Does your house have walls that are cracking?
Do the walls have subsidence that seem beyond fixing?
Are your walls on a lean?
Should the walls be under-pinned?
Are there other cost-effective alternatives?
Are you not sure what to do about it?
Then come along to the SPRA Public Meeting on
Wednesday 28th October 2026 at 7pm
in the St Peters Banquet Hall,
This is the October 2026 newsletter for the St Peters Residents Association, representing the Residents of St Peters, College Park, Hackney, Stepney, Maylands, Evandale & Joslin.
Items that we hope you will find of interest include: -
For over 40 years, the St Peters Residents Association (SPRA), the former St Peters Council, the current City of Norwood Payneham & St Peters and some councillors have voiced deep concern over the neglect of the State Heritage-listed Bell’s Plumbers Shop at 15 Payneham Road, College Park. Over the decades, the property has been allowed to deteriorate into a significant public eyesore. The building has also endured severe physical trials, including a mysterious internal explosion, a later fire, and extensive graffiti.
Did you know that during a hot South Australian summer, a street with more tree canopy can be up to 5°C cooler than one without it?
As residents of the City of Norwood Payneham & St Peters, we all know how punishing the summer heat can be. But the solution isn't just relying on air conditioning, it’s right outside our front doors.
Get on the front foot for 2027. Visit Green Connections - Plant Native Gardens and Verges now to register your interest, join the priority waitlist, and find out how to get your neighbours involved.
The October Update from From Madeleine St Johnston-Romano, group convenor of NPSP Tree Canopy Action Group (Facebook) provides details on how we can care for our street treesa nd verges today and long term solutions like tree inlets.
So, caring for street trees in ways that will really help them, for the long term, also means addressing some of the most expensive, distressing issues that attach to owning a home in our council area, along with also reducing our water bills and great stress on our reservoirs. Clearly then, it is wise to care for trees!
Residents will be aware that for some years SPRA has been pressing Council to enforce its planning regulations and take action with reSTspect to a significant encroachment on River Street at the top of the Billabong plateau. We are concerned that at the meeting on 1 September, Council resolved that its report, discussion and minutes be kept confidential until the revocation of the Community Land process commences.
We have written to Council pointing this out and asking the obvious question – why it did not just enforce its planning regulations? Something isn’t right.
In December 2024 the Aspen Group, the owners of the Adelaide Caravan Park on Richmond Street Hackney lodged plans for a $70m complete redevelopment of the present site. The roughly triangular 1.4 hectare site is bounded by Richmond Street, Twelftree Reserve, the River Torrens and Old Mill Park Reserve.
The Aspen Group proposal included –
This is the second April 2026 newsletter for the St Peters Residents Association, representing the Residents of St Peters, College Park, Hackney, Stepney, Maylands, Evandale & Joslin.
Items that we hope you will find of interest include: -
THE BILLABONG is part of the St Peters River Park and its purpose, as stated in the NPSP Community Land Management Plan (2021) is to, inter alia
Council’s closure the track at the top of the Billabong prevents not only the wider community from accessing a beautiful part of the Billabong, but also the Friends’ volunteers from accessing the area to continue their important work. They have spent hundreds of hours over the years planting locally native plants and weeding.
This is a special newsletter focused on the fence recently erected at the St Peters Billabong by the council. SPRA do not approve of this action and support the motion raised by Cr Moorehouse. Included is a letter from the Co-convenor of the Friends of the Billabong.
We urge readers to contact councillors to express their concern.