No. 111 - 17 November 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. 111 - 17 November 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. Your Parks; their secrets |
1. Your Parks; their secrets |
by Shane Sody with John Bridgland Neither the State Government nor the City Council are prepared to let you know how they deal, in secret, with your Adelaide Park Lands.
A Freedom of Information request about the proposed golf course “re-development” in your Park Lands has produced hundreds of blacked-out pages.
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by Shane Sody with John Bridgland Neither the State Government nor the City Council are prepared to let you know how they deal, in secret, with your Adelaide Park Lands.
A Freedom of Information request about the proposed golf course “re-development” in your Park Lands has produced hundreds of blacked-out pages.
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2. What Bird is that? Masked Lapwing |
2. What Bird is that? Masked Lapwing |
by Nick Munday Meet a bird with a notorious reputation: the assertive, sometimes aggressive, and certainly ever-vigilant Masked Lapwing. |
by Nick Munday Meet a bird with a notorious reputation: the assertive, sometimes aggressive, and certainly ever-vigilant Masked Lapwing. |
3. Tower politically unsustainable? |
3. Tower politically unsustainable? |
by Robert Farnan The campaign to Save Festival Plaza remains very much alive. Momentum is building to prompt a Government re-think, even if only for the adverse economic impact of current plans to build over an Adelaide heritage icon. |
by Robert Farnan The campaign to Save Festival Plaza remains very much alive. Momentum is building to prompt a Government re-think, even if only for the adverse economic impact of current plans to build over an Adelaide heritage icon. |
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4. What's in a name? Park 19 |
4. What's in a name? Park 19 |
by David Winderlich The names assigned to each one of the Parks within your Adelaide Park Lands are intended to convey not just a geographical location, but also help you to understand each Park’s fascinating story. Find out the stories behind the two names for Park 19. |
by David Winderlich The names assigned to each one of the Parks within your Adelaide Park Lands are intended to convey not just a geographical location, but also help you to understand each Park’s fascinating story. Find out the stories behind the two names for Park 19. |
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5. We'd be stronger, if you joined us |
5. We'd be stronger, if you joined us |
Will you help us and support your Park Lands ? There are three ways to do that: as a Member, as a Volunteer and/or as a Donor. Your contribution in at least one of these three ways would help us carry out our four Park Lands strategies: Explore, Inspire, Protect and Restore. |
Will you help us and support your Park Lands ? There are three ways to do that: as a Member, as a Volunteer and/or as a Donor. Your contribution in at least one of these three ways would help us carry out our four Park Lands strategies: Explore, Inspire, Protect and Restore. |
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. We urgently need more Park Lands journalists/reporters/story tellers! |
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. We urgently need more Park Lands journalists/reporters/story tellers! |
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6. Briefly, in other Park Lands news |
6. Briefly, in other Park Lands news |
Briefly, in other news from your Adelaide Park Lands…. Beach volleyball, Tree Climb, Hutt Road works, Aquatic Centre. |
Briefly, in other news from your Adelaide Park Lands…. Beach volleyball, Tree Climb, Hutt Road works, Aquatic Centre. |
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