2019 Working Bee Registrations
Registrations for the 2019 Friends of the Simpson Desert Parks working bee are now open. Please see the below link to download the attached form:
Friends of the Simpson Desert Parks
2019 Volunteer Positions
A new year dawns for Friends of the Simpson Desert Parks. With the new year comes the 2019 Annual General Meeting and all the positions of the Committee will be declared vacant. As many members may know Chris Wenham (our President for the past 6 years) has advised of his intention to stand down at […]
12 members of the Friends of the Simpson Desert Park (FOS) and 6 vehicles attended this year’s Working Bee (WB). As all would know the original dates for this year’s working bee were for the last two weeks of May. However, for various reasons this period had to be postponed and new dates in July/August […]
2017 Working Bee May 21st to June 1st Report 21 members of the Friends of the Simpson Desert Parks and 11 vehicles attended this year’s working bee. The weather this year was fantastic with temperatures reaching from the low to mid twenties most days, unlike last year’s event which had to be cancelled due the […]
Congratulations FOS!
Congratulations to FOS for taking home the Friends of Parks Cultural and Structural Heritage award for 2016! Here’s a statement from Tony Magor (Natural Resources SA Arid Lands) regarding the award. On Saturday night, I had the pleasure in attending the Friends of Parks forum dinner at Marion, as part of the 3-day Friends forum […]
2015 Working Bee Report
Friends of the Simpson Desert Volunteer Working Bee at Witjira National Park May 18th to 29th 2015 The objectives of the group are: To give volunteer support to the park rangers To raise funds and public awareness To promote conservation To reinforce codes of safety To ease the difficulty of visitors travelling in the remote […]
Here are some photos of what we achieved during the 2015 Working Bee
Background The original proposal to establish a longer distance walking track in the Dalhousie Springs complex arose during a discussion I had in 2011 with Dean AhChee . Dean was at that stage interesting in an indigenous guided-style walk but no specific features were discussed, except the general idea and merit of such a project. […]
Here are some photos of what we achieved during the 2014 Working Bee