Mrs Niftybridge grew up close to this park and it was her play ground as a child. She has fond memories of the area, loves fairies and it is by adding these two things together this series was born. It also makes a nice play on words with the name of the park.
Ferries-McDonald Conservation Park can be accessed from the Adelaide to Melbourne Freeway, exiting at the Monarto interchange and travelling south along Ferries McDonald Road - the newly bitumenised road that runs through the park.
This land was donated to the Government last century by Messrs Ferries and McDonald. The park contains one of the few local pieces of remnant Mallee vegetation that has never been grazed.
There are no toilet facilities in the park and you will need to carry adequate drinking water, only foot traffic is allowed and no camping or caravanning.
The park provides habitat for the Western Grey Kangaroo, Short-Beaked Echidna, endangered Mallee Fowl, at least two species of Marsupial Mice, 20 species of Reptile and many Bat species.
Bird watchers are attracted to the park during Spring as the park is brilliant with blossom. There are over 300 plant species here, some of them rare, attracting more than 80 species of birds.
Please stay to the tracks and only venture off once close to each cache.
Come prepared as there are sometimes plenty of flies and mozzies.
All fairy houses are at the base of trees, just retrieve the smaller cache inside, sign and replace as found.
No room for swaps, cache contains small pencil and log book.
This Fairy's name is: Zelle Mallee-flower
She brings light and enlightenment. She lives in high places where the clouds meet the earth. She can only be seen by the light of a sun-beam shining through the woodlands. She wears raven-black dresses and has bright pink coloured wings like a butterfly.