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
South Australia’s history will come alive before your eyes - in your Adelaide Park Lands and elsewhere - during the month-long History Festival in May.
Multiple sites within your Park Lands and multiple event organisers are following advice from History Trust chair Elizabeth Ho to “keep the SA history flame alive”.
Divert your attention; deny the obvious; refuse to acknowledge your views: these are just some of the tactics being used by Government MPs to avoid admitting that they are attacking your Park Lands.
We’ve unpacked the weasel words, the half truths and the falsehoods that disguise their obvious lack of Park Lands love.
Fencing more than a kilometre long; with stables, sheds, parking, storage for guns, fodder, machinery and more.
An artist’s impression has emerged, of the State Government proposal to destroy the most biodiverse site within your Park Lands, with a compound much larger than the current Thebarton Police barracks.
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.
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.
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.
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.
“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.
