No. 123 - 1 May 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. 123 - 1 May 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 |
1. Support growing for Park protection |
1. Support growing for Park protection |
by Shane Sody Support is growing for the campaign to protect hundreds of trees within the urban-forested golf course Park - Pirltawardli (Park 1 of your Adelaide Park Lands) with a huge community response. |
by Shane Sody Support is growing for the campaign to protect hundreds of trees within the urban-forested golf course Park - Pirltawardli (Park 1 of your Adelaide Park Lands) with a huge community response. |
by Shane Sody There is plenty of evidence about: - the importance of protecting mature trees, and any city’s tree canopy;
- that South Australians want to see their Adelaide Park Lands protected;
- that the international LIV Golf tour is financially unsustainable and on the brink of collapse.
Yet so far, the State Government has refused to see. |
by Shane Sody There is plenty of evidence about: - the importance of protecting mature trees, and any city’s tree canopy;
- that South Australians want to see their Adelaide Park Lands protected;
- that the international LIV Golf tour is financially unsustainable and on the brink of collapse.
Yet so far, the State Government has refused to see. |
3. Impact on John E. Brown Park |
3. Impact on John E. Brown Park |
by Jan Bowman Concern is growing about an imminent State Government attack on a part of your Park Lands that features walking and cycling paths to and from the city. |
by Jan Bowman Concern is growing about an imminent State Government attack on a part of your Park Lands that features walking and cycling paths to and from the city. |
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4. Know your Park Lands plants: Sugar gum |
4. Know your Park Lands plants: Sugar gum |
by Shane Sody One of the most popular trees in your Adelaide Park Lands is one that tends to stand out, due to its height. It’s classified as “vulnerable” but that won’t stop State Government contractors chopping them down in your urban forested golf course Park. |
by Shane Sody One of the most popular trees in your Adelaide Park Lands is one that tends to stand out, due to its height. It’s classified as “vulnerable” but that won’t stop State Government contractors chopping them down in your urban forested golf course Park. |
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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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6. Community planting event |
6. Community planting event |
Join the SE City Residents Association and volunteers for a community planting event on Saturday 23 May. The "Green Pakpakanthi" group will welcome you for "a morning of fresh air, coffee, and conservation" at the Miyawaki Forest 2 planting site, near the wetlands in Victoria Park /Pakapakanthi (Park 16). |
Join the SE City Residents Association and volunteers for a community planting event on Saturday 23 May. The "Green Pakpakanthi" group will welcome you for "a morning of fresh air, coffee, and conservation" at the Miyawaki Forest 2 planting site, near the wetlands in Victoria Park /Pakapakanthi (Park 16). |
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by InDaily's Rory Dowdell Thousands of dollars are being spent on billboards across Adelaide protesting the Festival Tower Two development in Festival Plaza, the Premier responding to claims his own office will be moved into the controversial building. |
by InDaily's Rory Dowdell Thousands of dollars are being spent on billboards across Adelaide protesting the Festival Tower Two development in Festival Plaza, the Premier responding to claims his own office will be moved into the controversial building. |
8. Torrens turns green (again) |
8. Torrens turns green (again) |
by 891 ABC Radio's Bobby Macumber Duckweed has once again infested the River Torrens / Karrawirra Pari near the Hackney Bridge. The phenomenon was noted recently on 891 ABC Adelaide breakfast program with Sonia Feldhoff and Jules Schiller. |
by 891 ABC Radio's Bobby Macumber Duckweed has once again infested the River Torrens / Karrawirra Pari near the Hackney Bridge. The phenomenon was noted recently on 891 ABC Adelaide breakfast program with Sonia Feldhoff and Jules Schiller. |
9. Meet your new Committee |
9. Meet your new Committee |
by Kadaltilla / Adelaide Park Lands Authority “Humbled and excited”. That’s Mat Monti’s response after being elected on 19 April to lead the Adelaide Park Lands Association over the next 12 months. |
by Kadaltilla / Adelaide Park Lands Authority “Humbled and excited”. That’s Mat Monti’s response after being elected on 19 April to lead the Adelaide Park Lands Association over the next 12 months. |
10. TreeClimb extension backed |
10. TreeClimb extension backed |
by Kadaltilla / Park Lands Authority After a trial period of eight years, it’s looking likely that “TreeClimb” in Blue Gum Park / Kurangga will get a lease extension for up to another 10 years. |
by Kadaltilla / Park Lands Authority After a trial period of eight years, it’s looking likely that “TreeClimb” in Blue Gum Park / Kurangga will get a lease extension for up to another 10 years. |
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NEWSLETTER TEAMEditor: Shane Sody Contributors (to this issue): Jan Bowman; the SE City Residents Assn; InDaily's Rory Dowdell; 891 ABC Radio's Bobby Macumber; Kadaltilla / Park Lands Authority Proofreader: Trish Russell |
NEWSLETTER TEAMEditor: Shane Sody Contributors (to this issue): Jan Bowman; the SE City Residents Assn; InDaily's Rory Dowdell; 891 ABC Radio's Bobby Macumber; Kadaltilla / Park Lands Authority Proofreader: Trish Russell |
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