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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?
March 19, 2026
Shane Sody
Motorcycles 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.

Motorcycles 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
Shane Sody
February 10, 2026

Question your election candidates

Shane Sody
February 10, 2026
Question your election candidates

As we count down the days to the State election on 21 March, there is an urgent task at hand.

Political parties and election candidates need to know that you LOVE YOUR PARK LANDS.

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Shane Sody
February 10, 2026

New leadership members welcomed

Shane Sody
February 10, 2026
New leadership members welcomed

There’s been a change at the top. Three new members have been welcomed to the leadership team of the Adelaide Park Lands Association; and we have a new (Acting) President!

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Shane Sody
February 9, 2026

Stop the Chop rally, 28 Feb

Shane Sody
February 9, 2026
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.

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Shane Sody
January 31, 2026

Release the hit list - Council backs APA's call

Shane Sody
January 31, 2026
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).

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Shane Sody
January 30, 2026

Heat stress made worse

Shane Sody
January 30, 2026
Heat stress made worse

There are fears that decades-old trees in Bonython Park / Tulya Wardli (Park 27) might be about to die, after irrigation was cut off just before the current heat wave.

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Shane Sody
January 30, 2026

Architects for your Park Lands

Shane Sody
January 30, 2026
Architects for your Park Lands

One of South Australia's most influential professional associations is endeavouring to turn protection for your Park Lands into a State election issue.

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Shane Sody
January 30, 2026

You could have had both

Shane Sody
January 30, 2026
You could have had both

The opening last weekend of the new Adelaide Aquatic Centre is a poignant reminder of the State Government's four broken promises, and its failure of imagination.

You could have had BOTH a new Aquatic Centre AND a fully-restored, re-greened Park, but the State Government refused to even consider that win-win possibility.

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Shane Sody
January 29, 2026

Bats flailing in Rymill Park lake

Shane Sody
January 29, 2026
Bats flailing in Rymill Park lake

City Council staff are considering how to help protect grey-headed flying foxes, that during heat waves dip into, then can't get out of the Rymill Park lake.

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Shane Sody
January 27, 2026

What Bird is that? - Laughing Kookaburra

Shane Sody
January 27, 2026
What Bird is that? - Laughing Kookaburra

Who’s laughing at you, at dawn and dusk, in your Adelaide Park Lands? You can’t mistake that sound.

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Shane Sody
January 27, 2026

Know Your Park Lands Plants: Red Ironbark

Shane Sody
January 27, 2026
Know Your Park Lands Plants: Red Ironbark

These trees in your Park Lands look like their trunks are made of iron, but their hard image softens in springtime with hundreds of pink blossoms.

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Shane Sody
January 23, 2026

Arsonist still at large

Shane Sody
January 23, 2026
Arsonist still at large

Police have been unable to identify or catch one or more arsonists who are still at large, and still lighting fires in your Park Lands. 

There have been 32 fires (so far) since November, but it’s not clear whether they have all been lit by a single arsonist. 

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Shane Sody
January 22, 2026

Yes, we vote

Shane Sody
January 22, 2026
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.”

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Shane Sody
January 14, 2026

What you stand to lose

Shane Sody
January 14, 2026
What you stand to lose

More and more people are becoming aware of what you stand to lose if the State Government goes through with its threats to chop down hundreds MORE trees in your Adelaide Park Lands.

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Shane Sody
January 14, 2026

Helen Mayo path upgrade

Shane Sody
January 14, 2026
Helen Mayo path upgrade

Work has commenced to upgrade this shared use path along the River Torrens / Karrawirra Pari in Helen Mayo Park (Park 27).

2 Comments
Shane Sody
January 14, 2026

Renewed call to save Festival Plaza

Shane Sody
January 14, 2026
Renewed call to save Festival Plaza

Former Labor Premier, the Rev Lynn Arnold has renewed his call to save your Festival Plaza from a State-Government-approved 38-storey skyscraper.

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Shane Sody
January 13, 2026

They paved paradise, and....

Shane Sody
January 13, 2026
They paved paradise, and....

If you consider your world-unique, National Heritage listed Park Lands to be Adelaide's "paradise" then the State Government has literally echoed the words of the song 'Big Yellow Taxi' and literally "paved paradise and put up a parking lot."

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Shane Sody
January 10, 2026

Become a Tour Guide leader

Shane Sody
January 10, 2026
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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Shane Sody
January 9, 2026

Tenth year of "regenerating"

Shane Sody
January 9, 2026
Tenth year of "regenerating"

Trees For Life has released the program for its popular “Regenerate” activities in your Adelaide Park Lands for the first half of 2026.

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Shane Sody
January 5, 2026

Living legends

Shane Sody
January 5, 2026
Living legends

Scattered among the winding paths and park benches of your Adelaide Park Lands are living monuments: special trees that carry stories of settlement, commemoration, climate resilience, and deep cultural significance.

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Shane Sody
December 29, 2025

Park Lands arson

Shane Sody
December 29, 2025
Park Lands arson

SA Police are investigating a series of arson attacks last Saturday in your Adelaide Park Lands, including one at an overnight dance party.

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