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7 November 2026
Thilina Gunasekara
Northern suburbs students speak up for the Park ...

Living in Adelaide’s northern suburbs hasn’t stopped St Columba College students Alexa, Emily, and Olivia from speaking up for the Park Lands. Through conversations with fellow students, they collected sixty-eight petition signatures and shared why these spaces matter to their generation.

Northern suburbs students speak up for the Park Lands
3 November 2026
Thilina Gunasekara
A First Grebe to Remember: Australasian Grebe

Sue Wincott shares the delight of spotting her first Australasian Grebe at Victoria Park/Pakapakanthi (Park 16). With adults diving nearby and a tiny youngster on its nest among the reeds, this memorable introduction to the wetland and the birdlife that makes it special.  

A First Grebe to Remember: Australasian Grebe
28 October 2026
Thilina Gunasekara
Impacts on community health of the MotoGP in ...

What will the proposed MotoGP mean for community health? Margaret Brown looks beyond the economic arguments to the potential impacts of increased noise, air pollution, traffic congestion, tree loss and the disruption of green space. She argues that the health costs of bringing more motor racing into the Adelaide Park Lands deserve much greater scrutiny. 

Impacts on community health of the MotoGP in the Adelaide Parklands/Pakapakanthi
22 October 2026
Thilina Gunasekara
A Tale of Two Cities: A Sporting Nation Needs ...

Australia loves sport. But should major sporting events come at the expense of our public green spaces? In Brisbane and Adelaide, communities are fighting to protect precious park lands from major developments. Different governments, different projects, but remarkably similar battles. 

A Tale of Two Cities: A Sporting Nation Needs Green Space
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?
Christel Mex
24 December 2024

Spectacular tree dies in Victoria Park

Christel Mex
24 December 2024
Spectacular tree dies in Victoria Park

One of the most-loved trees in your Adelaide Park Lands has died, after less than a third of what is regarded as a normal 400-year lifespan for the species.

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Christel Mex
23 December 2024

Ombudsman rules for public interest

Christel Mex
23 December 2024
Ombudsman rules for public interest

The State Ombudsman has ruled that there is no valid reason for secrecy about a licence fee, paid by a charity to lease a garden in your Adelaide Park Lands.

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Christel Mex
22 December 2024

How does it feel to win a $20,000 Art Prize?

Christel Mex
22 December 2024
How does it feel to win a $20,000 Art Prize?

How would it feel to win $20,000, for first prize in the 2025 Adelaide Park Lands Art Prize?

We asked previous winner, John Foubister, what his win in 2023 meant for him.

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20 December 2024

Pleased to meet you, Eric

Guest User
20 December 2024
Pleased to meet you, Eric

Capturing your Adelaide Park Lands in black-and-white is a special focus for Eric Li Yee, a chef and hobbyist photographer.

We chatted to him about his unique way of seeing the world and the stark contrasts he loves.

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Christel Mex
19 December 2024

Sport on your Park Lands

Christel Mex
19 December 2024
Sport on your Park Lands

What are your Adelaide Park Lands for? Community, social sport on Open, Green, Public fields? Or commercial, professional sport on fenced, walled, privatised arenas?

We invited the elite sporting bodies located on your Adelaide Park Lands to put their case in this 5-minute documentary by Patrick Prior.

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Christel Mex
14 December 2024

Park Guardians: the first of many

Christel Mex
14 December 2024
Park Guardians: the first of many

A meeting on 9 December at the Box Factory Community Centre has led to the formation of a new team of “Park Guardians” who from 2025 will watch and report on many of the Open, Green, Public spaces of your Adelaide Park Lands.

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Christel Mex
14 December 2024

Advisory Board's wish list for 2025

Christel Mex
14 December 2024
Advisory Board's wish list for 2025

An advisory board, tasked with making recommendations about your Adelaide Park Lands, has come up with a wish list for projects that it would like to see funded in 2025.

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Guest User
13 December 2024

Festive joy in your parks

Guest User
13 December 2024
Festive joy in your parks

After the Adelaide City Council was slammed for its ‘drab’ Christmas display last year, it has upped the ante in 2024. 

But are the festive decorations in your Adelaide Park Lands enough to appease Christmas fans?

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Christel Mex
12 December 2024

Blockage located: no funding

Christel Mex
12 December 2024
Blockage located:  no funding

Documents obtained under Freedom of Information laws have revealed why there’s been little to no progress in the campaign to get UNESCO World Heritage listing of your Adelaide Park Lands.

Despite claiming to support the bid, the State Government is not providing funding.

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Christel Mex
12 December 2024

Fit for what purpose?

Christel Mex
12 December 2024
Fit for what purpose?

Memo to City Councillors: Propping up a bar, or taking private function bookings, are NOT sports.

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11 December 2024

Know Your Park Lands Art: The Eternal Question

Guest User
11 December 2024
Know Your Park Lands Art: The Eternal Question

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

This time, the spotlight falls on an intriguing artwork from the 1980s, which comes with a question mark.

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Christel Mex
10 December 2024

Can you tell a story?

Christel Mex
10 December 2024
Can you tell a story?

Do you love your Park Lands? Can you tell a story? Can you dot your “i’s” and cross your “t’s” ?

If so, we need you on our team of Park Lands communicators and story tellers. Meet the rest of the team, and find out more on Thursday 19 December.

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Christel Mex
9 December 2024

Artists emerging

Christel Mex
9 December 2024
Artists emerging

The Adelaide Park Lands Art Prize is not only for established, professional artists. It’s also for “emerging artists”. Is that you?

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Christel Mex
7 December 2024

Expressions of interest?

Christel Mex
7 December 2024
Expressions of interest?

The City of Adelaide is offering licences of up to five years duration over sports fields and other facilities in your Parks 15, 16, and 17. One private school, a long-term Park Lands licensee, might be required to share its playing fields with other groups.

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6 December 2024

Private Padel in Your Park?

Guest User
6 December 2024
Private Padel in Your Park?

A startup business hopes to bring the sport of padel to Adelaide and generate $500,000 in annual revenue, by fencing a site that might be located within your Park Lands.

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Christel Mex
5 December 2024

Guided Walks and more in 2025

Christel Mex
5 December 2024
Guided Walks and more in 2025

After our final Guided Walk for the year on Sunday 15 December, our Guides will take a break over the festive season, and resume on 19 January 2025 for what will be our biggest-ever yearly program of events.

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Christel Mex
4 December 2024

Fit for what purpose?

Christel Mex
4 December 2024
Fit for what purpose?

Memo to City Councillors: Propping up a bar, or taking private function bookings, are NOT sports.

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Christel Mex
29 November 2024

What Bird is that? - White-faced heron

Christel Mex
29 November 2024
What Bird is that? - White-faced heron

Meet a slender and elegant bird, frequently encountered both along waterways including in your Adelaide Park Lands. Nick Munday answers the question: What Bird Is That?

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Christel Mex
27 November 2024

Council caves on Plaza tower

Christel Mex
27 November 2024
Council caves on Plaza tower

The Adelaide City Council has backed the State Government’s gift to private developer, Walker Corporation of a second massive new office tower on the former Festival Plaza in your Park 26.

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Christel Mex
26 November 2024

What Inspires Us

Christel Mex
26 November 2024
What Inspires Us

Is Art intended to express beauty, or is it intended to make us think?

The Adelaide Park Lands Art Prize is about both.

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