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.
There is plenty of evidence about:
the importance of protecting mature trees, and any city’s tree canopy;
that South Australians want to see their Adelaide Park Lands protected;
that the international LIV Golf tour is financially unsustainable and on the brink of collapse.
Yet the State Government refuses to see.
Butterfly conservation advocates say a rare Chequered Copper Butterfly colony “will not survive” in Victoria Park / Pakapakanthi (Park 16) if the State Government goes ahead with plans for a Grand Prix motorcycle circuit alongside its habitat.
No tree in your Adelaide Park Lands is significant enough to be safe from State Government plans to bulldoze Parks for temporary, elite FIFO sports events.
A rally on Saturday 28 February might be your last opportunity to prevent irreversible losses within a massive 90 hectares of your Adelaide Park Lands.
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.