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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
13 March 2026

Know Your Park Lands Plants - Moreton Bay fig

Christel Mex
13 March 2026
Know Your Park Lands Plants - Moreton Bay fig

Towering, shade‑casting, and endlessly photogenic, the Moreton Bay fig (Ficus macrophylla) is one of Australia’s most recognisable trees; and an iconic feature of your Adelaide Park Lands.

2 Comments
Christel Mex
1 March 2026

Two hundred rally to "Stop the Chop"

Christel Mex
1 March 2026
Two hundred rally to "Stop the Chop"

The message to “Stop the Chop” might finally be hitting the desk of Premier Peter Malinauskas, who is still refusing to release the hit list of the 585 trees that he wants to destroy in the urban forested golf course of Possum Park /Pirltawardli (Park 1 of your Adelaide Park Lands).

9 Comments
Christel Mex
26 February 2026

No tree too big for Government chainsaws

Christel Mex
26 February 2026
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.

5 Comments
Christel Mex
24 February 2026

What Bird is that? Crested pigeon

Christel Mex
24 February 2026
What Bird is that?  Crested pigeon

Shiny bronze wings, and a distinctive head crest make this bird one of the standout inhabitants of your Adelaide Park Lands.

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Christel Mex
22 February 2026

A misleading story

Christel Mex
22 February 2026
A misleading story

Kadaltilla / the Park Lands Authority has chosen to highlight some very old examples of Park Lands “returned” to Open, Green, Public, while failing to acknowledge dozens of more recent, and huge Park Lands losses.

Comment
Christel Mex
19 February 2026

Your Parks: for noise and emissions

Christel Mex
19 February 2026
Your Parks: for noise and emissions

There was a time, not that long ago, when a “Park” meant a place of calm, an opportunity to connect with nature in peaceful reflection. Not any more, at least not in Adelaide.

3 Comments
Christel Mex
12 February 2026

More fences more often

Christel Mex
12 February 2026
More fences more often

As the campaign to “Stop the Chop” gears up, Premier Peter Malinauskas is doubling down on his threats to fence off your urban forested golf courses in Possum Park / Pirltawardli for ever-longer periods each year.

1 Comment
Christel Mex
12 February 2026

Crane up: But Minister won't intervene

Christel Mex
12 February 2026
Crane up: But Minister won't intervene

Federal Environment Minister Murray Watt has refused to intervene to protect the National Heritage values of your Adelaide Park Lands, even as construction of a skyscraper gets under way on the Festival Plaza in your Park 26.

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Christel Mex
11 February 2026

Strategic Project Tracker

Christel Mex
11 February 2026
Strategic Project Tracker

Kadaltilla / the Park Lands Authority has made available an interactive map so you can zoom in on, and find out about City Council projects that are underway, or being planned within your Adelaide Park Lands.

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Christel Mex
10 February 2026

Your wooden histories

Christel Mex
10 February 2026
Your wooden histories

If you’ve been visiting the southern Park Lands in recent days you might have noticed careful works beginning around two cherished historical features: the two pergolas at Peppermint Park / Wita Wirra (Park 18) and Veale Park / Walyu Yarta (Park 21).

1 Comment
Christel Mex
10 February 2026

Question your election candidates

Christel Mex
10 February 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.

2 Comments
Christel Mex
10 February 2026

New leadership members welcomed

Christel Mex
10 February 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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Christel Mex
9 February 2026

Stop the Chop rally, 28 Feb

Christel Mex
9 February 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.

2 Comments
Christel Mex
31 January 2026

Release the hit list - Council backs APA's call

Christel Mex
31 January 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).

5 Comments
Christel Mex
30 January 2026

Heat stress made worse

Christel Mex
30 January 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.

2 Comments
Christel Mex
30 January 2026

Architects for your Park Lands

Christel Mex
30 January 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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Christel Mex
30 January 2026

You could have had both

Christel Mex
30 January 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.

1 Comment
Christel Mex
29 January 2026

Bats flailing in Rymill Park lake

Christel Mex
29 January 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.

1 Comment
Christel Mex
27 January 2026

What Bird is that? - Laughing Kookaburra

Christel Mex
27 January 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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Christel Mex
27 January 2026

Know Your Park Lands Plants: Red Ironbark

Christel Mex
27 January 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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