Thilina Gunasekara
Adelaide's Park Lands Keep the City Moving

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. 

Adelaide's Park Lands Keep the City Moving
Thilina Gunasekara
Secret State: It Took a Court Case to Reveal ...

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? 

Secret State: It Took a Court Case to Reveal Plans for John E. Brown Park
Thilina Gunasekara
MotoGP Deemed Too Dangerous for Street Circuits ...

“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. 

MotoGP Deemed Too Dangerous for Street Circuits Since 1982
Thilina Gunasekara
Sophie's story. Young People Love 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.

Sophie's story. Young People Love Park Lands Too!
Thilina Gunasekara
Finding Connection in Adelaide Park Lands

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. 

Finding Connection in Adelaide Park Lands

State Heritage: 12-year delay coming to a head

State Heritage: 12-year delay coming to a head

It's been more than 12 years since your Adelaide Park Lands were nominated for State Heritage listing.

During that time, attacks on Open Green Public Park Lands have continued relentlessly, while progress on Heritage listing has stalled.

Now that 12-year delay is about to come to a head in State Parliament, with a draft law to formally recognise your Adelaide Park Lands as a State Heritage Area.

SOS for mature trees

SOS for mature trees

Adelaide's losing mature trees at an alarming rate. As many as 75,000 trees are disappearing each year across the metropolitan area. Premier Steven Marshall has threatened hundreds more of them to build a proposed stadium in Helen Mayo Park. A campaign launch by the National Trust next Wednesday, December 1, will showcase how people power can help reverse this trend.

Labor, Liberals, combine to torpedo Park Lands protection Bill

Labor, Liberals, combine to torpedo Park Lands protection Bill

The Labor and Liberal parties have combined in the Upper House of State Parliament to torpedo a law that would have given protection to your Open Green Public Adelaide Park Lands.

Treasurer Rob Lucas described the draft legislation as “evilness” while Labor’s deputy leader Claire Scriven wanted to avoid future parliamentary debates about proposed Park Lands attacks.