Briefly, in other news from your Adelaide Park Lands:
Beach volleyball
The World Beach Volleyball World Championships are taking place in Park 26 of your Park Lands, until 23 November.
Tonnes of sand has been unloaded to temporary beach volleyball courts at Pinky Flat, and the Memorial Drive tennis centre. More info here: https://adelaide2025.volleyball.org.au/
Tree Climb lease renewal?
Pic: Shane Sody
The Tree Climb adventure course in Blue Gum Park / Kurangga (Park 20) is seeking to renew its lease. Its initial eight-year lease is due to expire in January 2026. Normally any lessees in your Park Lands are required to complete an Expression of Interest process if they want to continue a lease; so the Council can ascertain if there are any others who might want to lease the same sites.
At a meeting on 30 October, Kadaltilla/ the Park Lands Authority considered whether to exempt Tree Climb from the Expression of Interest process. That item on its agenda was declared confidential so no decision has been made public.
Hutt Street “entry statement”
Pic: Kadaltilla / the Adelaide Park Lands Authority
Hutt Road is the dividing line between Carriageway Park / Tuthangga (Park 17) and Peppermint Park/Wita Wirra (Park 18).
Kadaltilla / the Adelaide Park Lands Authority advises that City of Adelaide will be completing the final stage of the Hutt Street Entry Statement project this week.
Starting on Tuesday 18 November, new maintenance gates will be installed on the southern side of the tennis courts in Park 17. Works are expected to be complete before the end of the week.
Construction vehicles will access the site via the existing shared-use path on the eastern (Park 17) side of the road.
Aquatic centre to open in late January
Repeating a past mistake. Once again, building on your Park Lands, restricting an “Open, Green, Public” space
The State Government has announced that its new $135 million Adelaide Aquatic Centre, in Denise Norton Park / Pardipardinyilla (Park 2) will be open by 27 January, after the school holidays, but just before the State election due in March.
The ABC’s roving reporter, Troy Sincock observed today that “there seems to be a lot of work still to be done”. https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/adelaide-breakfast/aquatic-centre-date/106017006
Recap the nearly two-year saga, of APA’s campaign trying to persuade the State Government to build this on a brownfield site instead. www.adelaide-parklands.asn.au/new-aquatic
