The Flinders Ranges Mogurnda becomes a media star!
In July, 2025, FAME, in partnership with the South Australian Department for Environment and Water, launched a new fish recovery project: “Securing the Flinders Ranges Purple-spotted Gudgeon”. It is one of 11 ‘Bounceback’ projects that DEW and the Foundation for Australia’s Most Endangered Species (FAME) are undertaking in the Flinders, Gawler and Gammon Ranges over three years.
FAME seeks donations to fund projects that work towards halting the rate of extinction in Australia. Now the Flinders Ranges Mogurnda has become a Project (see https://www.fame.org.au/projects )
The FR Mogurnda project aims to:
1 Establish a NEW population of Mogurnda at Wilpena Spring, building resilience against climate impacts (this is in addition to the two 2021 translocations into Yappala IPA and Ikara-Flinders Ranges National Park)
2 Secure and restore habitat across known sites. (This would be in Vulkathunha NP and on Wooltana Station, as well as the translocation sites.)
3 Monitor long-term recovery through science and community partnerships
Although we are not mentioned in the launch, the Friends of Vulkathunha-Gammon Ranges National Park (and DEW) have been monitoring the Fish and publishing scientific articles on our findings since 2017 (see our website: https://friendsofgammons.org.au/publications/ . We also provided some “Friend-power” to DEW to capture fish for the 2021 translocations. And were involved in the 2025 monitoring of the two translocated populations. Now that FAME has adopted the fish as a Bounceback Project, there will be an additional source of funding to secure the fish’s future. Read more at the link below.
https://www.fame.org.au/news/purple-patch-endangered-flinders-fish-rebounds-in-outback-waterways
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Successful Grant Applications 2025
The Friends applied for two 2025-2026 Friends of Parks & Nature Grants and have been granted $5,780 for both projects in 2026. Graeme O.’s project aplication “Bronze Directional Dial” will fund the replacement of the directional dial at the summit of the Balcanoona to Ridge Top walk. Martin C.’s application “Layout and Graphic Design of…
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10 year Appreciation Certificates
The Friends of Vulkathunha-GRNP group is ten years old in 2025 and so are some of its members! DEW encourages Friends of Parks and Nature groups, of which there are 150, to formally recognise significant milestone year achievements. And this year is our 10th and for some of our members it is their 10 year…
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Idninha Outstation to be restored
The Friends of Vulkathunha-GRNP group has been granted almost $15,000 towards the restoration of the building. Dennis will soon call for expressions of interest to be involved in the project and will decide the dates for the working visits Idninha Outstation is a nine-roomed building in the north-west part of the National Park. Lying on…
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2025 visit dates to Balcanoona announcement
We are planning for *4* visits (so far) to Vulkathunha GRNP in 2025. But we will likely begin renovating the Idninha Outstation too (see below). You may choose any number of visits to attend if you are joining a working group to the Park in 2025. Just let the organiser know your intentions. Week-long working…
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Successful Grant Applications 2024
We applied for and have been granted almost $10,000 The Minister for Climate Environment and Water (Susan Close) has announced the results of the 2023-2024 Friends of Parks Small Grants Program, and The Friends of Vulkathunha-Gammon Ranges National Park Inc were successful in both of our Grant applications. Graeme Oats applied for $4,800 to support…
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Nantawarrina IPA 25th birthday celebration
In 1998, the small community of Nepabunna (now Nipapanha) in the northern Flinders Ranges of South Australia was part of a revolution. It was a new way of preserving Australia’s natural heritage and the culture of its first inhabitants. On 2 September 2023, the Adnyamathanha people marked a significant milestone for the Nantawarrina Indigenous Protected Area…
