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December 28, 2025
Shane Sody
"Release the hit list"

Despite a promise of “extensive consultation” the State Government is still with-holding most of its plans for the North Adelaide golf course in the urban forested Possum Park /Pirltawardli (Park 1 of your Adelaide Park Lands).

You can urge the Premier to identify every one of the 585 mature trees that he admits he wants to destroy.

"Release the hit list"
December 19, 2025
Shane Sody
Call me by my name

Dear Premier, why won’t you call me by my name? If you are going to chop down my trees, why won’t you look me in the forest and tell me straight? Yours sincerely, Pirltawardli ….

Call me by my name
December 15, 2025
Shane Sody
Xmas - New Year in your Park Lands

It’s holiday time - so time to explore your Park Lands, especially the remarkable urban forest on Adelaide’s doorstep - before it’s drastically cut back. “It’s Not Just a Golf Course” is the event title. Explore it with us, on one of a dozen dates over the next few weeks.

Xmas - New Year in your Park Lands
December 14, 2025
Shane Sody
304 down, and counting

More than 300 trees have been felled, so far, to make room for a three billion dollar hospital on your Park Lands, but much more tree destruction is on the way.

304 down, and counting
November 29, 2025
Shane Sody
See it before it disappears

You’re invited! Please come to inspect, first-hand, the remarkable urban forest on Adelaide’s doorstep - before it’s drastically cut back. “It’s Not Just a Golf Course” is the event title. Explore it with us, on one of 15 dates over the next few weeks.

See it before it disappears
Shane Sody
August 24, 2025

"Stop the Chop" community forum

Shane Sody
August 24, 2025
"Stop the Chop" community forum

This is the consultation that the State Government doesn't want you to have!

“Stop the Chop” Community forum, Sunday 21 September. Hear the facts, put your questions to a panel of experts. Find out what’s at risk from State Government bulldozers and chainsaws.

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Shane Sody
August 14, 2025

"Temporary" for three years

Shane Sody
August 14, 2025
"Temporary" for three years

A “temporary” campground for indigenous visitors to Adelaide, set up more than two years ago in your south-west Park Lands, is set to continue for at least another 10 months.

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Shane Sody
August 13, 2025

"Halt Park damage plans"

Shane Sody
August 13, 2025
"Halt Park damage plans"

We’re calling for an immediate halt to planning and preparatory work for a golf course “re-development” on your Adelaide Park Lands, with ongoing uncertainty about the future of LIV Golf.

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Shane Sody
August 11, 2025

Will you tip the balance?

Shane Sody
August 11, 2025
Will you tip the balance?

How many petition signatures would it take to persuade Premier Peter Malinauskas to prioritise thousands of trees and biodiversity; instead of building over Open, Green, Public Park Land for a commercial golf business? Could your signature be the one that makes the crucial difference?

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Shane Sody
July 31, 2025

Protecting Possum Park Trees

Shane Sody
July 31, 2025
Protecting Possum Park Trees

On National Tree Day, Sunday 27 July, a team of volunteers - the Possum Park Protection Platoon - came together to highlight some of the many trees at risk from State Government bulldozers and chainsaws. 

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Shane Sody
July 31, 2025

Swim in the Torrens? 2025 challenge remains

Shane Sody
July 31, 2025
Swim in the Torrens?  2025 challenge remains

How can the Torrens Lake in the heart of your Adelaide Park Lands be made safe for swimming?

This long-term challenge issued seven years ago is getting revived at an election candidates’ forum on 4 August.

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Shane Sody
July 31, 2025

Who to vote for in Central Ward?

Shane Sody
July 31, 2025
Who to vote for in Central Ward?

If you’re a voter in the City Council's Central Ward, you are faced with a bewildering choice: 19 candidates vying for four positions on the Council, in a supplementary election, only 15 months before the next entire Council general poll in October 2026.

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Shane Sody
July 30, 2025

92% oppose golf course takeover law

Shane Sody
July 30, 2025
92% oppose golf course takeover law

92 percent of survey respondents say they disapprove of a law rushed through State Parliament at the end of June to clear away any and all legal obstacles to “re-development” of a golf course urban forest in your Park Lands.

