Another renewal project is underway in your Park Lands – and this one has been a long time coming.
The lake at Rymill Park / Murlawirrapurka (Park 14) is closed until April while it undergoes improvements.
As polling day of 21 March draws near, a growing number of South Australians have a simple message for all candidates and parties: “Yes, we will vote to Protect the Adelaide Park Lands.”
Despite a promise of “extensive consultation” the State Government is still with-holding most of its plans for the North Adelaide golf course in the urban forested Possum Park /Pirltawardli (Park 1 of your Adelaide Park Lands).
You can urge the Premier to identify every one of the 585 mature trees that he admits he wants to destroy.
Dear Premier, why won’t you call me by my name? If you are going to chop down my trees, why won’t you look me in the forest and tell me straight? Yours sincerely, Pirltawardli ….
It’s holiday time - so time to explore your Park Lands, especially the remarkable urban forest on Adelaide’s doorstep - before it’s drastically cut back. “It’s Not Just a Golf Course” is the event title. Explore it with us, on one of a dozen dates over the next few weeks.
The Adelaide City Council is about to decide whether to protect, or allow an attack on this massive three hectare site within your Adelaide Park Lands.
Sending a few emails before next Tuesday is your chance to save dozens of trees, and get a different, better location for a proposed $135 million megalith aquatic and commercial centre.
The City of Adelaide has won a grant of $198,000 from the State Government’s “Green Adelaide” agency to restore Botanic Creek in your eastern Park Lands.
The three-year upgrade will include a focus on biodiversity, creating new habitat and natural spaces, while acknowledging Kaurna cultural connections.
After more than a year of campaigning, and more than 5,100 signatures on a petition, this month is when both the State Government and the City Council, might decide to embrace what you’ve said that you want: a win-win for swimmers and your Park Lands.
This month is your last opportunity to persuade them.