Updated: 6 days ago
31/05/2025

The projects of the Research Centre all have multiple opportunities to get involved and provide your perspectives. That is what the Research Centre is all about - community, First Nations and stakeholders guiding the development and delivery of research in the region.
A few upcoming engagement highlights include:
What do you feel are the key issues the region will face in the future? Our ‘Beyond the horizon: mapping future challenges and opportunities for the CLLMM region using a horizon scan approach‘ project will engage stakeholders to identify and prioritise emerging challenges, and opportunities that will shape the management of the CLLMM region into the future. The project team and Research Centre will be seeking input later this year.
How does scientific engagement benefit community and management? Our UniSA honours project ‘Evaluating the benefits of community directed science engagement‘ being delivered by student Andrew Persian with supervision from Elissa Pearson and Bri Le Busque is running a survey and ‘Science by the Shore’ community event (on the 25 July 2025) to explore the communities’ relationship with science and the natural environment.
Please stay tuned (or reach out) for details of each of the opportunities for your views and perspectives to be heard.
Updated: Jun 6
05/05/2025
SA Health has issued a current health warning for the Goolwa Channel. SA Health advises people to avoid swimming, diving or other activities that might involve accidental ingestion of water from the Goolwa Channel after testing identified elevated levels of potentially harmful blue green algae.
People living in the are or visiting Lake Alexandrina and the Goolwa Channel can still enjoy boating and fishing but are strongly advised to take extra care not to ingest the water in the channel. The affected area stretches from Point Sturt to the Goolwa Barrage where water samples showed elevated levels of the algae.
Unlike other forms of blue green algae, the species detected generally does not cause scums, so is not easily visible to the naked eye. It is the same from of algae that closed Lake Alexandrina to swimming and diving from March to August in 2024.
Direct contact with the water could cause irritation to the skin, eyes, ears, nose and mouth. Swallowing water containing the algae can cause gastrointestinal symptoms including vomiting, diarrhoea and abdominal cramps.
Showing every Monday afternoon at 2pm

Welcome to the CLLMM Research Centre to watch a beautiful 20-minute immersive video of Major Moogy Sumner teaching and talking about Ngarrindjeri Culture and Country.