Are you thinking about buying an electric vehicle?

Your KRA is holding an ELECTRIC VEHICLE INFORMATION SESSION on Sunday 17th September. What a great opportunity to share knowledge about EVs locally!

When? Sunday 17th September, 2pm-4pm

Where? Carpark between Mary MacKillop College & Museum and High Street Cafe, junction of High Street and Phillips St, Kensington

Local EV owners will have five vehicles on show and will be on hand to discuss the good, the bad and the unexpected aspects of EVs. This FREE event promises to be a great way to get answers to some of your burning questions about buying and driving an EV.

High Street Cafe will be open until 4pm to purchase coffee and other drinks, late lunch or afternoon tea treats. Dave Freeman will be playing live acoustic music 2pm-4pm.

The Mary MacKillop Museum will be open 1pm-4pm to join the festive atmosphere in the Precinct. If you’ve not yet visited this award-winning museum, here’s a unique chance to learn about Mary’s inspirational story at a reduced entry price of $6 per adult* and no charge for children. *Bring your KRA September newsletter to receive the special discount.

See you there!

Working bee! Borthwick Park! 2nd Sunday of every month between 9am and 11am

Join us for morning tea and a chat from 11am – all welcome!

Since 2010 the residents of Kensington have been working together to replenish the biodiversity and beauty of Borthwick Park. This lovely green space tucked between Thornton Street, Richmond Street, Bridge Street and Second Creek is the focus of a community-led project supported by the good folk at the City of Norwood Payneham & St Peters and Green Adelaide.

Come along and see what we get up to. Bring the kids. Invite a friend or neighbour to volunteer with you. Jobs for all ages and abilities.

All tools and training provided for our wonderful volunteers. Wear suitable footwear and clothing to suit the weather. Bring your KRA volunteer vest if you have one or we’ll issue you with on on the day.

Call John for more details on 0422 909 710.

If you can’t manage the physical work, join us for morning tea from 11am. Free tea, coffee, and a delicious spread of morning tea treats on offer. We’d love to see you.

Sunday 9th July at 12 noon
Borthwick Park, Thornton Street, Kensington

The Kensington Residents’ Association is excited to be hosting a Kaurna Cultural Ceremony in Borthwick Park during NAIDOC Week 2023 to honour the deep time culture, language, wisdom and knowledge of this beautiful place.

Kaurna, Narungga and Wirangu man Jack Kanya Buckskin (pictured left) will be conducting a Welcome to Country and Cleansing Ceremony. During the short but significant ceremony the assembled people and the place will be cleansed with smoke and song.

The ceremony will go ahead rain, hail or shine so dress appropriately for the weather.

Join us for shared community lunch afterwards. The KRA committee will provide a barbeque lunch with a veggie option.

Please bring along:

• a piece of foliage or flowers from your garden to create a community bouquet, and
• a cup or mug if you would like to try some bush tea.

Ngaityalya (thanks) to Foundation SA for generously supporting this significant community event, to Jack Buckskin and Kuma Kaaru Cultural Services for walking together with us, and to Trish Hansen for envisioning this day.

Nakutha (see you soon).

Save the 2nd July for the 2nd Borthwick Park planting party of 2023! We made a solid start on the 25th June but we still have plenty of tubestock plants to get into the ground in Borthwick Park, Thornton Street, this coming Sunday.

Since 2010, volunteers coordinated by the Kensington Residents’ Association have been planting young indigenous plants during June/July to re-build the biodiversity of the park. We plant mid-year, taking advantage of winter rainfall to settle the little plants in ahead of the summer heat.

Planting Day No. 2 is on Sunday 2nd July, 9 am-12 noon. Morning tea will be served mid-morning and the planting session will be followed by a free barbeque lunch (with veggie options) for our wonderful volunteers.

Bring the kids. Invite a friend or neighbour to come along with you. Jobs for all ages and abilities – digging, planting, barrowing, raking, installing tree guards, watering, and more. All tools and training provided. Wear suitable footwear and clothing to suit the weather. Bring your KRA volunteer vest if you have one (we’ll issue you with on on the day if needed).

Call John for more details on 0422 909 710.

THIS IS A KRA EVENT, SUPPORTED BY THE KENSINGTON HOTEL

The Apocalyptic Winter Solstice is coming to Kensington!

