The Adelaide Park Lands aren’t just green space – they’re a vital part of how students, workers and recreational cyclists get around our city.
Kadaltilla / Adelaide Park Lands Authority says the Park Lands provide around 59 kilometres of continuous walking and cycling paths, connecting major precincts through routes including the Adelaide Park Lands Trail and River Torrens Linear Park.
And there’s an economic benefit too. Walking and cycling in the Park Lands generates an estimated $196 million in annual economic value, through direct health, transport and environmental benefits.
As Bike Adelaide Chair David Elliott writes, safe, connected Park Lands paths are critical to cycling in Adelaide – and to keeping our city moving.
It took a Federal Court case to find out what the State Government is actually planning for John E. Brown Park.
A two-storey driving range, 108 car parks, up to 400 metres of netting, an 18-hole mini-golf course, retail facilities, new roads, water tanks and other infrastructure — all on public Park Lands.
These are significant changes, yet despite repeated questions, the community has had no meaningful opportunity to see or comment on the plans.
Why did it take a court case for South Australians to find out what is being proposed for their Park Lands?
“MotoGP has not raced on a street circuit since 1982, and the reason for that was that riders kept dying.” As Adelaide plans to bring MotoGP back onto city streets, safety concerns could have profound consequences for the surrounding Park Lands.
For 16-year-old Sophie, the Adelaide Park Lands are more than a park — they’re her backyard, her running track and part of her home.
For almost a decade, Trees for Life’s Regenerate program has been bringing people together in the Adelaide Park Lands through Bushcare, nature, culture and connection.
We talk with Tricia Curtis about how caring for nature can also mean caring for ourselves—and why the Park Lands are such an important place for community wellbeing.
One of the currently-proposed attacks on your Adelaide Park Lands is the Government's plan to put a new Women's and Children's hospital on the last Open Green Public Park Lands space on the North Terrace side of Park 27.
Now doubts have been raised about whether this site in your Park Lands is suitable for purpose.
Enjoy live music, coffee, and a picnic lunch, as the decision-makers stake out positions: a Park or a Stadium on the Torrens Riverbank?
Helen Mayo Park - part of the world-unique, National Heritage-listed Adelaide Park Lands - is threatened by the Premier's proposed $660 million stadium - what he calls the "Riverbank Arena"..
Come and show that you #LoveYourParkLands, to send a message to the Premier.
How many tall buildings does it take to “activate” a Park waterfront? Re-zoning is the fastest way to hasten the disappearance of Adelaide’s world-unique Park Lands. Current Government re-zoning plans represent the largest-ever attack on your Park Lands. It will happen unless you speak up by 27 October.
The long-awaited skate park in Gladys Elphick Park / Narnungga (Park 25) has been hit by construction delays and its completion has been pushed back until early next year.
With new funding offered by the Federal Government, the City Council has revised the skate park design and added a new feature, a mini-bowl, with work on the site expected to re-start soon.
The Government's "Venue Management Corporation" has been dragged into a political fight over your Open Green Public Park Lands, apparently exceeding its powers.
The Venue Management Corporation is embroiled in political debate by spruiking what amounts to a Liberal election policy to confiscate two and a half hectares (six acres) of Park Lands.
A steering committee is preparing to engage communities in Thebarton, Mile End and North Adelaide to spark ideas for re-greening a neglected part of Bonython Park / Tulya Wardli (Park 27) off Port Road.
It's hoped that the southern part of this temporary car park can be re-purposed as a green meeting place for commuters and locals.
