No. 120 - 16 March 2026 If this email is not displaying properly (e.g. if it's truncated or there are no pictures) then click here to view this email in your web browser |
No. 120 - 16 March 2026 If this email is not displaying properly (e.g. if it's truncated or there are no pictures) then click here to view this email in your web browser |
ADELAIDE PARK LANDS ASSOCIATION |
ADELAIDE PARK LANDS ASSOCIATION |
by Shane Sody In the final days of the State election campaign, our call to ‘Vote For Your Park Lands’ is having a measurable impact. |
by Shane Sody In the final days of the State election campaign, our call to ‘Vote For Your Park Lands’ is having a measurable impact. |
by Shane Sody Mixed messaging has come from the City of Adelaide: creating uncertainty about whether the proposed destruction of 585 trees in your Possum Park / Pirltawardli is being resisted, or welcomed at the Town Hall. |
by Shane Sody Mixed messaging has come from the City of Adelaide: creating uncertainty about whether the proposed destruction of 585 trees in your Possum Park / Pirltawardli is being resisted, or welcomed at the Town Hall. |
by Shane Sody The City of Adelaide has been unable to re-open the River Torrens/ Karrawirra Pari through your Adelaide Park Lands due to persistent high levels of potentially harmful bacteria. |
by Shane Sody The City of Adelaide has been unable to re-open the River Torrens/ Karrawirra Pari through your Adelaide Park Lands due to persistent high levels of potentially harmful bacteria. |
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4. Know your Park Lands plants: Moreton Bay fig |
4. Know your Park Lands plants: Moreton Bay fig |
by Shane Sody (& Chat GPT) 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. |
by Shane Sody (& Chat GPT) 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. |
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5. Team member missing: YOU! |
5. Team member missing: YOU! |
We are a grassroots community organisation. We Explore, Inspire, Protect, and Restore.
But we are only as strong as our Members; our Volunteers; and our Donors.
You are receiving the non-members version of this newsletter which means you're not (yet) a Member of our team, or perhaps a previous membership has expired. Will you help us? There are three ways to do that: as a Member, as a Volunteer or as a Donor. |
We are a grassroots community organisation. We Explore, Inspire, Protect, and Restore.
But we are only as strong as our Members; our Volunteers; and our Donors.
You are receiving the non-members version of this newsletter which means you're not (yet) a Member of our team, or perhaps a previous membership has expired. Will you help us? There are three ways to do that: as a Member, as a Volunteer or as a Donor. |
If you were to become an APA member, you would then be able to: More importantly, your membership fee (as low as $20 per year for a single concession) would be tangible support for our Park Lands strategies: Explore, Inspire, Protect and Restore. What are you waiting for? Choose from the various potential roles we've described on our volunteer page, here. We urgently need more Park Lands journalists/reporters/story tellers! |
If you were to become an APA member, you would then be able to: More importantly, your membership fee (as low as $20 per year for a single concession) would be tangible support for our Park Lands strategies: Explore, Inspire, Protect and Restore. What are you waiting for? Choose from the various potential roles we've described on our volunteer page, here. We urgently need more Park Lands journalists/reporters/story tellers! |
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6. Another update on World Heritage bid |
6. Another update on World Heritage bid |
Kadaltilla / the Adelaide Park Lands Authority has issued another regular update on the slow progress towards seeking UNESCO World Heritage listing for your Adelaide Park Lands. |
Kadaltilla / the Adelaide Park Lands Authority has issued another regular update on the slow progress towards seeking UNESCO World Heritage listing for your Adelaide Park Lands. |
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7. Path upgrade works continue |
7. Path upgrade works continue |
by Shane Sody Work to upgrade a shared use path along the River Torrens / Karrawirra Pari in Helen Mayo Park (Park 27) is still in progress, after more than two months. |
by Shane Sody Work to upgrade a shared use path along the River Torrens / Karrawirra Pari in Helen Mayo Park (Park 27) is still in progress, after more than two months. |
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