You have a very short time - only until Tuesday 31 October - to tell Federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek how a three-billion dollar hospital and eight-storey car park would affect your Open, Green, Public National Heritage-listed Adelaide Park Lands.
Talking (arrow) points
Know your Park Lands plants: sticky hop-bush
Demolishing a "sense of place"
Our contributing cultural historian, Dr Noris Ioannou, laments the upcoming demolition of heritage-listed police barracks and historic olive trees in your Park 27.
Dr Ioannou argues that destruction of these landmarks will prevent future South Australians from being able to step back in time and see life through the eyes of those from the past.
Lord Mayor's stunning admission
Place to reflect
Members of the Stolen Generations now have a dedicated space in the city to reflect and connect, with a Place of Reflection opening last month in Rymill Park / Murlawirrapurka (Park 14).
At the centre of the space is a bronze sculpture, created by renowned Ngarrindjerri weaver Aunty Yvonne Koolmatrie and South Australian designer Karl Meyer.
Dancing Monsters in Mirnu Wirra
While some fear monsters lurking in the dark, an event organiser says the real ‘monster’ is our growing anxiety around heading outdoors.
Daniel Havey is encouraging people to reconnect with nature after dark, by dancing in costume, in Golden Wattle Park / Mirnu Wirra (Park 21W of your Adelaide Park Lands) on Sunday, October 15.
Stay-at-home possums: Scared, or contented?
Aquatic Centre: Council hits pause
Adelaide City Council has paused processes that might green-light the State Government’s proposed new $135 million megalith aquatic and commercial centre in your Park Lands.
In deciding the fate of your Park Lands, the City Council is caught between the demands of the State Government, and the clearly-expressed wishes of its own community.
Premier: We're not at War
Premier Peter Malinauskas says his Government has been subject to an “unfair characterisation that suggests that we've declared war on the Park Lands.”
The Premier has received the names of 7,500 people who’ve signed a petition, urging him to choose a win-win brownfield site for a new $135 million two-storey Aquatic and commercial centre.
Desire lines
Exhibition in conservatory
Know your Park Lands plants: drooping sheoak
Park Ambassador curious?
Brewery site purchase raises hopes
Reports that the State Government is close to finalising a deal for the old West End Brewery site at Thebarton has raised hopes that infrastructure developments threatened for your Park Lands might be switched to this alternative site.
Meanwhile, the City Council has deferred a vote on handing over a three-hectare Park Lands site for a $135 million, two-storey megalith aquatic and commercial centre.