Friends of Port River are continuing our community engagement activities seeking to encourage greater understanding and support for the living Port River.
In February 2026, through the Port Environment Centre, FPR briefed Year 12 students from Woodville High School about the Port River, and current restoration and monitoring activities and also presented to visiting US students from Cal Poly about environment NGOs in Australia, highlighting some of the work we/they do.
During the first six months of 2025 FPR was managing pro-bono the Port River Swimming Facility: Stage 2 Study which included engaging with the community for 2 days at the Dockside Festival and promoting and analysing the results of the community survey which attracted 347 responses. After the report was finalised in late June 2025 it was devastating that on July 8th the Harmful Algal Bloom was officially reported in the Port River. FPR subsequently tracked the impact and advocated for increased restoration efforts in the River.
In 2025 FPR engaged with Year 12 Ocean View students studying the well-being of dolphins in the Port River and with Ngutu College students studying river life in the Port Estuary. FPR contributed to the Cooler, Greener, Wilder Youth program with a mangrove walk and responded to student and schools’ request for information about the River, and its health.
In October 2025 FPR again participated in the Nature Festival offering 3 guided walks from Mangrove Cove to Yitpi Yartapuultiku.
FPR has been/is a partner with University of Adelaide, providing fieldwork assistance, for research projects studying seagrass along Torrens Island, and mangroves and saltmarsh restoration at Yitpi Yartapuultiku.
FPR and Port Adelaide Residents Environment Protection Group (PAREPG) continue to meet monthly with ANI and ASA, an engagement that began pre-AUKUS with ANI.
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