You don't even need to SEE your Park Lands to love them.
For some people, like Bethany Cody, vision impairment heightens her appreciation of the sounds, smells and textures of your Park Lands.
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.
CONTENTS
1. Editorial: From the President: The Movement to Stop the Chop Is Growing
2. Members are Ready for Battle: Park Lands Association Forum
3. Park Poetry - Flying foxes (Fruit Bats)
4. Pic of the Month – Dr Bird Nerd
5. Charles Sturt and Prospect Council Join the Campaign for Your Lands
6. The Pen Is Mightier than! 28,000 signatures and counting
7. The First Hints of Spring: Guided Walk Through Red Gum Park / Karra Wirra
8. OPINION: Time to Debunk Some Misinformation
9. SE City Residents Raise Concerns About Proposed MotoGP in the Park Lands
10. The Mosquito vs the Elephant: Save Festival Plaza Update
In the lead-up to next month’s opening of the 2023 Adelaide Park Lands Art Prize exhibition, all finalist-selected artists will be invited to a Town Hall reception with the Lord Mayor, Jane Lomax Smith.
The Lord Mayor’s reception will come just days before the opening of the exhibition at the Festival Centre, when the prize-winners will be announced.
Hundreds of artists, inspired by your Adelaide Park Lands will need to wait for another few weeks, before learning which art works will be selected as finalists in this year’s Adelaide Park Lands Art Prize.
The chair of our Art Prize Committee Nataliya Dikovskaya is thrilled by the quality of hundreds of entries that have been received from artists across Australia, who are inspired by your Park Lands, and hoping to inspire you.
The second of six Park Lands attacks by the Malinauskas Labor Government is well under way. The last patch of green that was left on the eastern side of Frome Road in your Park 11, has now disappeared.
Artists are using a variety of media as they take inspiration from your Park Lands, and inspire you to Love Your Park Lands. While some prefer photography or other digital forms of art, a new group is finding joy in one of the oldest forms of creating imagery, putting your Park Lands onto paper with simple sketches.
Ecological consultants and arborists have identified the dangers to 457 trees (many of which provide habitat to cockatoos, possums, falcons and other species) from the State Government’s proposed Aquatic Centre attack on your Park 2.
Documents released for purposes of sham “consultation” have signalled the risks which could be avoided if the Government heeded community calls to build on a brownfield site instead.
Photographer Lyndon Stacy recently has been highlighting lesser-known parts of your Park Lands, including the wetland in G.S. Kingston Park / Wirrarninthi (Park 23) and biodiversity carbon offset plantings in Reservoir Park / Kangatilla (Park 4).
This month, we put Lyndon in the hot-seat to learn more about what makes him tick.
Have you got your entry in for the Adelaide Park Lands Art Prize, yet? (Entries close 31 Jan!) Perhaps painting en plein air (i.e. outdoors) could spark inspiration for you.
France-born Charlotte Pelletier, 26, guides small groups – of all ages and levels – in painting and drawing “in the landscape”, including in your Open Green Public Park Lands.