We’re helping you to learn about the plants in your Open, Green, Public Adelaide Park Lands, one species at a time.
Today: the majestic river red gum!
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.
“Our actions are working, and they are not enough. Nothing we do is sufficient, and everything we do matters.”
“Hope is a discipline. Hold fast to having a vision.” These quotes from a US educator and activist drive APA President Shane Sody and can help you too, to convert Park Lands HOPE from just a wish, into real-world actions.
We love interviewing people who enjoy frequenting your Park Lands.
This time in the hot-seat is Sue O’Brien who has an interesting background. She’s an outdoor educator and guide, a maker and repairer of outdoor gear, and a keen cyclist and hiker. We pinned her down long enough to find out what motivates her.
Do jacaranda trees suck?
According to Adelaide pollination ecologist and educator Bianca Amato, they do. She believes the well-loved trees, though pretty, are “ecological dead zones”.
Meanwhile, plane trees have also come under attack interstate, with Sydney’s city council phasing out their use across its streets and parks. Environmentalist Tim Flannery has labelled the species “about as much use to our wildlife as concrete posts”. Could the same happen here?