Media Release
Thilina Gunasekara
MEDIA RELEASE: SA Golf Course Act 'undermines ...

Senior Adelaide University academics say the SA Government used legislation to bypass normal planning assessment and public scrutiny of the North Adelaide golf course redevelopment. 

Read what they found — and why the Adelaide Park Lands Association is calling for cast-iron protection against the future sale, privatisation or permanent alienation of our public Park Lands. 

MEDIA RELEASE: SA Golf Course Act 'undermines democracy', say academics
Thilina Gunasekara
MYTH BUSTER: Olives are a declared pest, so why ...

Wild olives can be environmental weeds. But that doesn’t make Adelaide’s historic, managed olive groves disposable. 

The 1872 grove in King Rodney Park / Ityamai-itpina (Park 15) is threatened by the proposed MotoGP circuit. 

But, we can control invasive olives and protect our living heritage. 

MYTH BUSTER: Olives are a declared pest, so why preserve the Park Lands olive groves?
Thilina Gunasekara
Dorothy Dunne: Nearly 80 and Still Fighting for ...

Meet Dorothy Dunne — APA’s Membership Officer, lifelong nature lover and passionate Park Lands advocate. 

From growing up beside Crown land to guerrilla planting, Trees for Life and years of activism, Dorothy has never been afraid to speak her mind. Now approaching 80, she remains as passionate as ever about protecting the Park Lands as free, peaceful public spaces for everyone. 

Meet one of our essential Park Lands warriors. 

Dorothy Dunne: Nearly 80 and Still Fighting for your Park Lands
Thilina Gunasekara
​​​Have your say on the proposed MotoGP circuit

The State Government is consulting on its proposed MotoGP circuit in Victoria Park / Pakapakanthi — including permanent construction and the removal of more than 400 trees.

Submissions close 11.59 pm, Sunday 20 September.

We’ve put together a simple guide on how to make a submission, what you might raise, and a template to help you get started.

Find out how to have your say.

​​​Have your say on the proposed MotoGP circuit
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

Totally wild

Totally wild

Rewilded parts of your Adelaide Park Lands have been in the spotlight recently, after a successful community effort protect an area that had been targeted for destruction.

SA rewilding facilitator Tiffany Schultz speaks to APA’s Carla Caruso about the need for “flourishing ecosystems” in your Park Lands and beyond.

One Threat averted - others remain

One Threat averted - others remain

Efforts to protect and restore your Adelaide Park Lands will now be stepped up, after a huge three-month community effort finally convinced the State Government not to attack your Park Lands with a gigantic police barracks.

It remains to be seen whether this was merely an act of political expediency, or whether the State Government has had a change of heart, and will now start to Love Your Park Lands at other locations.

Read the room, Premier

Read the room, Premier

Premier Peter Malinauskas has been urged to consider the level of community support for your Open, Green Public Adelaide Park Lands before settling on a site to build new police barracks.

A thousand Park Lands supporters “provided cover” last Sunday for one of the threatened sites. Can you see yourself in the video?

Style and the city

Style and the city

Adelaide’s Zoe Aitken is many things: a vintage clothing seller, a keen cyclist, a mother-of-four, a vegetarian, a disability advocate, and an environmentalist.

In another of our regular features on avid park-goers, we spoke to Zoe about her passion for all things vintage and your Park Lands.