to join with us on our second trip which scheduled during Spring time (school break Term 3)

Uncle Neville

Uncle Neville and Joan Gibbs

Uncle Neville, Georgina Clark and Steve Gemmell

Uncle Neville, Jill Talbot and Georgina Clark


Our valuable guest star of the night Uncle Neville


Uncle Neville's suprise tour, his vast knowledge of the Coorong plants and his great singing that made the Caring for Country workshop unforgettable. Thank you very much Uncle Neville.

Posting and photographs by Jelina Haines 2009

Caring for Country: Restoring the Land and Cultural Understanding workshop

The following images were taken during our last workshop trip.


Joan was in-charge on the driving and Jill (front passenger)

First stop at Tailembend, re-fuel and had a break for a coffee then hit the road again. Second stop, Meningie on time for our lunch break, without realizing that I forgotten this delicious platters that I bought the day before (cursing myself for an hour), the funny thing was when i did the food shopping for this trip I ordered the platters the day before and arrived back home, realized I forgotten the platters, went back to the shop and the shop lady forgotten it too, so we wait till she finished preparing it. So, this delicious platter wasn't meant to be eaten for our trip and I think we meant to purchase our lunch at the Meningie Bakery, we made the owner happy though by buying our lunch in the bakery.

If you are thinking going to Meningie in South Australia don't forget to stop by at Meningie bakery.


Third stop at Camp Coorong, meeting Uncle Neville and introducing Jill to everybody.


At last we arrived at our destination at the Coorong Wilderness Lodge at Hacks Point, South Australia and we were greeted with this panoramic view of the peninsula.


Our first night camping


Our surprises just starting we had a surprise visit from Uncle Neville.

I will post some of the images later on, so keep visiting the CBRP blog.

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volunteer trip and Spring workshop trip

Photograph by Malcolm Haines

The summer workshop trip went very well, although participants less than we were expected but everybody enjoyed. I will upload the slides of the trip soon.

For those who wants to join with us for the coming up volunteer trip, please keep in touch with Joan Gibbs.

We are also planning our next workshop trip which will be held during Spring time. We will keep you up to date for updates.

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3 more days to go -'Caring for Country: Restoring Land and Cultural Understanding'

3 more days to go till our 'Caring for Country: Restoring Land and Cultural Understanding - an ecological restoration tour at the Coorong event'.

What to bring

Be prepared for all kinds of weather, as the Coorong can be changeable (four seasons in one day). Bring rain gear and rubber boots (just in case it will rain). The forecast for this week is a bit warm so it is better to pack comfortable clothing for warm days and maybe one clothing to keep you warm during the night, but the wind can be quite gusty and dusty, brimmed hats could blown away so make sure that the hat you have has a drawstring to tightened and fine netting to protect your face from flies and mosquitoes.

Essential Items are:
Lunchbox, sunscreen, sunglasses, toilet paper, chapstick and mosquito repellant. Bring your own plate, coffee mug, fork & spoon, sugary snacks in case you have low sugar issues, small torch, ace bandage and personal first aid kit. Swags are O.K., tents are recommended in case of rain, long shorts/appropriate beach thongs for kayak, hiking boots or other shoes that are suitable for bush walking. Don't forget to bring a clear plastic bag for your important gear i.e. camera just in case it will rain. Marshmallows could be shared around the campfire.

Make sure that you pack all your swag/tent gear, especially check that the pigs are in the bag. Otherwise you will experience the same scenario as I have that I had pack all my camp gears except the pigs for my tent.

We are looking forward of seeing you on Thursday the 15th of January 2009 at 'P' Building Mawson Lakes Campus. Otherwise pre- arranged pick up for our prospective guest will be available, in case travelling to Mawson Lakes Campus will be awkward. But you have to let us know ASAP.


Photograph by Denise Noack

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