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* Explore
> Explore - Guided Walks
> Explore - Trail Guides
* Inspire
* Protect
* Restore
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March 24, 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?
February 26, 2026
Shane Sody
No tree too big for Government chainsaws

No tree in your Adelaide Park Lands is significant enough to be safe from State Government plans to bulldoze Parks for temporary, elite FIFO sports events.

No tree too big for Government chainsaws
February 9, 2026
Shane Sody
Stop the Chop rally, 28 Feb

A rally on Saturday 28 February might be your last opportunity to prevent irreversible losses within a massive 90 hectares of your Adelaide Park Lands.

Stop the Chop rally, 28 Feb
January 31, 2026
Shane Sody
Release the hit list - Council backs APA's call

The Adelaide City Council has joined APA’s call to Premier, Peter Malinauskas to release the hit list of 585 trees that he says he wants to destroy in Possum Park / Pirltawardli (Park 1 of your Adelaide Park Lands).

Release the hit list - Council backs APA's call
January 22, 2026
Shane Sody
Yes, we vote

As polling day of 21 March draws near, a growing number of South Australians have a simple message for all candidates and parties: “Yes, we will vote to Protect the Adelaide Park Lands.”

Yes, we vote
Shane Sody
January 13, 2025

Renewed focus on homelessness

Shane Sody
January 13, 2025
Renewed focus on homelessness

Australia’s housing crisis has led to ever-greater numbers of people camping in your Park Lands, simply because they have nowhere else to go.

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Shane Sody
January 12, 2025

Prize money boost

Shane Sody
January 12, 2025
Prize money boost

There’s been a 13% boost to the overall prize pool for the 2025 Adelaide Park Lands Art Prize.

The deadline for entries, 31 January, is fast approaching, but there’s still time for you, as an artist, donor or sponsor, to become part of this, Adelaide’s iconic biennial art prize event.

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Shane Sody
January 10, 2025

Probe into fallen trees

Shane Sody
January 10, 2025
Probe into fallen trees

It was lucky that no-one was under either of these two trees, that fell in recent days; one over a children’s playground, and the other over a popular Park Lands pathway.

City of Adelaide staff are investigating the causes.

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Shane Sody
January 8, 2025

Ghosting you

Shane Sody
January 8, 2025
Ghosting you

If you Love Your Park Lands, then it appears that SA Government Ministers are ghosting you. The evidence is clear: Ministers are continuing to ignore or failing to acknowledge the growing body of support for your Adelaide Park Lands.

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Shane Sody
January 7, 2025

Know Your Park Lands Art - Voyagers

Shane Sody
January 7, 2025
Know Your Park Lands Art - Voyagers

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

Today, we feature this unique crescent shaped sculpture in Whitmore Square / Iparrityi.

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Shane Sody
January 6, 2025

Guardian focus on: Parks 22 & 23 South

Shane Sody
January 6, 2025
Guardian focus on:  Parks 22 & 23 South

Our Park Guardians are taking it in turns throughout 2025 to introduce you to their cherished places within your Adelaide Park Lands. Jan and Graham Smith are starting off with a look at their “Guardian” spot - the two parks either side of Anzac Highway.

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Shane Sody
December 30, 2024

Lake re-opened after pollution scare

Shane Sody
December 30, 2024
Lake re-opened after pollution scare

The City of Adelaide has given the all-clear for the Torrens Lake, and most other water features in your Adelaide Park Lands after a Christmas scare from unsafe levels of bacterial contamination.

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Shane Sody
December 28, 2024

Leadership opportunities in 2025

Shane Sody
December 28, 2024
Leadership opportunities in 2025

The Adelaide Park Lands Association will be going through a leadership renewal process in 2025.

Two long-standing members of our managing Committee are about to step down. If you Love Your Park Lands and want to help us secure their future, then 2025 is the time to step up.

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Shane Sody
December 28, 2024

Become a Tour Guide leader

Shane Sody
December 28, 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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December 26, 2024

Happy 2050, Terry

Guest User
December 26, 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.

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Shane Sody
December 24, 2024

Spectacular tree dies in Victoria Park

Shane Sody
December 24, 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
December 23, 2024

Ombudsman rules for public interest

Shane Sody
December 23, 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
December 22, 2024

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

Shane Sody
December 22, 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
December 20, 2024

Pleased to meet you, Eric

Guest User
December 20, 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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Shane Sody
December 19, 2024

Sport on your Park Lands

Shane Sody
December 19, 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
December 14, 2024

Park Guardians: the first of many

Shane Sody
December 14, 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
December 14, 2024

Advisory Board's wish list for 2025

Shane Sody
December 14, 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
December 13, 2024

Festive joy in your parks

Guest User
December 13, 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
December 12, 2024

Blockage located: no funding

Shane Sody
December 12, 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
December 12, 2024

Fit for what purpose?

Shane Sody
December 12, 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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