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16 September 2026
Thilina Gunasekara
MYTH BUSTER: Olives are a declared pest, so why ...

Wild olives can be environmental weeds. But that doesn’t make Adelaide’s historic, managed olive groves disposable. 

The 1872 grove in King Rodney Park / Ityamai-itpina (Park 15) is threatened by the proposed MotoGP circuit. 

But, we can control invasive olives and protect our living heritage. 

MYTH BUSTER: Olives are a declared pest, so why preserve the Park Lands olive groves?
13 September 2026
Thilina Gunasekara
Dorothy Dunne: Nearly 80 and Still Fighting for ...

Meet Dorothy Dunne — APA’s Membership Officer, lifelong nature lover and passionate Park Lands advocate. 

From growing up beside Crown land to guerrilla planting, Trees for Life and years of activism, Dorothy has never been afraid to speak her mind. Now approaching 80, she remains as passionate as ever about protecting the Park Lands as free, peaceful public spaces for everyone. 

Meet one of our essential Park Lands warriors. 

Dorothy Dunne: Nearly 80 and Still Fighting for your Park Lands
2 September 2026
Thilina Gunasekara
​​​Have your say on the proposed MotoGP circuit

The State Government is consulting on its proposed MotoGP circuit in Victoria Park / Pakapakanthi — including permanent construction and the removal of more than 400 trees.

Submissions close 11.59 pm, Sunday 20 September.

We’ve put together a simple guide on how to make a submission, what you might raise, and a template to help you get started.

Find out how to have your say.

​​​Have your say on the proposed MotoGP circuit
27 August 2026
Thilina Gunasekara
Adelaide's Park Lands Keep the City Moving

The Adelaide Park Lands aren’t just green space – they’re a vital part of how students, workers and recreational cyclists get around our city. 

Kadaltilla / Adelaide Park Lands Authority says the Park Lands provide around 59 kilometres of continuous walking and cycling paths, connecting major precincts through routes including the Adelaide Park Lands Trail and River Torrens Linear Park. 

And there’s an economic benefit too. Walking and cycling in the Park Lands generates an estimated $196 million in annual economic value, through direct health, transport and environmental benefits. 

As Bike Adelaide Chair David Elliott writes, safe, connected Park Lands paths are critical to cycling in Adelaide – and to keeping our city moving. 

Adelaide's Park Lands Keep the City Moving
25 August 2026
Thilina Gunasekara
Secret State: It Took a Court Case to Reveal ...

It took a Federal Court case to find out what the State Government is actually planning for John E. Brown Park. 

A two-storey driving range, 108 car parks, up to 400 metres of netting, an 18-hole mini-golf course, retail facilities, new roads, water tanks and other infrastructure — all on public Park Lands. 

These are significant changes, yet despite repeated questions, the community has had no meaningful opportunity to see or comment on the plans. 

Why did it take a court case for South Australians to find out what is being proposed for their Park Lands? 

Secret State: It Took a Court Case to Reveal Plans for John E. Brown Park
Shane Sody
26 September 2024

Areas to protect?

Shane Sody
26 September 2024
Areas to protect?

The State Planning Commission is seeking your advice, on (among other things) what parts of Greater Adelaide “should be protected from future development.”

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Shane Sody
25 September 2024

Battle for the big grass mug

Shane Sody
25 September 2024
Battle for the big grass mug

It’s not brass, it’s grass! Get your tickets for a fun-filled evening at the Governor Hindmarsh Hotel, on Wednesday 9 October.
This one-time-only Park Quiz will support the coming Adelaide Park Lands Art Prize. You don’t need to be an expert, because the experts will be on stage! But there will be an interactive audience challenge.

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Guest User
21 September 2024

Chihuly in the Botanic Garden

Guest User
21 September 2024
Chihuly in the Botanic Garden

The Adelaide Botanic Garden in your Park 11 will be even more popular than usual over the summer months, with a display of vibrant, large-scale glass sculptures complementing the flora.

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Guest User
19 September 2024

What Bird is That? Australasian Grebe

Guest User
19 September 2024
What Bird is That? Australasian Grebe

In the latest instalment of our What Bird is That? series, we’re looking at something that looks like a duck, but isn't. It's a bird that dramatically changes its appearance during breeding season.

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Guest User
15 September 2024

Pleased to meet you, Samantha

Guest User
15 September 2024
Pleased to meet you, Samantha

Samantha Buttery is passionate about a few things: photography, painting, family, and your Park Lands.

