Environment

The Adelaide Hills are set to become home to a new world-class nature-based experience with plans unveiled today for a $10 million wilderness retreat to be nestled among the trees within Cleland Wildlife Park.

Adelaide has been named one of the world’s top destinations for 2022 in the latest National Geographic Traveller hot list, one of only two Australian destinations to feature.

Visitors will soon get extra opportunities to mountain bike through some of Cudlee Creek’s most challenging terrain, experience upgraded accommodation in Belair and wake up in the beautiful Limestone Cost region at South Australia’s newest glamping site.

Targeted street plantings, green wall and roof grants, a new ‘cool corridor’ and a water rebate program will continue the work of creating a greener and cooler Adelaide CBD and further boost our city’s liveability.

Adelaide’s southern suburbs will soon be home to a high-tech specialist wildlife care centre, with the state’s leading animal welfare organisation set to build an innovative $23 million Animal Care Campus at Glenthorne National Park-Itya¬maiitpinna Yarta.

The Marshall Liberal Government has taken yet another step to secure South Australia’s position as a global leader in taking action against climate change by committing to enshrine the State’s ambitious emission reduction targets in legislation, ahead of the upcoming UN Climate Change Conference (COP26).

New concept images of Glenthorne National Park which show a thriving environmental and recreational precinct have been revealed for the first time.

Tens of millions more beverage containers could be recycled per year, creating more than $70 million in economic benefit and 120 new jobs under a potential revamp of South Australia’s historic Container Deposit Scheme.

Construction of Happy Valley Reservoir’s 20-kilometre trail network, car parks and a range of visitor facilities is now underway, ahead of the site’s highly-anticipated opening on 11 December this year.

Construction is underway at South Australia’s newest national park, to create a spectacular new $3.3 million fossil experience in the northern Flinders Ranges.