Our series of stories, Know Your Park Lands Art, guide you through various artistic displays within your Adelaide Park Lands.
Writer Ali Morgan has put the spotlight on Branchrack (2013) designed by creative duo CHEB.
Premier Peter Malinauskas has come up with a new excuse to try to justify what he says would be 585 trees to be destroyed in your urban-forested golf course Park, i.e. Possum Park / Pirltawardli (Park 1 of your Adelaide Park Lands).
Support is growing for a re-think of the State Government's controversial plans to destroy hundreds of trees in your Adelaide Park Lands to cater for an elite golfing festival which has lost its main backer.
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.
Next summer, your opportunities to enjoy Open, Green, Public Park Lands with family and friends will be restricted more than ever by Premier, Peter Malinauskas.
Over 2024-25, the Premier is planning to take even more of your eastern Park Lands for an even longer period than ever before, to cater for a four-day taxpayer-subsidised festival of carbon emission motor racing.
Continuing our series, celebrating those who frequent your Park Lands, we introduce Jaynie Francis-Sandford.
The 40-year-old mum and hobbyist photographer from Elizabeth Downs enjoys regular park outings, often accompanied by her young son. But one park, in particular, is the location of a romantic milestone for Jaynie.