City of Unley
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This web page is a quick guide to Council information and services
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The City of Unley provides services to assist eligible residents to remain in their own homes.
If you are frail aged, have a disability, or are a carer in need extra support, phone 83725126 for further information and referral.
> Carers' Support : trained people can temporarily
act as a carer to enable carers to take a break.
> Community Bus Service: transport to shopping
centres and community facilities.
> Community Care Program: personal transport,
gardening, in home visits and shopping.
> Community Harvest: deliveries of fresh fruit and
vegetables.
> Home Assist: home based support services
including cleaning and personal care.
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The City of Unley offers the following Community Bus services:
> Fixed Route
> Unley Central Door To Door
> Unley Shopping Centre Door To Door
> Castle Plaza Door to Door
The Fixed Route Service travels to all local shopping areas and most community facilities within the City of Unley.
You do not need to book to travel on the Fixed Route Service.
The Unley Central Door to Door Service collects passengers from their homes, travels to the Unley Shopping Centre, Target Unley and the Unley Civic Centre Library and returns passengers to their homes. Bookings are required to travel on the Unley Central Door To Door Service.
DOOR TO DOOR SERVICE
The Castle Plaza Shopping Centre Door to Door Service collects passengers from their homes, travels to the Castle Plaza Shopping Centre and returns passengers to their homes.
Bookings are required to travel on the Castle Plaza Shopping Centre Door To Door Service.
Make your bookings by phoning 8372 5131.
Make your booking to travel on these services by phoning 8372 5131.
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The City of Unley Library Service has
three locations:
> Fullarton Park Library;
> Goodwood Library; and
> Unley Civic Centre Library
(includes Unley Toy Library).
The Fullarton Park Library is located in the Fullarton Park Centre at 411 Fullarton Road, Fullarton.
Phone: 8372 5167.
Opening times:
Monday: 10am until 1pm
Tuesday: 12.30pm until 3pm
Thursday: 11am until 1pm
The Goodwood Library is located near the Goodwood Community Centre at 101 Goodwood Road, Library. Phone: 8372 5166.
Opening times:
Monday: 10.30am until 5pm
Tuesday: 10am until 6pm
Wednesday: 1pm until 5pm
Thursday: 10am until 6pm
Friday: 10am until 6pm
Saturday: 10am until 1pm
The Unley Civic Centre Library is located near the
Unley Council offices at 181 Unley Road, Unley.
Phone: 8372 5100.
Opening times:
Monday: 1pm until 6pm
Tuesday: 10am until 6pm
Wednesday: 10am until 6pm
Thursday: 10am until 8pm
Friday: 10am until 6pm
Saturday: 10am until 4pm
Sunday: 2pm until 5pm
The Unley Toy Library is located within the Unley Civic Centre Library. Phone: 8372 5174.
Opening times:
Tuesdays 10.30 until 12.30 and 2pm until 5pm
Wednesdays and Thursdays 2pm until 5pm
Fridays 10.30am until 12.30pm
Saturdays 10.30am until 3pm
The Unley Library Service provides a free monthly service to residents who are housebound or unable to access the Library due to health problems. The Service is also available to aged care and disability residential organisations. For further information
phone 88372 5174.
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Hilsley Avenue, Everard Park
Forest Avenue Reserve
Forest Avenue, Black Forest
Ethel Street, Forestville
Churchill Avenue, Clarence Park
Corner Cross Road & East Avenue, Clarence Park
Community Centre Roas Street, Goodwood
Mitchell Street, Millswood
Corner Unley Road & Thomas Street, Unley
Addiscombe Place, Unley Park
Leicester Street, Parkside
Corner Maud Street & Windsor
Street, Parkside
Corner Kenilworth Road & Dudley Street, Parkside
Corner Fisher Street & Fullarton Road, Fullarton
Culross Avenue, Myrtle Bank
Glenside Avenue, Myrtle Bank
Riverdale Road, Myrtle Bank
Barr Smith Avenue, Myrtle Bank
Arundale Avenue, Millswood
Cremorne Street, Hyde Park
Windsor Street, Fullarton
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Tucked away in Fullarton at the site of an old Jam Factory is a garden where local residents grow fruit and vegetables and meet in a straw bale building to learn about organic gardening.
