No. 121 - 1 April 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. 121 - 1 April 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 Your Adelaide Park Lands will be protected only when a sufficient number of people DEMAND that they are protected. Despite the State election result, support for your Park Lands is at its highest-ever level, and shows no signs of slowing growth. |
by Shane Sody Your Adelaide Park Lands will be protected only when a sufficient number of people DEMAND that they are protected. Despite the State election result, support for your Park Lands is at its highest-ever level, and shows no signs of slowing growth. |
2. No mandate for these attacks |
2. No mandate for these attacks |
by Shane Sody There is no electoral mandate for either of the State Government’s imminent proposed Park Lands attacks, because voters were kept in the dark. |
by Shane Sody There is no electoral mandate for either of the State Government’s imminent proposed Park Lands attacks, because voters were kept in the dark. |
3. Bitumen or butterflies? |
3. Bitumen or butterflies? |
by Shane Sody 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. |
by Shane Sody 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. |
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4. Park Lands marathon: one of the best |
4. Park Lands marathon: one of the best |
by GlamAdelaide's Daniel Heggie Members of Adelaide's running community are justifiably proud of the annual Park Lands marathon, now rated as the second-best marathon for beginners in Australia.
The annual Adelaide marathon (a full 42.2km, plus shorter options) is scheduled for Sunday 3 May and once again will be sending competitors on a picturesque course almost entirely within your Park Lands, bordering Hackney Road in the east and Port Road in the west.
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by GlamAdelaide's Daniel Heggie Members of Adelaide's running community are justifiably proud of the annual Park Lands marathon, now rated as the second-best marathon for beginners in Australia.
The annual Adelaide marathon (a full 42.2km, plus shorter options) is scheduled for Sunday 3 May and once again will be sending competitors on a picturesque course almost entirely within your Park Lands, bordering Hackney Road in the east and Port Road in the west.
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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; 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 and/or as a Donor. |
The Adelaide Park Lands Association has four Park Lands strategies: 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 and/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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by Shane Sody There’s been a lot of temporary fencing, scaffolding, and new retaining walls popping up recently in your Adelaide Park Lands. including restoration works at two heritage-listed structures in Red Gum Park / Karrawirra (Park 12). |
by Shane Sody There’s been a lot of temporary fencing, scaffolding, and new retaining walls popping up recently in your Adelaide Park Lands. including restoration works at two heritage-listed structures in Red Gum Park / Karrawirra (Park 12). |
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High-calibre equestrian athletes are about to converge on your eastern Adelaide Park Lands to compete in the Adelaide Equestrian Festival, from 16 April. |
High-calibre equestrian athletes are about to converge on your eastern Adelaide Park Lands to compete in the Adelaide Equestrian Festival, from 16 April. |
8. We're in the History Festival! |
8. We're in the History Festival! |
Three of our regular Sunday Guided Walks are featured in this year's SA History Festival program.
Book early and come explore both the history and the ambience of any of these three Park Lands locations, with our friendly knowledgeable guides.
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Three of our regular Sunday Guided Walks are featured in this year's SA History Festival program.
Book early and come explore both the history and the ambience of any of these three Park Lands locations, with our friendly knowledgeable guides.
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9. Train you to tell a story |
9. Train you to tell a story |
If you Love Your Park Lands, and are willing to volunteer at least a few hours once per month, then we’ll help you to share that love, and encourage you to develop your talent to share Park Lands stories. |
If you Love Your Park Lands, and are willing to volunteer at least a few hours once per month, then we’ll help you to share that love, and encourage you to develop your talent to share Park Lands stories. |
10. An alternative vision |
10. An alternative vision |
by Robert Farnan The Save Festival Plaza Alliance has released an alternative vision of how Adelaide’s first skyscraper could be located within the CBD rather than on public Park Lands. |
by Robert Farnan The Save Festival Plaza Alliance has released an alternative vision of how Adelaide’s first skyscraper could be located within the CBD rather than on public Park Lands. |
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