When: Thursday 22nd June from 7pm onwards

Where Regent Room, Kensington Hotel, 23 Regent Street

Live music plus open mic opportunity – local musos and poets are welcome to blackboard

Apocalyptic Breakdown … These four troublemakers twist acoustic instruments and four-part harmonies into a musical feast and one that will undoubtedly delight. Be enchanted by their love of tunes and politics. Be blown up in their creativity bomb as it explodes with absurdity and musical diversity.

The Rude Mechanicals …: What do you get when you combine two banjos, a finger-pickin’ slide guitar and a real reverend?? Who knows – it’s their first gig!

Cost FREE entry plus FREE nibbles

DISCOUNT drinks available for purchase

Phone or SMS 0401 126 173 to register your interest.

Working bee! Borthwick Park! 2nd Sunday of every month between 9am and 11am

Since 2010 the residents of Kensington have been working together to replenish the biodiversity and beauty of Borthwick Park. This park tucked between Thornton Street, Second Creek, Bridge Street and Richmond Street is the focus of a truly community-led project supported by the good folk at Council (City of Norwood Payneham & St Peters) and Green Adelaide. Come along and see what we get up to. Bring the kids. Invite a friend or neighbour to volunteer with you. Jobs for all ages and abilities.

We’ll be clearing kikuyu grass and other weeds from the garden beds and doing bit of tidying up in preparation for our annual planting* of young shrubs, vines, grasses and sedges.

All tools and training provided for our wonderful volunteers. Wear suitable footwear and clothing to suit the weather. Bring your KRA volunteer vest if you have one (we’ll issue you with on on the day if needed).

Call John for more details on 0422 909 710.

If you can’t manage the physical work, join us for morning tea from 11am. Free tea, coffee, and a delicious spread of morning tea treats on offer. We’d love to see you.

*Planting days are planned for Sundays 25th June, 2nd July and 9th July this year.

When? Sunday 21 May from 12pm

Where? Marryatville Primary School

Who? Everyone!

Why? To celebrate all our cultural backgrounds

Bring? Your favourite national dish to share, picnic chairs or rugs, drinks for your family

Tables will be provided to lay out your food for sharing with everyone at this Kensington community event. Some seating will be provided.

If you would like to perform a song or dance from your cultural background for the enjoyment of the gathering please email contact@kra.org.au or phone Andrew on 83319654

Download the Multicultural Festival Flyer to share with friends.

Our next Borthwick Park working bee is on Sunday 14th May, 9-11am. It’s Mothers Day so let’s get motherly….

Whiz about and tidy things up!

Tuck in our baby shrubs (with mulch)!

Have a bit of a natter!

And spread the love in Borthwick Park!

Jobs for all ages and abilities. Bring the kids! Invite a friend or neighbour to volunteer with you. We’ll likely have some mulch to barrow, bucket and spread, plenty of cheeky weeds to pull out of the garden beds, a bit of tidying up amongst the shrubs…. if we get a few terracotta or earthenware pipes donated we can set up some refuges to help lizards and frogs to shelter from predators.

All tools and training provided for our wonderful volunteers. Wear suitable footwear and clothing to suit the weather. Bring your KRA volunteer vest if you have one (we’ll issue you with on on the day if needed).

Call John for more details on 0422 909 710.

If you can’t manage the physical work, join us for morning tea from 11am. Free tea, coffee, and a delicious spread of morning tea treats on offer. We’d love to see you.

Our next Borthwick Park working bee is on Sunday 16th April, 9-11am. Jobs for all ages and abilities. Invite a friend or neighbour to volunteer with you. Bring the kids! We’ll likely have some mulch to barrow, bucket and spread, plenty of cheeky kikuyu grass to pull out of the garden beds, a bit of tidying up amongst the shrubs…. if we get a few terracotta or earthenware pipes donated we can set up some refuges to help lizards and frogs to shelter from predators.

All tools and training provided for our wonderful volunteers. Wear suitable footwear and clothing. Bring your KRA volunteer vest if you have one (we’ll issue you with on on the day if needed).

Call John for more details on 0422 909 710.

If you can’t manage the physical work, join us for morning tea from 11am. Free tea, coffee, and a delicious spread of morning tea treats on offer. We’d love to see you.