News Bites
Celebrate World Bee Day at the Market this weekend!
Market Long Lunch Tickets - available now
Click on picture to book tickets.
Easter Twilight Market - Huge!
The Twilight Markets are always well patronised, but this year’s seemed to be much bigger. A great night, with a fantastic atmosphere. Buskers were What Happened to Sunday.
From time to time we receive information regarding events that are not quite in our district, but that others may find interesting. If you click on the picture above, you will find a link to a file that lists the when and where’s for several upcoming Music Fairs.
Community Information
For those who care for, or people who are living with Dementia
Click on photo for contact information.
Gumeracha Nurse-Led Clinic update
Click for links to services.
C.F.S. Information
The Five Minute Bushfire plan
Bikeway trundles closer
The Amy Gillett Bikeway edges closer, with the surface being bitumenised of the Onkaprainga Valley Road, through to Bleeze Street in Birdwood.
Voting in the Election
The Polling Place for Mt Pleasant is located in the Gym at the Mt Pleasant Primary School.
Anzac Day Dawn Service
A section of the large crowd. We normally have a good turnout for this event, but this year’s was bigger than expected. The members of the MP Men’s Shed and MP Progress Association cooked and served over 200 Gunfire Breakfasts. Thank you to all who assisted. More photos may be found on the RSL Facebook page.
CFS Cadets, who performed the raising and lowering of the flags. Also the Woodside Cadets, who provided the catafalque party. Photo courtesy Glynn Jackson.
Barossa Vintage Scarecrow Trail
From left: Tattie Bogle (History Group), Clyde (The old Police Station), The Golden Years (Mt Pleasant Hospital) and Mathilde (Bohemian Garden) - not an official entry, but worth adding. Below is a button for the Scarecrow Trail Map. Don’t forget to vote!
Tattie Bogle
Historian Paula Bartsch and husband Bill (Mount Pleasant District Historical Research Group - Mount Pleasant Community Association Incorporated) have constructed and installed our entry in the Scarecrow Trail for 2025. Her name is Tattie Bogle, and the inspiration for her came from the early settlers of our district, which were predominantly of Scottish and English heritage.
Our thanks also must go to the Mount Pleasant Environment Centre, for the donation of many of the elements used to make Tattie.
You are now able to vote for your favourite scarecrow - remembering that the Old Police Station Scarecrow (Clyde) won the competition last year!
Tattie has a QR code attached to her - it’s a process to vote - but it would be great if our Mount Pleasant Scarecrows had a good showing!
Melrose Street Banners
Banners have been placed along Melrose Street, as promised by the Barossa Council a few years ago. What do you think?
Vote for a Business or Club!
Vote for the Market - or any other business or Club in our district that you think deserves a guernsey! Click on the picture for the link.
Older news bites
Last Old Talunga Apple Tree Cut down
We have often admired and appreciated the one remaining apple tree, that was growing near the tennis courts at Old Talunga Park, as it would have been a part of the orchard which once grew there. Sadly, thanks to Simon, who lives nearby, we were given the news that it has now been razed to the ground. On investigation, it appears that the inner core of the tree was crumbling, but it is still sad to see the tree has been chipped, so that there is no possibility of preserving a small portion of it for posterity... and so preserving a little of the history of the area. Paula Bartsch - Historian.
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Work begins on the Bikeway
November 2024 (photo The Courier)
Funding approved for Amy Gillett bikeway
From Adelaide Hills Council website:
Adelaide Hills Council has committed to build Stage Four of the Amy Gillett Bikeway from Mt Torrens to Birdwood with Federal and State Government funding of $2.6 million each and a Council contribution of $500,000. The total funding for the project is $5.7 Million.
The Department for Infrastructure and Transport has worked closely with the Council on a design solution that can be delivered within the agreed funding package to ensure work on this iconic bikeway can finally continue.
“This is an incredibly important and much-loved asset for our community with the added strategic outcome of attracting tourism and providing economic benefit to townships along the way.” Acting Mayor Nathan Daniell.
The project will extend the Amy Gillett Bikeway from its current end point in Mount Torrens at Oval Road, taking it through to the intersection with Onkaparinga Valley Road in Birdwood, adding around six kilometres to the overall length of the bikeway.
Minister for Infrastructure and Transport Tom Koutsantonis said, “I am pleased to see the State and Federal Governments’ funding offers taken up with the Adelaide Hills Council putting in the remainder of the funds required to see this important and long-awaited stage of the Amy Gillett Bikeway finally realised. It was the former Labor Government that began the Amy Gillett Bikeway to honour the legacy of a great young South Australian."
Adelaide Hills Council Acting Mayor Nathan Daniell said he was delighted to see Stage Four finally progressing after many years of Council and community advocacy. “The extension of the Amy Gillett bikeway will also ensure more young children are provided with a safe place to learn to ride without the safety concerns of riding on Adelaide Hills roads. Council have committed additional funds to cover the shortfall in government funding and will also undertake ongoing maintenance of the new stage so everyone, especially Birdwood residents, can enjoy the benefits.”
“I am so pleased the Adelaide Hills Council has voted to increase its funding contribution towards this valuable project. It is unfortunate that years of delays have resulted in an increased project budget. This project has endured several changes in Government at a State and Federal level, so I am relieved that despite these challenges it is pushing ahead. I look forward to traveling the Mount Torrens to Birdwood leg of the Bikeway once completed.” Rebekha Sharkie MP