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13 June 2026
Shane Sody
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Newsletter: 14 June 2026
9 May 2026
Shane Sody
Different excuse - same threat

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).

Different excuse - same threat
30 April 2026
Shane Sody
Support growing for Park Protection

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.

Support growing for Park Protection
22 April 2026
Shane Sody
"None so blind"

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.

"None so blind"
24 March 2026
Shane Sody
Bitumen or butterflies?

Butterfly conservation advocates say a rare Chequered Copper Butterfly colony “will not survive” in Victoria Park / Pakapakanthi (Park 16) if the State Government goes ahead with plans for a Grand Prix motorcycle circuit alongside its habitat.

Bitumen or butterflies?
Shane Sody
28 December 2024

Become a Tour Guide leader

Shane Sody
28 December 2024
Become a Tour Guide leader

Would you like to be a Tour Guide, to lead Guided Walks through your Adelaide Park Lands?

We are looking to recruit a handful of volunteer Tour Guides to help people "Explore" various parts of your Open Green Public Adelaide Park Lands.

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26 December 2024

Happy 2050, Terry

Guest User
26 December 2024
Happy 2050, Terry

Can you imagine your Adelaide Park Lands in 25 years’ time?

Photography student Terry Hewitt has created an AI-enhanced image of our city in 2050 and it’s a rather bleak outlook. However, people power means there is hope.

2 Comments
Shane Sody
24 December 2024

Spectacular tree dies in Victoria Park

Shane Sody
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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Shane Sody
23 December 2024

Ombudsman rules for public interest

Shane Sody
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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Shane Sody
22 December 2024

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

Shane Sody
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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Guest User
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.

2 Comments
Shane Sody
19 December 2024

Sport on your Park Lands

Shane Sody
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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Shane Sody
14 December 2024

Park Guardians: the first of many

Shane Sody
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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Shane Sody
14 December 2024

Advisory Board's wish list for 2025

Shane Sody
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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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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Shane Sody
12 December 2024

Blockage located: no funding

Shane Sody
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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Shane Sody
12 December 2024

Fit for what purpose?

Shane Sody
12 December 2024
Fit for what purpose?

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

2 Comments
Guest User
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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Shane Sody
10 December 2024

Can you tell a story?

Shane Sody
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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Shane Sody
9 December 2024

Artists emerging

Shane Sody
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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Shane Sody
7 December 2024

Expressions of interest?

Shane Sody
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.

2 Comments
Shane Sody
5 December 2024

Guided Walks and more in 2025

Shane Sody
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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Shane Sody
4 December 2024

Fit for what purpose?

Shane Sody
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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Shane Sody
29 November 2024

What Bird is that? - White-faced heron

Shane Sody
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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