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14 October 2026
Thilina Gunasekara
Fumes or plumes? Why not bird tourism?

As the South Australian Government pushes ahead with plans to bring MotoGP to Victoria Park / Pakapakanthi, a leading birdwatcher says the State could be overlooking another growing tourism opportunity, one that depends on protecting our natural environment rather than building racetracks through it. 

Fumes or plumes? Why not bird tourism?
2 October 2026
Thilina Gunasekara
When is consultation ‘real’, and when is it BS? ...

Premier Peter Malinauskas says the election settled whether his Government’s controversial Park Lands projects will proceed. Consultation can change the details, but not the decision. But what happens when some of the most contentious details were never put before voters? 

When is consultation ‘real’, and when is it BS? Premier explains his Park Lands mandate.
26 September 2026
Thilina Gunasekara
Beyond the Moto Sports Sugar Hit: World ...

The Premier claims the economic benefits of the MotoGP justify the destruction of the Eastern Park Lands.  But international experience suggests World Heritage listing of the Park Lands will generate greater returns. 

Beyond the Moto Sports Sugar Hit: World Heritage Is Adelaide’s True Long-Term Economic Winner
22 September 2026
Media Release
Thilina Gunasekara
MEDIA RELEASE: SA Golf Course Act 'undermines ...

Senior Adelaide University academics say the SA Government used legislation to bypass normal planning assessment and public scrutiny of the North Adelaide golf course redevelopment. 

Read what they found — and why the Adelaide Park Lands Association is calling for cast-iron protection against the future sale, privatisation or permanent alienation of our public Park Lands. 

MEDIA RELEASE: SA Golf Course Act 'undermines democracy', say academics
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?
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7 October 2024

Know Your Park Lands Art: Forgotten Australians Memorial

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7 October 2024
Know Your Park Lands Art: Forgotten Australians Memorial

Our series of stories, Know Your Park Lands Art, guides you through various creative displays within your Adelaide Park Lands.

This time, we put the spotlight on a memorial featuring four huge, stainless steel daisies.

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Shane Sody
4 October 2024

Trees "stressed, vulnerable" from disc golf hits

Shane Sody
4 October 2024
Trees "stressed, vulnerable" from disc golf hits

The City of Adelaide is considering major changes to a popular sporting venue in your eastern Park Lands.

Hundreds of stray flying discs have damaged several of the significant trees in King Rodney Park / Ityamai-itpina (Park 15).

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Shane Sody
30 September 2024

Banking for the climate

Shane Sody
30 September 2024
Banking for the climate

The Adelaide Park Lands Association is switching its banking business to ensure no funds are invested in the fossil fuel industry.

3 Comments
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29 September 2024

Artists with a disability

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29 September 2024
Artists with a disability

A new category in the biennial Adelaide Park Lands Art Prize is "artist living with a disability".

The prize is being sponsored by Minda, the state's largest non-government disability support organisation.

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Shane Sody
29 September 2024

Your Car Parking Lands

Shane Sody
29 September 2024
Your Car Parking Lands

It seems that the City of Adelaide puts a low priority on enforcing restrictions on car parking in your Adelaide Park Lands.

Week after week, hundreds of drivers are flouting restrictions and covering your Open, Green Public spaces with their vehicles.

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28 September 2024

Volunteering with Christina

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28 September 2024
Volunteering with Christina

Former Sydneysider Christina Tilston recently began as one of our volunteers, helping with admin and taking beautiful pics on our Guided Walks.

We've put Christina in the hot-seat for a volunteer profile.

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Shane Sody
27 September 2024

Sport buildings consultation (again!)

Shane Sody
27 September 2024
Sport buildings consultation (again!)

The City Council is consulting for a second time, about how it manages sports buildings on your Park Lands.

How does the new policy deal with the tension between the demands of community sport, and the public interest in "Open, Green, Public" Park Lands?

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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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21 September 2024

Chihuly in the Botanic Garden

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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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19 September 2024

What Bird is That? Australasian Grebe

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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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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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9 September 2024

Know Your Park Lands Plants: Tiny Star

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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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Adelaide Park Lands Association, c/o Affinity Business Advisers, Level 1, 458 Morphett Street,, Adelaide, SA, 5000, Australiasecretary@adelaide-parklands.asn.au

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