The Fern Avenue Community Garden is owned by the City of Unley who leases the area to local community group, Alternative 3, who pay only a peppercorn rent and manage the running of the site.
Alternative 3 promotes organic gardening and regularly hold courses on the practices of organic gardening. The courses cover a broad range of topics including pest control, plant propagation, soil preparation, composting and companion planting.
Gardeners are asked to refrain from using chemical pesticides or fertilisers in the Fern Avenue Community Garden.
The City of Unley encourages residents beautify the area of land between the footpath edge and the kerb of the road known as the nature strip.
By replacing the dolomite in your nature strip with loam and a variety of plant species you are not only helping to beautify your street, but you are also encouraging birds and butterflies to visit your area.
Plants that are indigenous to Unley that are suitable include:
> Everlasting Daisy (Chrysocephalum apiculatum)
> White Goodenia (Goodenia albiflora)
> Flat Sedge (Cyperus vaginitus)
> Tom Thomb (Diachondra repens)
Other Australian natives or exotic plants that are suitable include:
> Pigface (Carpabrotus chilensis)
> Native fushcia (Correa reflexa)
> Goodenia (Goodenia varia)
> Violet (Viola odorata)
> Roses
The City of Unley can arrange a quote for the removal of the dolomite and the revegetation of your nature strip. It can also offer advice on the selection and maintenance of plants. The cost of this work is approximately is $14 per square metre.
The height of these plants in your nature strip should not exceed 600 mm so as to not affect traffic site lines for cars exiting driveways.
To apply to plant grass in your nature strip you will need to fill in an application to plant grass in your nature strip form and return it to Council offices.
To apply to plant shrubs or ground cover in your nature strip you will need to fill in an application to plant shrubs or ground cover form and return it to Council offices.
If you want to carry out the work yourself, you will be responsible for any underground services that may be in the area. If you convert the nature strip to loam it will be your responsibility to maintain the area
The Windsor Street Linear Reserve is a haven for over 9,000 rare and endangered plants that are indigenous to the Unley area.
Many of the plants and trees have been grown from collected seed and cuttings which has enabled them to be replaced in areas where they would have been naturally found.
The established plants and trees now provide seedlings that are planted in other areas. Seedlings from the Grey Germander, a shrub previously only found at the West Terrace Cemetery, have been propagated from the plants in the Reserve and are now providing plants for other areas.
Additional species of rare and endangered plants will be planted as the plants grow and the environment develops
Of the estimated 725 species of plants originally found in the City of Unley 140 are now extinct and 393 are rare or threatened. The Windsor Street Linear Reserve is an opportunity to address the loss of these plants.
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The mural on the western wall of the showgrounds was painted by aerosol artists who had 2,000 square metres to use as their canvas.
Its large and colourful design depicts the history of the Royal Adelaide Show intertwined with images of local hip hop culture.
The mural was commissioned to give young people the opportunity to develop suitable artwork under the direction of an urban artist with the aim of discouraging illegal graffiti.
Aerosol Artist, Paul Alexander, spent seven years designing the mural after leaving art school to pursue his passion and spent ten months painting in all kinds of weather.
His design left spaces for contributing artists who added their own images to create a visually stunning artwork that is seen along the tracks of the Wayville railway station.
The City of Unley commissions artists to create public art works and sponsors public art installations to promote an understanding of our cultural and social diversity and celebrate the richness of our community.
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The City of Unley has 3 types of Dog Exercise Areas:
> Off Leash At All Times
> Off Leash Between 5pm and 10am
> On Leash At All Times
Please check sign posts for further information.
Under South Australian law it is compulsory to register your dog. Dog owners who do not register their dog may incur a fine.
All dogs aged 3 months or over, living in the City of Unley, must be registered.
Registrations must be renewed annually and are due on July 1 each year.
Most dogs that are found wandering are taken by the Unley Rangers to the RCSPA. Under the Dog and Cat Management Act (1995) dogs that have been impounded may be disposed of after 72 hours.
