No. 113 - 16 December 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. 113 - 16 December 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. Three hundred down, and counting |
1. Three hundred down, and counting |
by Shane Sody More than 300 trees have been felled, so far, to make room for a three billion dollar hospital on your Adelaide Park Lands. Yet much more tree destruction is on the way.
www.adelaide-parklands.asn.au/blog/2025/12/14/304-down-and-counting
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by Shane Sody More than 300 trees have been felled, so far, to make room for a three billion dollar hospital on your Adelaide Park Lands. Yet much more tree destruction is on the way.
www.adelaide-parklands.asn.au/blog/2025/12/14/304-down-and-counting
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2. Xmas - New Year in your Park Lands |
2. Xmas - New Year in your Park Lands |
by Shane Sody It’s holiday time - so time to explore your Park Lands, especially the remarkable urban forest on Adelaide’s doorstep - before it’s drastically cut back. “It’s Not Just a Golf Course” is the event title. Explore it with us, on one of a dozen dates over the next few weeks. |
by Shane Sody It’s holiday time - so time to explore your Park Lands, especially the remarkable urban forest on Adelaide’s doorstep - before it’s drastically cut back. “It’s Not Just a Golf Course” is the event title. Explore it with us, on one of a dozen dates over the next few weeks. |
3. $1 per year for 100 years |
3. $1 per year for 100 years |
by InDaily's Helen Karakulak Bagged as "the worst deal ever" outrage is growing over the State Government's handling of your Festival Plaza, following revelations that Walker Corporation will pay virtually nothing to privatise this part of your Park Lands for at least 100 years. |
by InDaily's Helen Karakulak Bagged as "the worst deal ever" outrage is growing over the State Government's handling of your Festival Plaza, following revelations that Walker Corporation will pay virtually nothing to privatise this part of your Park Lands for at least 100 years. |
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4. What bird is that? A "silly old coot?" |
4. What bird is that? A "silly old coot?" |
by Nick Munday Have you heard someone described as “a silly old coot”?
The tag might be unfair to any older person, but also unfair to these common water birds, even though their strange feet can make them look ridiculous on land. |
by Nick Munday Have you heard someone described as “a silly old coot”?
The tag might be unfair to any older person, but also unfair to these common water birds, even though their strange feet can make them look ridiculous on land. |
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5. Find peace of mind - become a member |
5. Find peace of mind - become a member |
There are two versions of this newsletter - one for members, and one for non-members. You are reading the non-members version. Are you "worrying on the sidelines" in the contest of ideas over the future of your Adelaide Park Lands? Find "peace of mind and a heart full of love" by joining the APA membership team. Your membership fees will help with our four Park Lands strategies: Explore, Inspire, Protect and Restore. |
There are two versions of this newsletter - one for members, and one for non-members. You are reading the non-members version. Are you "worrying on the sidelines" in the contest of ideas over the future of your Adelaide Park Lands? Find "peace of mind and a heart full of love" by joining the APA membership team. Your membership fees will help with our four Park Lands strategies: Explore, Inspire, Protect and Restore. |
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. Other simple options are: Volunteer and/or Donate. 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? But membership is not the only way you can help. Other simple options are: Volunteer and/or Donate. 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. Lease renewal for Blackfriars |
6. Lease renewal for Blackfriars |
by Shane Sody A Prospect private school has received a green light to renew its lease and licences over part of your northern Park Lands, after a decision not to invite anyone else to lodge Expressions of Interest |
by Shane Sody A Prospect private school has received a green light to renew its lease and licences over part of your northern Park Lands, after a decision not to invite anyone else to lodge Expressions of Interest |
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7. More than twice the size |
7. More than twice the size |
by Shane Sody A concept design for a new sports building in Park 27B of your Adelaide Park Lands would be twice as large as the building it’s intended to replace. |
by Shane Sody A concept design for a new sports building in Park 27B of your Adelaide Park Lands would be twice as large as the building it’s intended to replace. |
by Shane Sody The City of Adelaide is upgrading the surfaces of a pedestrian pathway, and a road within Red Gum Park /Karrawirra (Park 12). But where is “Town Clerk’s Walk”? |
by Shane Sody The City of Adelaide is upgrading the surfaces of a pedestrian pathway, and a road within Red Gum Park /Karrawirra (Park 12). But where is “Town Clerk’s Walk”? |
9. "Regenerate" again in 2026 |
9. "Regenerate" again in 2026 |
by Shane Sody “Trees for Life” is hoping to renew its popular “Regenerate” program of bushcare in your Adelaide Park Lands in the New Year. |
by Shane Sody “Trees for Life” is hoping to renew its popular “Regenerate” program of bushcare in your Adelaide Park Lands in the New Year. |
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