Strathalbyn’s Brian Knill cannot remember a time in his 84 years that he hasn’t had a passion for conservation and the environment.
It is this passion that has seen Mr Knill awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in this year’s Australia Day honours list.
Mr Knill grew up in Blackwood – an area then surrounded by bushland – and it was scouting and its association with hiking t...