Family Adventures and Tips
Having fun and learning in nature is an important part of visiting parks. Here are some activities and resources to help you enjoy your park visit. Also check out Kids Experiences at Cleland Wildlife Park and subscribe to Good Living for more ideas.
Autumn Diaries
‘Autumn Diaries’ is a nature journaling activity to help you immerse, capture and understand nature in autumn.
Nature journaling is easy, flexible and good for the soul. It has been practiced throughout history by naturalists, ecologists, artists and rangers. Record your curiosity and capture observations in a park or open space in your neighbourhood – or even in your back yard.
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Camping activity sheets
Here are some activity ideas to inspire your next park visit.
Deep Creek National Park campground sheet
Dhilba Guuranda-Innes National Park campground sheet
Ikara-Flinders Ranges National Park campground sheet
Mount Remarkable National Park campground sheet
Mount Remarkable chatterbox activity
Para Wirra Conservation Park campground sheet
Park activities and ideas for download
Northern Eyre Peninsula Roadtrip activity sheet
Northern Eyre Peninsula Roadtrip chatterbox
Marine explorer card – Cuttlefish
Marine explorer card – Sea dragon
Marine explorer card – Seastar
Granite Island Activity Sheet
Nature Play SA Resources
Nature Play SA’s 40 things to do in Belair National Park
Nature Play SA’s 40 things to do in Para Wirra Conservation Park
Nature Play SA’s 40 things to do in Morialta Conservation Park
Nature Play SA’s 25 things to notice along the SA coastline
Nature Play SA’s 20 things to notice in national parks
Nature Play SA’s 20 things to Discover in Lincoln National Park
Nature Play SA’s 40 things to do in Lincoln National Park
Nature Play SA’s 20 things to do in Coffin Bay National Park
For more information and activity ideas visit Nature Play SA
Nature Information
Fungi
- Fungi map
- Fungi of the Adelaide Hills (poster)
- 5 Fungi in the Adelaide Hills
- 5 more fungi to find
- Ghost mushrooms in SA
Native plants and flowers
- Visit the Adelaide Botanic Gardens or their website and learn about Aboriginal plant use
- Native Plants (Adelaide and Mt Lofty Ranges)
- Threatened species
- Where to find wildflowers in SA
- 6 simple steps to planting a tree
Wildlife
- Creature features
- Kaurna seasonal weather calendar
- Birds in backyards
- 7 tiny birds to look for in South Australia
- 10 parrots you can see in South Australia
- Your guide to identifying animal poo
- Apps
- SA Museum — Field Guide to South Australian Fauna (iOS / Android)
- Book — ‘Tracks, Scats and Other Traces: A Field Guide to Australian Mammals’ by Barbara Triggs
- Keep the wild in our wildlife
- More about western grey kangaroos
- Differences of the KI kangaroo
- Marsupial sightings across Australia
Marine plants and animals
- A Beach Explorers Guide to plants and animals in South Australia
- An Underwater Guide to plants and animals in South Australia
- Encounter Marine Park
- The Rockpool
- Nature Play SA‘40 things to do in Encounter Marine Park’
- How to tell different whale species apart
- Whale behaviour
Aboriginal heritage
- Kaurna seasonal weather calendar
- Tracks and traces
- Animal track symbols
- Living Kaurna Cultural Centre
Learning Resources