If your dog becomes lost you will need to quickly:
> Phone the City of Unley on 8372 5111
> Phone the RSPCA on 8382 0888
> Phone the Animal Welfare League on 8268 4188
> Phone local vets
> Place notes in the letterboxes of your
neighbours
> Phone councils adjacent to your area
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Over 400 people aged between 15 and 90 volunteer over 28,000 hours of their time to support the community of Unley. The City of Unley acknowledges the valuable contributions made by volunteers and is grateful for their support.
The City of Unley volunteers have their out of pocket expenses reimbursed and receive support and access to training workshops on topics relating to their volunteer work.
For further information about volunteering and current vacancies phone 8372 5116.
Volunteer opportunities
> Child Care
> Choir
> Circuit Meal Service
> Community Care
> Community Computing
> Community Harvest
> Community Visitors
> English Language Program
> Friends of Unley Library
> Home Library Service
> Insieme (Italian Community Respite Program)
> Internet Support
> LifeLinks
> Mystery Shopping
> Together Offering Your Skills (TOYS)
> Toy Library
> Transport support
> Unley Bus Service
> Unley Citizens’ Centre
> Unley Library Service
> Unley Museum
> Volunteer Connection Newsletter
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The City of Unley has developed a Flood Information Kit and encourages residents to develop their own flood response plan.
Creeks that form part of the Patawolonga Catchment flow through the City of Unley. When it rains, these creeks can be near their capacity, or have reached their capacity, before they reach the Unley section of the creek system, where more water will join its flow and cause flooding.
It does not have to rain in Unley for flooding to occur here. All areas that are near a watercourse or are low lying are at risk of being flooded.
The City of Unley is contained within two water catchment areas the Brownhill Creek Catchment; and the Glen Osmond, Keswick and Parklands Creek Catchment. Each catchment area has a range of land uses that can influence the type of flooding that can occur in different areas.
The heavily vegetated land within the Brownhill Creek Catchment area enables rain to soak into the soil, however, when the soil is saturated, water runs off into small streams that lead to Brownhill Creek. Heavy rainfalls in Brownhill Creek, over a prolonged period, can cause the flow of water to peak and lead to flooding in Unley.
Areas of Unley that could be affected by the Brownhill Creek Catchment include Everard Park; Forestville; Goodwood; Kings Park; Malvern, Millswood; and Unley Park.
The densely developed land in the Glen Osmond, Keswick and Parklands Creek Catchment prohibits rain from soaking into the soil. As rain is not soaked into vegetation, more water from this catchment area runs into creeks.
The storms that can cause major flooding in the Glen Osmond, Keswick and Parklands Creeks involve short periods of heavy rain and if the rain is particularly heavy, flood levels could be reached within 20 minutes.
Areas of Unley that could be affected by the Glen Osmond, Keswick and Parklands Creek Catchment include Fullarton; Forestville; Parkside; Goodwood; Unley and Wayville.
Residents can help prevent properties being flooded by taking these steps
Keep creeks clear of debris
A large proportion of Unley’s creeks are privately owned. If you are the owner of a section of a creek please ensure it is free from debris to assist with preventing your property from being flooded.
If you see debris blocking a public section of a creek (in reserves and parks), please call the City of Unley so that it can be removed. Debris includes large, fallen branches, excessive amounts of leaves and trees growing into or across creek lines.
Sweep up fallen street tree leaves
Residents are encouraged to sweep up fallen street tree leaves and contact the City of Unley and arrange to have them collected.
Arrange a neighbourhood working bee
Work together to clear the creeks, drains and leaves in your area.
Flood warnings are issued by the Bureau of Meterology. Warnings are broadcast via radio, television and the Bureau of Meterology website www.bom.gov.au.
The Bureau of Meterology also issues warnings via a telephone service: Land, Weather and Flood Forecasts Ph: 1300 659 215.
The City of Unley has a Joint Flood Response Plan in partnership with the State Emergency Service. In times of flooding both organisations work together to protect the City of Unley and its residents.
For emergency assistance phone the State Emergency Service on 13 25 00, or the City of Unley on 8372 5111.
For after hours assistance phone the Response Team on (Free call) 1800 815 902 or if calling from a mobile phone 0413 449 600.
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