The hanging of a spar.

On Monday 23 February a piece of history was put in the Aldinga Library. The spar from the Star of Greece mast was hung above the entrance to the Community Room.

The Star of Greece was shipwrecked off the coast of Port Willunga on Friday 13 July 1888. This ship was only 200 metres from shore.

Library Trolleys

Christmas spirit

Aldinga Library staff would like to thank everyone who has generously left gifts under the Mayor's Christmas tree. The spirit of Christmas is certainly active in the community.

School holiday fun

Animal fun at my library,
goats and sheep, 'maah' and bleat.
Gosh, oh gee, we'll have fun,
when the piglets run, run, run!

In every library during the holidays,
snakes and lizards watching me.
I'll have fun dressing up
as a tigersaurusbutterflybilby.

Animal Capers at all City of Onkaparinga Libraries during the October school holidays. Animal crafts, games and fun galore!

Suitable for children aged 4-14 years. Parental supervision required. Please call your local library for more details.

Poetry unhinged two thousand and eight

The fourth Poetry Unhinged festival is an initiative of the City of Onkaparinga and the SA Writers' Centre. It started as an element of the SA Writers' Festival but soon took on a life of its own to become a biennial festival in its own right.

City of Onkaparinga Libraries are hosting a variety of events. See the full program here.

Books Alive 2008

Be involved with Books Alive 2008 and meet and hear two of Australia's greatest authors of crime thrillers, Kathryn Fox and Michael Robotham.

Books Alive is an Australian Government initiative developed through the Australia Council for the Arts.

City of Onkaparinga Libraries are proud to host these authors at the Arts Centre Port Noarlunga on Wednesday 27 August, 2:00 to 3:30 pm.

Please call a City of Onkaparinga Library to make a booking for this event and visit one of the branches to collect a copy of the guide, "50 books you can't put down".

Top 10s

Britain's Guardian newspaper publishes top 10 book lists by various people.

From Elise Valmorbida's top 10 books with a happy ending and Richard Gwyn's top 10 books in which things end badly, to Lara Fiegel's top 10 smelly books and Gemma Malley's top 10 dystopian novels for teenagers, there's sure to be a list for you.

Lists are added regularly.