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390 - James Rolevink Protecting Native Plants From Kangaroos In The Adelaide Hills

390 – Protecting Native Plants From Kangaroos In The Adelaide Hills

Meet James Rolevink, who, after losing everything in the Cudlee Creek bushfires, embarked on a new journey with his wife Rai in the Adelaide Hills, receiving a grant to safeguard rare and threatened native plants on their property James Rolevink and his wife, Rai, received just under $30,000 to look after vegetation on their Forreston property. That money was a small slice of the $1.3 million paid out to private landowners late last year as part of the State Government’s Native Vegetation Heritate Agreement program. James has a legally-binding agreement to look after specified native vegetation and his story is fascinating. The SA Drink Of The Week is The Soloist 2021 Shiraz by Coriole, and it does link in nicely with our main topic. And in the Musical Pilgrimage, we feature the new single “Humble Heart” by West Thebarton, offering a taste of their upcoming album “Mongrel Australia.” Plus a

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