Historic ornate gates, and a brownies owl and toadstool sculpture. These are just two of the features of Adelaide’s Botanic Garden in your Park 11 that have brought memories flooding back to expatriate Karen Rowley.
Save Mirnu Wirra's biodiversity
Citizen scientists are hastening their efforts to identify the extent of biodiversity in your southern Park Lands, before the State Government carries out current plans to destroy eight hectares with a new security-fenced police compound.
So far, the Government has shown no sign of Loving Your Park Lands.
Have you voted yet?
More than four hundred votes have been received so far, in polling for the People’s Choice award at the Adelaide Park Lands Art Prize exhibition.
Six leaders have emerged as front runners. Record your on-line vote for your favourite inspirational Park Lands art work, before the exhibition closes on 7 May.
Motor racing trumps everything
The State Government will annoy pedestrians and cyclists for two months later this year, to cater for a four-day carbon emission motor sport festival.
One of the most popular pedestrian and cycling routes across your Park Lands will be closed for 60 days, for safety reasons, while a motor sport track is constructed again.
Ignoring the elephant
State Government bureaucrats are pressing ahead with plans for a new building on your Park Lands despite clear community feedback that it should go elsewhere.
Planning for a new Aquatic centre is proceeding, blind to clear community feedback that it should be sited on a brownfield location such as at Hindmarsh or Thebarton.
Which Park Lands Artwork for you?
The magic of mushrooms
Travelling your parks
“Staycation” was somewhat of a buzzword during the height of the pandemic.
But for some, that fever for being a tourist in their own city hasn’t left them. One couple enjoy their home-based travel adventures so much, they’ve created a YouTube channel and have a large following for their vlogging.
Top of their list of things to do? Visiting your Adelaide Park Lands.
Join "Green Pakapakanthi"
Premier needs more encouragement
Herding bats
Many voices raised in support
On the hunt for your oldest trees
Chatting to the winners
What does it take to create a first-prize-winning piece of art, for the Adelaide Park Lands Art Prize?
First-prize winner, Goolwa artist John Foubister explains how he turned two sticks and two stones into a $20,000 prize. He’s chatted to both APA’s Carla Caruso, and the ABC’s Peter Goers about his award-winning oil painting.
Winning Park Lands artistry
Two Lord Mayors and the Deputy Premier rubbed shoulders with dozens of artists at the opening night of the 2023 Adelaide Park Lands Art Prize.
Are you “inspired” by the winning painting of rocks and sticks? You have an opportunity to vote for your favourite artwork, now that the judges have had their say.
Rally to Save Mirnu Wirra
A public rally has been called for Saturday 1 April in a bid to save a rare trove of restored native bushland, from being bulldozed for a “semi-industrial complex” in your Park Lands.
Hundreds of native species, lovingly restored over the past 15 years are set to be wiped out by a compound almost twice the size of the Adelaide Oval stadium, unless the Government changes course.
But you can intervene.
Zootopia for some
Will another plan protect your Park Lands?
Going batty
Tens of thousands of flying foxes were outnumbered earlier this month by people attending WOMADelaide, but the bats are still a huge crowd in Botanic Park. Fortunately there is a team of about 40 volunteers who look after, rescue or foster sick, injured or orphaned flying foxes and microbats around Adelaide.
Backing away from Bonython Park threats
The State Government has backed away from its own warning, last month, that most of Bonython Park / Tulya Wardli would be subjected to construction activity over the next eight years.
The project team, planning to build a $3 billion hospital on Park 27 is playing down earlier Government advice that 19 hectares of your Park Lands would be subject to “large-scale excavation works” for the next eight years.



















