Much of the agricultural land to the east of RM Williams Way was among the areas purchased by the state government and divided up for closer settlement programs in the early twentieth century.

[2][3] A subsequent area, known as Moore's Farm, was purchased and allotted to existing North Bundaleer Estate residents in 1918 due to concerns about the viability of the size of the 1912 blocks.

[5] The North Bundaleer Homestead, from the original station predating the closer settlement subdivision, survives today and is also listed on the South Australian Heritage Register.

[7] After the 162-hectare (400-acre) property had become derelict and condemned in the 1970s, it was bought by Sydney couple Marianne and Malcolm Booth in 1999, who restored it and turned it into luxury tourist accommodation.

It was used to sell hardwood logs commercially in its early decades, but expanded into sawn timber after the construction of a sawmill by the Verran government in 1910.

The association has forged partnerships with local Nukunu and Ngadjuri people to connect and share cultures, there is an adventure playground for children, and the forest remains open to the public.

[21] In 2003, Roz Hervey was artistic director of this event, which involved 30 performances of music, poetry, theatre, acrobatics, sport, and dance in the forest, for visitors to explore on the Sunday afternoon of the weekend.

[21] In 2011, the Adelaide Art Orchestra, conducted by Timothy Sexton, played at the festival, as well as jazz trumpeter James Morrison and clarinettist Andy Firth.

[20] In March 2013, soprano Greta Bradman, tenor Rosario La Spina, and jazz singer Emma Pask headlined the festival, and Peter Combe performed for the children.