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Shane Sody
13 September 2024

Sports buildings plan secrecy

Shane Sody
13 September 2024
Sports buildings plan secrecy

The Adelaide City Council has invoked secrecy provisions in the Local Government Act to prevent you reading a report about proposed ratepayer funding for sports building replacements in your Park Lands.

2 Comments
Shane Sody
13 September 2024

Be a citizen scientist - log biodiversity

Shane Sody
13 September 2024
Be a citizen scientist - log biodiversity

For four days this month, you can play a part in the annual “Great Southern Bioblitz” - recording biodiversity in your Open, Green, Public Adelaide Park Lands, and elsewhere.

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Shane Sody
13 September 2024

Tearing up the rule book

Shane Sody
13 September 2024
Tearing up the rule book

If you wanted to build a new house, a shed or a carport, you would need to comply with planning rules.

However if you are the State Government, and you want to build on the Adelaide Park Lands, you have no such constraints.

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Shane Sody
11 September 2024

Park Quiz

Shane Sody
11 September 2024
Park Quiz

Tickets are selling fast for the quirky and curious Park Quiz, on 9 October, in support of the Adelaide Park Lands Art Prize.

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Guest User
9 September 2024

Know Your Park Lands Plants: Tiny Star

Guest User
9 September 2024
Know Your Park Lands Plants: Tiny Star

In our series Know Your Park Lands Plants, we're looking this time at a small native flower that has been identified so far, in only one Park within your Adelaide Park Lands. It's a Tiny Star.

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Shane Sody
5 September 2024

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Shane Sody
5 September 2024
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

There are several unrelated construction projects either under way, or recently completed in your Park Lands.

Opinions will differ about which ones are good, or bad, or ugly. See the pics to make up your mind.

2 Comments
Shane Sody
31 August 2024

Entries Open - Prize pool still growing

Shane Sody
31 August 2024
Entries Open - Prize pool still growing

Entries have opened for the 2025 Adelaide Park Lands Art Prize.

A prize pool of at least $37,500 is guaranteed, for artists in at least seven categories.

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Shane Sody
29 August 2024

Peppercorn rent still secret

Shane Sody
29 August 2024
Peppercorn rent still secret

The Chief Executive of the State Department of Environment and Water has refused to reveal the peppercorn rent paid by an Adelaide charity, for a one-hectare produce garden in your Park Lands.

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Shane Sody
29 August 2024

They Have Got to be Kidding

Shane Sody
29 August 2024
They Have Got to be Kidding

Only a few weeks after the biggest campaign of tree destruction ever seen in your Park Lands, the State Government now boasts that it is protecting urban trees!

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Shane Sody
28 August 2024

End the Whack-a-Mole Game

Shane Sody
28 August 2024
End the Whack-a-Mole Game

Trying to defend your Adelaide Park Lands is like playing the arcade game “Whack-a-mole”.

We've contacted State MPs, to try to stop Park Lands attacks from popping up.

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Shane Sody
25 August 2024

How Much Has Been Lost?

Shane Sody
25 August 2024
How Much Has Been Lost?

City Council administrative staff have been researching the answer to a simple question: How much of your Park Lands has been lost, since the election of the Malinauskas Labor Government in March 2022?

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Guest User
23 August 2024

Frog spotting

Guest User
23 August 2024
Frog spotting

As Kermit the Frog once said "it’s not easy being green”.

It’s also not easy for frogs to be seen. But they are here, in your Adelaide Park Lands.

2 Comments
Shane Sody
17 August 2024

Rare imagery of former "Koala Farm"

Shane Sody
17 August 2024
Rare imagery of former "Koala Farm"

ABC-TV archivists have unearthed a rare 1956 home video of a long-forgotten former tourist attraction in your Adelaide Park Lands.

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Guest User
15 August 2024

Through Kevin’s lens

Guest User
15 August 2024
Through Kevin’s lens

The Adelaide Zoo in Park 11 is a magnet for aspiring nature and wildlife photographers.

Among such shutterbugs is Woodville’s Kevin Roberts. If you’ve stumbled across a stunning zoo image on Instagram recently, chances are it’s one of his.

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Shane Sody
15 August 2024

Hopes high for regreening with netball partners

Shane Sody
15 August 2024
Hopes high for regreening with netball partners

Discussions over the past few days have raised hopes that a disused patch of bitumen in your Park Lands can be re-greened, in what looks like being a joint venture between the CIty Council, the Adelaide Park Lands Association, and the SA United Church Netball Association.

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