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Shane Sody
July 30, 2025

Expand your Park Lands? - Episode 2

Shane Sody
July 30, 2025
Expand your Park Lands? - Episode 2

There’s been a call to expand your Park Lands into an historic part of North Adelaide, to replace some of the many Open, Green, Public Park Lands lost to recent State Government building developments.

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Shane Sody
July 30, 2025

What bird is that? - Red Rumped Parrot

Shane Sody
July 30, 2025
What bird is that? - Red Rumped Parrot

What is “sexual dimorphism”? A small grass parrot, found in your Adelaide Park Lands, will show you.

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Shane Sody
July 29, 2025

Kaurna Cultural Heritage Trail

Shane Sody
July 29, 2025
Kaurna Cultural Heritage Trail

A new resource has become available to help you explore culturally significant Kaurna sites along the River Torrens / Karrawirra Pari, including many sites within your Adelaide Park Lands.

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Shane Sody
July 27, 2025

Park Poetry - "Nelumbo Pond"

Shane Sody
July 27, 2025
Park Poetry - "Nelumbo Pond"

The “Nelumbo Pond” in the Adelaide Botanic Garden, Park 11, is a magnet for photographers, ducks and even poets!

In the latest instalment of our “Park Poetry” series, Deb Stewart reflects on one of her favourite places in your Park Lands.

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Shane Sody
July 24, 2025

60 per cent tree loss: expert warning

Shane Sody
July 24, 2025
60 per cent tree loss: expert warning

An international golf course designer and LIV Golf supporter has sounded an alarm about the prospect of losing thousands of trees from the picturesque North Adelaide golf courses in your Park Lands.

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Shane Sody
July 15, 2025

What you're telling the Government

Shane Sody
July 15, 2025
What you're telling the Government

It seems that State Government ministers need a fresh reminder about how many people value and love your Park Lands.

The Possum Park Protection Platoon is stepping up advocacy and action to head off the Government’s seizure of your Park Lands for profit.

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Shane Sody
July 15, 2025

Protect Possum Park Trees

Shane Sody
July 15, 2025
Protect Possum Park Trees

Join us on National Tree Day - Sunday 27 July - to highlight some of the hundreds of trees at risk from State Government plans to "re-develop" the golf courses in Possum Park / Pirltawardli (Park 1 of your Adelaide Park Lands).

5 Comments
Shane Sody
July 13, 2025

Motor racing: digging in again

Shane Sody
July 13, 2025
Motor racing:  digging in again

The SA Motor Sport Board, with the support of Premier Peter Malinauskas, is about to dig in for another few months of disrupting access to your Victoria Park / Pakapakanthi (Park 16) while glorifying carbon emissions.

4 Comments
Shane Sody
July 10, 2025

The long-lost tunnel

Shane Sody
July 10, 2025
The long-lost tunnel

More than a hundred years ago, a strip of land in Park 12 of your Adelaide Park Lands hosted a one-kilometre railway line, a line that used a very short tunnel under King William Road.

2 Comments
Shane Sody
July 9, 2025

Expand your Park Lands?

Shane Sody
July 9, 2025
Expand your Park Lands?

A world-renowned urban planner has called for an expansion of your Adelaide Park Lands; while densifying the population in Adelaide's CBD and inner suburbs.

3 Comments
Shane Sody
July 4, 2025

Why Your Park Lands Matter

Shane Sody
July 4, 2025
Why Your Park Lands Matter

Two essays - from two APA Members - give different yet complementary reasons for why your Park Lands matter: “For democracy” and as “An economic asset”.

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Shane Sody
June 30, 2025

Rally for Adelaide's Heart

Shane Sody
June 30, 2025
Rally for Adelaide's Heart

Come to the public “Rally for Adelaide’s Heart” on Sunday 6 July.

From 11am, join both the Adelaide Park Lands Association and the “Save Festival Plaza Alliance” to show your support; and demand an end to commercial expropriation of Adelaide’s Open Public spaces.

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