Indholdsfortegnelse for Winter 2021 i Fleurieu Living Magazine

MARKETS: Willunga Farmers Market Willunga Town Square Every Saturday, 8am – 12pm Come rain, hail or shine, enjoy fresh produce from more than eighty farmers and artisan food makers. Become a member for discounts on all your goods, and enjoy the nourishing community atmosphere every week. Willunga Quarry Market Adjacent to the Willunga Oval Second Saturday of each month, 9am – 1pm Browse through an eclectic mix of wares ranging from secondhand tools to plants and crafts. Willunga Artisans and Handmade Market Willunga Show Hall Second Saturday of each month, 9am – 1pm An inspiring curated market showcasing local art and handmade goods. A great place to buy a unique, handmade gift made from high quality materials. Goolwa Wharf Market First and third Sunday of every month, 9am – 3pm…

‘In the middle of the night I was just like, “oh, I’d like to open a plant shop”,’ Kristy tells me, sitting at her kitchen table in her Victor Harbor home. She’d just been made redundant from her much-loved job as a student services officer, and while the idea of starting a business was nothing new – she’d been toying with the idea of an online business – the idea of a bricks-and-mortar plant shop felt like a predawn epiphany. Our conversation, thankfully, takes place at a much more respectable hour. The mid-morning autumn sun streams through the windows of Kristy’s living room sustaining what can only be described as a veritable jungle of plants. The long limbs of devil’s ivy stretch along ceiling beams, strings of pearls and rhipsalis…

Karl Telfer, a highly respected senior man from the Mullawirra Meyunna dry forest family clan – known today as the Kaurna Nation from the Adelaide region – has never done a Welcome to Country. He’s chosen not to because of a question our community still needs to answer. We’re standing at the entrance to the Gemtree Eco Trail where Karl runs cultural tours, when Karl articulates the question with straightforward clarity, ‘How can I welcome you to country that I don’t have any birthrights to?’ It’s an important question with no easy answers. But it’s impossible to ignore the fact that Karl is delivering cultural tours on land owned by others while he has no ancestral lands of his own to welcome us to. Karl believes in land tenure and…

Surf Culture Australia Appreciate a different side of the coast this time of year, when the Fleurieu shows off some of the best surfing conditions it has to offer. Surf Culture Australia runs family fun sessions throughout the winter months across Moana, Southport, Middleton and Goolwa. You won’t have to worry about getting cold with thick, full-length wetsuits provided and energetic coaches to keep you on your toes. Enjoy a day of salt-crusted family bonding, while keeping active and ‘sharing the stoke.’ surfcultureaustralia.com.au Loco Mexican Whether you’ve been out on the water or hiking in a nearby national park, you’ll relish in a well-earned fiesta at Loco Mexican, Victor Harbor. Rally a crew and let the chefs serve up house favourites for a shared dining experience, or make your own…

BLEASDALE Wine lovers and history buffs will be equally enticed by a visit to Bleasdale. Taste awardwinning wines in the cellar door, or treat yourself to a prestige tasting of their premium wines. Step outside to learn something new by enjoying a wander through the old winery, home to their historic old press built in 1892. Or up the ante and combine the two with a guided cellar door tour and tasting. Keep an eye out for the famed mulberry tree! Ph: 08 8537 4022 bleasdale.com.au KIMBOLTON Join the Kimbolton team at their architecturally designed cellar door nestled amongst the vines and enjoy your choice of a seated wine tasting, wine and cheese flight or perhaps a regionally inspired platter. There’s even a special kids flight to keep the little…

Encounter Lutheran’s year 12 class of 2021 celebrated their formal on March 26. The event was held at Eat at Whalers in Encounter Bay on a beautiful evening that brought together students, staff and families to celebrate the students and their achievements so far.…

On May 6, Sydney-based venture capital group Innovation Bay hosted an invite-only, three-day wild wild west-themed ‘unconvention’ coined ‘Camp Aurora’. During this networking-workshopping-event-extraordinaire, ideas and pitches mingled with a sky full of stars, 60 glamping tents, a mechanical bull and local wine and spirits complemented by amazing food from Chef Steele.…

From the FLM team Is the Fleurieu landscape ever more beautiful than in the soft light of autumn? The gentler weather has transformed the hills from gold to green, while the vine leaves glow auburn. Those on the south coast saw the swell go wild – or so we heard from the surfers. This time last year as the world shut down, we didn’t know if we’d be producing a magazine. A year on, the incredible support of the community keeps us going and we’re eyeing our tenth year of telling the Fleurieu’s stories. As we contemplate another winter of staying put, we couldn’t think of anywhere better to do so. Stay warm this winter and indulge in the many indoor and outdoor activities the region has to offer. We…

Author Karen Wyld grew up in an old farmhouse on one hundred acres at O’Halloran Hill. The house and farm are long gone, but Karen has continued to live in the south for most of her life, making the Willunga Basin her home for over thirty years. A diasporic Aboriginal woman of Martu descent, Karen’s Grandmother’s Country is in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. Accordingly, her storytelling traverses the vast continent of Australia, spanning generations, straddling Aboriginal and European cultures, and criss-crossing a rich range of landscapes and subject matter. I first meet Karen at the book tent at Writers’ Week, where she is signing copies of her epic second novel Where the Fruit Falls, an award-winning family saga of how the impacts of colonialism and racism echo down…

