No. 106 - 1 September 2025 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. 106 - 1 September 2025 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 |
1. A one-dimensional view |
1. A one-dimensional view |
by Shane Sody Community support is growing for the trees, the biodiversity and the Kaurna significance of Possum Park /Pirltawardli (Park 1 of your Adelaide Park Lands) while the State Government ploughs ahead with a one-dimensional focus only on the commercial value of golf. |
by Shane Sody Community support is growing for the trees, the biodiversity and the Kaurna significance of Possum Park /Pirltawardli (Park 1 of your Adelaide Park Lands) while the State Government ploughs ahead with a one-dimensional focus only on the commercial value of golf. |
2. "Stop the Chop" community forum |
2. "Stop the Chop" community forum |
by Loine Sweeney and Shane Sody This is the consultation that the State Government doesn't want you to have!
Sunday 21 September, 11am. Hear the facts, put your questions to a panel of experts. Find out what’s at risk from State Government bulldozers and chainsaws. |
by Loine Sweeney and Shane Sody This is the consultation that the State Government doesn't want you to have!
Sunday 21 September, 11am. Hear the facts, put your questions to a panel of experts. Find out what’s at risk from State Government bulldozers and chainsaws. |
3. Park Lands vote demonstrated again |
3. Park Lands vote demonstrated again |
by Shane Sody Being known as a strong supporter of your Adelaide Park Lands has once again proved to be a vote-winner within the City of Adelaide. The results of a supplementary election for City Council’s Central Ward will be ringing alarm bells for SA Labor. |
by Shane Sody Being known as a strong supporter of your Adelaide Park Lands has once again proved to be a vote-winner within the City of Adelaide. The results of a supplementary election for City Council’s Central Ward will be ringing alarm bells for SA Labor. |
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4. September: walking into spring |
4. September: walking into spring |
With better weather on the way, it's time to reserve a spot on one of our many Park Lands Guided Walks.
Four of our most popular Guided Walks are scheduled on successive Sundays throughout September - and none of them will clash with AFL finals! Come and join us on a Sunday in September!
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With better weather on the way, it's time to reserve a spot on one of our many Park Lands Guided Walks.
Four of our most popular Guided Walks are scheduled on successive Sundays throughout September - and none of them will clash with AFL finals! Come and join us on a Sunday in September!
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The Adelaide Park Lands Association has four Park Lands strategies: Explore, Inspire, Protect and Restore. But we are only as strong as our members. To be effective at these strategies, we need YOUR support. |
The Adelaide Park Lands Association has four Park Lands strategies: Explore, Inspire, Protect and Restore. But we are only as strong as our members. To be effective at these strategies, we need YOUR support. |
You are reading the non-members version of this newsletter - which means you are not (yet) a member. 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? But membership is not the only way you can help. Another simple option is to donate. Even better, join our volunteer team. Choose from the various potential roles we've described on our volunteer page, here. |
You are reading the non-members version of this newsletter - which means you are not (yet) a member. 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? But membership is not the only way you can help. Another simple option is to donate. Even better, join our volunteer team. Choose from the various potential roles we've described on our volunteer page, here. |
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Here’s the latest in our series of Park Poetry - “Trees” by Tony Doyle - an ode to these “magnificent gifts of nature”.
Read “Trees” here, or listen as Tony reads it to you.
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Here’s the latest in our series of Park Poetry - “Trees” by Tony Doyle - an ode to these “magnificent gifts of nature”.
Read “Trees” here, or listen as Tony reads it to you.
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7. Stories across generations |
7. Stories across generations |
by Emma Moss One Park, with multiple stories across generations. Dive into three of the very different, long-lasting practices that keep people coming back to Carriageway Park /Tuthangga (Park 17). |
by Emma Moss One Park, with multiple stories across generations. Dive into three of the very different, long-lasting practices that keep people coming back to Carriageway Park /Tuthangga (Park 17). |
8. Know Your Park Lands Plants - Swollen Spear-grass |
8. Know Your Park Lands Plants - Swollen Spear-grass |
by Shane Sody Large trees are not the only important plants within your Adelaide Park Lands. Closer to the ground, a rare type of spear-grass is hanging on in isolated patches, helping to maintain biodiversity. |
by Shane Sody Large trees are not the only important plants within your Adelaide Park Lands. Closer to the ground, a rare type of spear-grass is hanging on in isolated patches, helping to maintain biodiversity. |
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9. Save Festival Plaza - campaign continues |
9. Save Festival Plaza - campaign continues |
by Shane Sody The ‘Save Festival Plaza Alliance’ is planning its next move, after a rally at Parliament House in July and a full-page newspaper advertisement in August. |
by Shane Sody The ‘Save Festival Plaza Alliance’ is planning its next move, after a rally at Parliament House in July and a full-page newspaper advertisement in August. |
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10. New Plantings for old Aquatic Centre site |
10. New Plantings for old Aquatic Centre site |
You weren't consulted about where a new Aquatic Centre should be built, but now the City Council wants you to choose where to plant new trees beside the new Aquatic Centre, now dominating Denise Norton Park / Pardipardinyilla (Park 2). You can respond to a survey by Monday 8 September. |
You weren't consulted about where a new Aquatic Centre should be built, but now the City Council wants you to choose where to plant new trees beside the new Aquatic Centre, now dominating Denise Norton Park / Pardipardinyilla (Park 2). You can respond to a survey by Monday 8 September. |
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