Wild olives can be environmental weeds. But that doesn’t make Adelaide’s historic, managed olive groves disposable.
The 1872 grove in King Rodney Park / Ityamai-itpina (Park 15) is threatened by the proposed MotoGP circuit.
But, we can control invasive olives and protect our living heritage.
Meet Dorothy Dunne — APA’s Membership Officer, lifelong nature lover and passionate Park Lands advocate.
From growing up beside Crown land to guerrilla planting, Trees for Life and years of activism, Dorothy has never been afraid to speak her mind. Now approaching 80, she remains as passionate as ever about protecting the Park Lands as free, peaceful public spaces for everyone.
Meet one of our essential Park Lands warriors.
The State Government is consulting on its proposed MotoGP circuit in Victoria Park / Pakapakanthi — including permanent construction and the removal of more than 400 trees.
Submissions close 11.59 pm, Sunday 20 September.
We’ve put together a simple guide on how to make a submission, what you might raise, and a template to help you get started.
Find out how to have your say.
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?
Formal consultation on the State Government’s 70-hectare Park Lands land grab ended last Wednesday, but the fight for your Open Green Public Park Lands is just getting started.
Park Lovers throughout South Australia realise how much is at stake.
YOU can help by contacting Members of State Parliament’s Upper House.
The Adelaide City Council, and State Parliament’s Upper House have each passed separate resolutions in support of your Helen Mayo Park, threatened by Premier Steven Marshall’s proposed new riverbank stadium.
Votes in the Council chamber (on Tues 26 Oct) and in State Parliament (on Wed 27 Oct) have put the State Government’s anti-Park Lands agenda in the spotlight.
Professor Doug McEvoy has a special affinity with Victoria Park / Pakapakanthi (Park 16).
With motor racing gone, he's leading a community push for a new, friendlier Park design.
The SA Labor Opposition has joined with The Greens with commitments to protect Adelaide riverbank Park Lands from the current re-zoning threats of the Marshall Liberal Government.
The pledges throw a spotlight on the City Council, which in September took the politically-controversial step of offering to collaborate with the Liberal State Government in its push to confiscate Open Green Public Park Lands.
The State Government has snubbed an opportunity to explain to you why it wants to destroy hundreds of trees in your Helen Mayo Park (Park 27)
The Save Helen Mayo Park Picnic Rally this Sunday at 12 noon is your chance to express a view: trees, or a stadium for this scenic location on the Torrens riverbank?
APA has been lobbying since 2009 to have the Adelaide Park Lands declared a State Heritage Area.
Despite a positive recommendation from the State Heritage Council in 2018, the State Government has kept the idea on "pause" now for almost three years. So it is with a sense of amazement that we read of a new push to heritage-list not the Park Lands, but a patch of bitumen that has been despoiling one Park for the past few decades.
The Adelaide City Council is contemplating removal of remnant native vegetation to accommodate more car parking. It’s also missing an opportunity to restore a large slice of your Adelaide Park Lands to 'Open, Green Public' status.
The Council is refusing to consider any site other than a Park Lands site, for a new Aquatic centre.