Through birth, women have the potential to experience their own potency, strength, resilience, endurance. As a threshold experience, it’s the beginning of a wild, loving and unknown parenting adventure. When researchers asked women what was key to them having a good birth experience, the importance of caring relationships and stability in everyday life came through. Quality relationships can create emotional safety and enable us to experience care and nurturing. Women for centuries have been the keepers of the home and family. We’ve come from a culture that gives little recognition to the work carried out in the home and in caring for children. More recently, women have begun speaking up about their own needs and ability to care for themselves and asking for help. Even strong and resilient people need…

Sam and Dani met in a biodiversity and conservation lecture at a Canadian university while on study exchange – Sam from South Australia and Dani from the UK. They soon bonded over similar environmental interests and a shared nostalgia for the soft narration of David Attenborough heard throughout their childhoods. After some time living in England, Sam and Dani made their way to Australia, armed with a unique assortment of new knowledge and ideas. With no immediate jobs to go to upon their arrival, there was plenty of time to experiment and fuel one another’s enthusiasm, drawing inspiration from their learnings at the Low-Impact Living Initiative in Redfield Community, UK. Dani began making plastic-free beeswax wraps, before being asked to host a workshop for Adelaide Sustainability Centre, after which she…

In 2020 the City of Onkaparinga launched the Go South Go Local campaign. The campaign encourages Onkaparinga residents to choose local products and services whenever possible – a purpose that’s very close to our hearts here at FLM. We set out along Beach Road at Christies Beach to find out how locals and business owners choose to ‘go local.’ Visit: gosouthgolocal.com.au to learn more. Photographs by Loki Hall.…

Gratitude to Woodside Cheese Wrights, Lillyara Artisan Cheese, Milkless Cheese, Flour Power Breads, SoulFood & Co, Little Acre Foods, Fleurieu Prime Alpaca, Najobe, Gut Feeling, Austar Mariculture, Two Hills & A Creek, Taronga Almonds, Matchett Productions + Big Sissy Foods, Warrakilla, Choice Mushrooms, Herbivorous, McCarthy’s Orchards, Harvest the Fleurieu and B + A Andonopoulos.…

Jeff’s passing on 9th November 2020 at ninety years of age closes a chapter in the How family’s long fishing history and marks the sad loss of a kind, exuberant character in the local community. Jeff’s father Bill began netting fish in the area from the late 19th century. When he returned from World War I as a tunneller in France, Bill burrowed the first of the Port Willunga caves. While his digging is thought to have been triggered by his war trauma, the resulting cave functioned as a handy place to store his boat – an idea soon followed by other locals. Jeff and his siblings Vin, Brenda, Lockie and Kevin all assisted with the family business as children, taking on various tasks while Bill imparted the skills of…

South Coast Constructions – Longevity and award-winning service Started in 1988 by Allan and Kathy Davis, South Coast Constructions has come a long way since the days of handwritten records and fax machines. Alongside its numerous stunning homes across the Fleurieu Peninsula and beyond, the company has also built a well-respected reputation. South Coast Constructions uphold a high level of integrity that’s consistently reflected in the quality of their projects, whether they be million-dollar homes, or those from their affordable Lifestyle Collection. Their impressive collection of industry accolades is a testament to their attention to detail, quality of workmanship and customer service experience. The company’s work sites have become recognisable to all those who now know them as a leading builder on the South Coast. Fleurieu Milk Company – Celebrating…

The couple had previously owned a holiday home at Port Elliot, but life took them in a different direction and they sold up, eventually seeking quieter surrounds. ‘We were just looking for a spot on this side of the Peninsula,’ says Nadeen. ‘We looked at a block higher up on the hill but it was too exposed so we drove around a bit and saw this place,’ adds David. Sheltered, private and with a good aspect, the Second Valley block offered exactly what they were looking for. ‘David has surfed this coast his whole life. We’re not city people, we prefer the country and we wanted to be close to the ocean, so this is the best of both worlds,’ says Nadeen. When it came to design, the brief was…

Their ranks include artists like Henry Darger or Madge Gill who worked in isolation, reclusively making art that was discovered posthumously, only to be heralded as brilliant and even genius. Closer to the mainstream there are folk artists making products or creating environments as a pastime who are eventually recognised and collected and exhibited as high value artworks. It’s a mode of creating that, in some ways, suits twenty-four-year-old Kurt Bosecke. But I see him as more of an insider, an obsessive visionary, and though definitely not mainstream, he has a growing legion of fans both in and outside the local art scene. Kurt began making art at a very young age and he may be one of the most prolific artists I’ve ever met. Encouraged by his parents, Brian…

On March 11, a fun crowd descended on the Valley of Yore in Myponga to celebrate the opening of this destination cafe, as well as the beginning of autumn and our autumn issue! Hats, sunglasses and wigs were supplied by Chrissy Wright from Oohlala at Goolwa.…

Invited guests and media attended the exclusive launch of Kimbolton’s new release 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon on April 9 at Monarto Zoo. A tour of the cheetah enclosure was followed by lunch and a wine tasting among the gums. Part proceeds of the sales of this special wine will go towards Monarto’s conservation efforts for the cheetah.…