March 1, 2025

Salisbury Tree Climb: The Ultimate Treetop Adventure

Get ready for an adrenaline rush at TreeClimb Salisbury! Located in the stunning Harry Bowey Reserve, this brand-new treetop adventure is bringing the excitement of high rope courses, ziplines and climbing challenges to Adelaide’s north. Whether you’re an adventure seeker, a family looking for a fun day out, or someone eager to test your limits, […]

December 1, 2024

Crowne Plaza Mawson Lakes Official Opening

The Hon. Peter Malinauskas MP, Premier of South Australia, has officially opened Crowne Plaza Adelaide Mawson Lakes and The Heroic development, reinforcing Mawson Lakes as a key economic hub in northern Adelaide, backed by an ever-growing catalogue of world-class corporate, defence and educational organisations establishing themselves in the region. The official ribbon cutting ceremony marked […]

October 1, 2024

Paintings to make you smile

Painting has to be fun according to Penny Verco who’s painting of a dingo, an emu and a frill neck lizard is on the front cover of the October 2024 issue. “My favourite subjects are animals,” said Penny. “When I look into an animal’s eyes Isee personality and emotion, but when I look at a […]

June 1, 2023

Sea of Sustainability by Jean Bates

Each year the City of Salisbury hosts the Watershed Creative Prize, inviting creatives to submit artworks that best capture what sustainability means to them. For the last nine years, Northern Living magazine has carefully selected an Editor’s Choice Award winner to publish on the cover. This year, we were drawn to the depth of texture […]

February 1, 2023

Salisbury City Centre Public Art Sculptures

As part of the City of Salisbury’s Revitalisation Strategy,  a series of creative artworks were commissioned from the Salisbury Interchange to Church Street including a beautiful piece to commemorate the Salisbury railway crossing accident, a celebration of the Salisbury City Band and Para Hills Brass Band and a third piece welcoming everyone from everywhere to […]

November 1, 2022

Mother and Daughter duo beautifying Salisbury one mural at a time

As part of her year 12 Research Project, Keira Scott discovered how creating public murals can raise awareness about the importance of sustainability in the community. So together with her local artist mum, Melita, who has been painting murals for childcare centres, schools and private clients for the last 15 years, they promoted their shared […]

September 1, 2022

Planted by Nicole: rare, unique, unusual and collector’s plants

Garden Terrace has just got more beautiful now that Nicole Dykes has established her horticulture studio in Mawson Lakes and turned a dry footpath into an attractive streetscape with native plantings. Nicole is a horticulturist, which means she specialises in plants, garden design and interior plantscapes. Her studio Planted by Nicole is a large shop […]

August 1, 2022

UniSA: Documenting Flinders Ranges for World Heritage Status

The grandeur and diversity of the Flinders Ranges is being illustrated in a virtual tour that will define the 600-million-year-old Flinders Ranges as a world-class geology and palaeontology site worthy of World Heritage Status. Using an immersive virtual tour, UniSA geologist Professor Tom Raimondo, Director of UniSA STEM’s Project LIVE, said that the University’s expertise […]