Hotels dust off their boots to support Calperum

The AHA|SA was proud to attend the Calperum Station Bush Ball, a worthy cause to help the station's awareness and fundraising for ongoing sustainability, environmental and educational activities.

Over 100 people dusted off their boots and enjoyed a great show, put on by the Arkaba, featuring the The Swingin’ Willies. It was fantastic to see just over $13,000 raised from the evening.

Calperum Station, owned by the Australian Landscape Trust, is located just north of Renmark, covering 240,000 hectares of protected mallee landscape.

Both Calperum and its neighbouring Taylorville Station, have been declared as critical habitat for species conservation under Commonwealth legislation and are well-recognised as an internationally significant wetland system. Together, they make up approximately one third of the Riverland Ramsar site, providing habitats to several rare and threatened species of wildlife such as the Black-eared Miner, Mallee fowl, and the Southern Bell Frog. It also houses many significant Aboriginal cultural sites.