What do you call someone who teaches and organises environmental events in your Park Lands and elsewhere? We call her one of our valued committee members. Meet Jacqui Hunter and find out why she's herding caterpillars and wearing a green belt!
Citizen science - share and learn
One of the reasons to love your Park Lands is the diversity of environments and plants and animals across all of your 32 Parks and six Squares.
If you’ve ever wanted to know more about the flora and fauna in your Park Lands, or share your own knowledge with others, there’s now a smartphone app to help you identify species; and/or share your observations.
No assurances on tree destruction plans
The State Government has offered no assurances about protecting your Park Lands trees when deciding where to build a new Adelaide Aquatic Centre.
An overwhelming number of 682 survey respondents have urged the Government not to chop down dozens of trees but instead, pursue a win-win by choosing a brownfield site in an inner-city suburb for its promised new $82 million Aquatic Centre.
Art Prize 2023 - Entries now open
Restoring an erosion gully
Cycling with kids
Regular cyclists are among those who Love Your Park Lands. One of Adelaide’s keenest commuter cyclists and Park lovers is IT engineer and father-of-two Chris Colhoun. APA’s Carla Caruso spoke to Chris about his cycling habit and the Kidical Mass movement.
Planning for Parks - Have your say
Adding beauty
Meet our deputy president
Dr Ingrid Wangel has many strings to her bow. She’s APA’s Deputy President, also our Park Ambassador for Denise Norton Park / Pardipardinyilla (Park 2), a rural doctor, and a muso - plus the daughter of an Olympian.
We spoke to her about what makes her so passionate about your Open Green Public Adelaide Park Lands.
New parkrun at Nantu Wama
Giddy-up! Keen joggers and walkers can hoof it to a new parkrun at Lefevre Park / Nantu Wama (Park 6), best known for its horse paddocks and bridle track.
Originating in the UK, parkruns are free, weekly, community events, held all around the globe; and gaining in popularity especially in your Adelaide Park Lands.
Slow down and soak it in
When given a choice
What happens when Adelaide people are given a real choice about where they would like to see a new Aquatic Centre?
674 responses to APA's community survey have delivered a strong message to the State Government: urging a win-win for both swimmers and your Park Lands, with a new Aquatic Centre in an inner suburb and restoration of the existing site.
New sports building concept endorsed
Helen Mayo Park - planning for restoration
Hostage sites trick
The State Government has identified several Park Lands sites that it is holding hostage while demanding the release of other Park Lands sites on which it wants to put enormous new buildings.
These proposed "land swaps" are like the 'shell game' or the pea and thimble trick. They are being offered to make it appear as if your Park Lands would be winning.
Ride for bike safety
The first ride in Adelaide, as part of the global Kidical Mass movement, will kick off from your Bonython Park / Tulya Wardli (Park 27) in September.
Kidical Mass is a growing worldwide body of people with the same vision: to allow children and young people to be able to safely and independently travel by bicycle, wherever they live.
5-yearly Management Strategy review
Every five years the City Council reviews the over-arching "Management Strategy" for your Adelaide Park Lands. This review is required by law. The Management Strategy guides some (not all!) future decisions about your Park Lands. The current plan is being reviewed and you are invited to have your say.
Aquatic Centre consultation farce
Consultation on a proposed new Aquatic Centre site has turned into a farce.
Hundreds of responses to APA's ongoing community survey, demanding a win-win for both swimmers and your Park Lands, have been with-held from a "community reference group” hand-picked by State Government consultants to gauge the views of the public on a new Aquatic Centre site.
Hiking Adelaide
For some of us, doing the 16km Park Lands Loop is enough of an achievement.
For others, meandering the Adelaide Park Lands is a good way to stay limber before tackling longer distances, further afield. Carla Caruso chatted to two SA hikers, who enjoy frequenting the city’s parks in between their longer, rural hikes.
Council caves in - sells your Park
The Adelaide City Council has caved in to hostage threats and has voted to sell part of your Open Green Public Park Lands to the State Government, for a new high school building.
The decision, at Council’s meeting on Tuesday 12 July, makes the City of Adelaide complicit in one of the many current Park Lands attacks by the State Government.
