40km/h time-based speed limit on Kensi Road

In November 2025, SA’s Department for Infrastructure and Transport started rolling out 40 km/h time-based speed limits on roads near schools that otherwise have speed limits of 50 km/h or higher. This project, which will improve children’s safety when they...

Borthwick Park ‘bee’

Borthwick Park is nestled between Second Creek and Thornton, Richmond Street and Bridge Streets in Kensington 5068. This lovely green space has been the focus of a community-driven revegetation project, supported by the City of Norwood Payneham & St Peters and...

Clean Up Australia Day – March 2027

On the first Sunday in March, Kensington residents join thousands of people across the nation, all cleaning up their local area on Clean Up Australia Day. Meet Kensington’s Clean Up Coordinator Peter Duffy in Borthwick Park, Thornton Street at 10am on Sunday 1st March...

Lost Forever – a call to save our heritage

Free public talk! Denise Schumann OAM, Historical & Heritage Consultant, and Dr Christel Mex, SA Greens Candidate for Dunstan and local resident, will tell the tragic tale of the SA Planning System and its failure to protect one of Kensington’s oldest...

Sad news for 69 High Street

Throughout 2025 the Kensington Residents’ Association endeavoured to prevent the demolition of the local heritage-listed building at 69 High Street, which was the first Kensington Elementary School, dating back to the 1840s. The Council Assessment Panel (CAP)...