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Smaller eucalypts for planting in Australia: their selection, cultivation and management

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This guide treats 84 smaller-growing eucalypts suited for growing in Australia. Each species is illustrated by multiple photographs and a current distribution map.

July 5, 2026

Fleurieu Birds: What to see and where to see them

A field guide and location guide for birds seen in the Fleurieu Peninsula, South Australia. This is a highly populated region compared with the rest of South Australia and borders the Adelaide southern suburbs.

June 26, 2026

The Fleurieu Rocks! From the Big Bang to the Fleurieu Peninsula…a geological tour

This book looks at three different perspectives of the Fleurieu Peninsula – 20,000 years ago, the present, and time-travelling back billions of years. It will discuss the formation of the Earth – there are some very old rocks on the Fleurieu Peninsula.

June 24, 2026

Understanding Mount Compass soils

Land systems are not singular soil descriptions but identify the landscape in which a range of similar types of soils exist. Each of the soil types are referenced by a secondary three digit code indicating soil landscape units (SLUs). These units identify the aspects of the soil and other characteristics such as the land relief.…

June 4, 2026

The Australian Soil Classification

The Australian Soil Classification handbook, first published in 1996, is a key resource for identifying soils throughout Australia.

May 31, 2026

Native trees and shrubs of South-Eastern Australia

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Native Trees and Shrubs of South-Eastern Australia, by Leon Costermans, embraces an area that stretches from the Flinders and Mt Lofty Ranges in South Australia, across Victoria and southern New South Wales to the NSW South Coast.

May 20, 2026

Swamps of the Fleurieu Peninsula

30 years of Fame 2023, Mount Lofty Southern Emu-Wren, viewed on 18 January, 2024, . This is an image of a Mount Lofty Southern Emu-Wren.

The Swamps of the Fleurieu Peninsula are localised wetlands occurring in high rainfall areas in the local catchment areas of Tookayerta, Hindmarsh, Parawa, Myponga, Yankalilla, Onkparinga, Currency Creek and Finniss. They are densely vegetated and occur adjacent to waterlogged soils around low-lying creeks and flats. The Swamps are typified by their reedy or heathy vegetation…

April 27, 2026

Geology of Mount Compass

Mount Compass has an ancient geology spanning back in time some 2500 million years, including a complete glaciation in the Permian period yielding much of its present topography.

April 27, 2026

Coastal Landscapes of South Australia

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Geologically, the South Australian coast is very young, having evolved over only 1% of geological time, during the past 43 million years since the separation of Australia and Antarctica. It is also very dynamic, with the current shoreline position having been established from only 7000 years ago.

March 26, 2026