Shane Sody
Call me by my name

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 ….

Call me by my name
Shane Sody
Xmas - New Year in your Park Lands

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.

Xmas - New Year in your Park Lands
Shane Sody
304 down, and counting

More than 300 trees have been felled, so far, to make room for a three billion dollar hospital on your Park Lands, but much more tree destruction is on the way.

304 down, and counting
Shane Sody
See it before it disappears

You’re invited! Please come to inspect, first-hand, 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 15 dates over the next few weeks.

See it before it disappears
Shane Sody
Five-storey golf fences required

Fences or nets as high as a five-storey building will be required in your Adelaide Park Lands, to safeguard the public from wayward golf balls hit from a State Government driving range.

Five-storey golf fences required

Premier confirms another selloff

Premier confirms another selloff

Premier Peter Malinauskas has confirmed that another area, legally part of your Park Lands, will soon be handed over to private developers.

There’s been no public consultation, no tender, nothing except secret negotiations behind closed doors, but the heirs and shareholders of the late Lang Walker are about to become much richer by building over land taken from your Park Lands.

Tree tragedy

Tree tragedy

An international student from Indonesia has been identified as the victim of a freak accident after a tree partially collapsed in Bullrush Park / Warnpangga (Park 10).

22-year-old Alifia Soeryo has been remembered by friends as “an avid bike rider, Taylor Swift fan, and loving friend”.

Undoubtedly Ivana

Undoubtedly Ivana

Digital creator Ivana Fittock is known for her colourful outfits, her infectious smile – and for regularly styling shoots against a pink-striped wall.

The 35-year-old from the north-east also loves a trip to your Adelaide Park Lands, as seen on her Instagram page, Undoubtedly Ivana.

The fashionista and gym junkie has 10,000-plus followers online. Recently, we sat down with her for a chat.

Veale's Vision

Veale's Vision

A sculpture by the late John Dowie, never before seen in public, is one of the fascinating features in a new City of Adelaide exhibition, “Veale’s Vision” unveiled today at the Town Hall.

The former City Council CEO, William Veale, left his mark on your Adelaide Park Lands with gardens and landscaping in three Parks during the early 1960s, but left very little of himself on the public record, until now.