Tag: Mount Compass

  • Chasing rainbows in the rain: A history of Mt. Compass, Nangkita, Tooperang and Yundi

    Chasing rainbows in the rain: A history of Mt. Compass, Nangkita, Tooperang and Yundi

    Chasing rainbows in the rain, is an extension of previous efforts to catalogue the beginnings of European settlement in the Tookayerta Creek catchment, which is also known as the Mount Compass Area.

  • Understanding Mount Compass soils

    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.…

  • Water security in the Mount Compass area

    CC0 licensed photo by Jeffrey Paul from the WordPress Photo Directory: https://wordpress.org/photos/photo/974662dba5/

    Communities and businesses in Mount Compass rely on the Permian sand aquifers for safe drinking, industrial and irrigation water supplies. In 2025, the Department of the Environment and Water provided a factsheet on the water security, which demonstrated that the sand distribution is spread unevenly across the region with significant variation in the depth of…

  • 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…

  • Geology of Mount Compass

    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.

  • Sandmines within the Mount Compass area

    Sandmines within the Mount Compass area

    The Mount Compass area resides in a geological region defined as the Cape Jervis Formation. The South Australian Resources Information Gateway (SARIG) provides digital access to the South Australian geological information through the use of mapping tools and an online catalogue of reports.

  • Bushfire information for the Fleurieu

    Bushfire information for the Fleurieu

    SAPPA provides information which affects property development and planning. This includes alerting potential home buyers of the bushfire risk in areas of South Australia.

  • Pink Gum (Eucalyptus fasciculosa) Woodland

    timeinourhands, 2025, Pink Gum (Eucalyptus fasciculosa), https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/283567659

    Pink Gum woodlands are found in the Fleurieu peninsula. This page provides a list trees and understorey related to this woodland.

  • Swamp gum (Eucalyptus ovata) woodland

    dnicolle, 2023, Swamp Gum (Eucalyptus ovata ssp. ovata) https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/195020362

    Swamp Gum woodlands are found in the Fleurieu peninsula. This page provides a list trees and understorey related to this woodland.

  • Stringybark (Eucalyptus obliqua) open forest

    moth_nut, 2023, Brown-top Stringybark (Eucalyptus obliqua), https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/169540951

    The Stringy bark Eucalyptus open forest is dominated by the Messmate Eucalypt