No. 102 - 1 July 2025

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No. 102 - 1 July 2025

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ADELAIDE PARK LANDS ASSOCIATION

1 July 2025

IN THIS NEWSLETTER:

1. Hostile takeover

2. Rally for Adelaide's Heart

3. What Bird is That? - Little Pied Cormorant

4. Become a Pooch Pal

5. We Need You!

6. What's On in your Park Lands

7. Tree losses mounting up

8. Will Three go into two?

9. Park Poetry - Winter Walking

IN THIS NEWSLETTER:

1. Hostile takeover

2. Rally for Adelaide's Heart

3. What Bird is That? - Little Pied Cormorant

4. Become a Pooch Pal

5. We Need You!

6. What's On in your Park Lands

7. Tree losses mounting up

8. Will Three go into two?

9. Park Poetry - Winter Walking

1. Hostile Takeover

by Shane Sody

The State Government’s hasty swoop to take over a large swathe of your Park Lands has cleared the way for a loss of biodiversity and large intrusive new buildings, infrastructure and more car parks on your Open Green Public spaces.

The move defies many of the State Government’s own rules and laws; so that an upgraded golf course can downgrade your Park Lands.

by Shane Sody

The move defies many of the State Government’s own rules and laws; so that an upgraded golf course can downgrade your Park Lands.

Read more >>

2. Rally for Adelaide's Heart

Come to the public “Rally for Adelaide’s Heart” on Sunday 6 July.

From 11am, join both the Adelaide Park Lands Association and the “Save Festival Plaza Alliance” to show your support and demand an end to commercial expropriation of Adelaide’s Open Public spaces.

Come to the public “Rally for Adelaide’s Heart” on Sunday 6 July.

Read more >>

3. What Bird is That? - Little Pied Cormorant

by Nick Munday

Meet a sleek, elegant and compact bird that dives into the river.

Sometimes you will see this bird on the riverbank, perched comically with wings outstretched. What bird is that?

by Nick Munday

Meet a sleek, elegant and compact bird that dives into the river.

Sometimes you will see this bird on the riverbank, perched comically with wings outstretched. What bird is that?

Read more >

4. Become a Pooch Pal

Can you share your Park Lands love with a local dog?

The City of Adelaide is matching volunteers with local dog owners to help people and pooches enjoy walking in your Park Lands.

Can you share your Park Lands love with a local dog?

The City of Adelaide is matching volunteers with local dog owners to help people and pooches enjoy walking in your Park Lands.

See the video from Kadaltilla / Adelaide Park Lands Authority >

5. We need you!

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 book for any of our Guided Walks for free, and you would also unlock 15% discounts to all the merch in the APA Shop.

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 book for any of our Guided Walks for free, and you would also unlock 15% discounts to all the merch in the APA Shop.

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.

6. What's On in your Park Lands

Winter time means LIGHTS in your city and Park Lands.

The annual "illuminate Adelaide" festival joins our regular listings of Guided Walks and bushcare over the coming weeks in your Adelaide Park Lands.

Winter time means LIGHTS in your city and Park Lands.

The annual "illuminate Adelaide" festival joins our regular listings of Guided Walks and bushcare over the coming weeks in your Adelaide Park Lands.

Read more >

7. Tree losses mounting up

by Shane Sody

More than a dozen mature native trees have been felled in the Narnungga Urban Forest, off Port Road in your Park 25.

by Shane Sody

More than a dozen mature native trees have been felled in the Narnungga Urban Forest, off Port Road in your Park 25.

Read more >

8. Will Three go into two?

by Shane Sody

Plans are being laid to combine three small sports buildings in the south Park Lands into two larger ones - at least one of which would be double-storey.

by Shane Sody

Plans are being laid to combine three small sports buildings in the south Park Lands into two larger ones - at least one of which would be double-storey.

Read more >

9. Park Poetry - Winter Walking

There are many ways that your Adelaide Park Lands can INSPIRE. Here’s the second of what we intend to be a series of inspirational Park poems: “Winter Walking” by Mij Tanith.

Read more >

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NEWSLETTER TEAM

Editor: Shane Sody

Contributors (to this issue): Nick Munday / Kadaltilla -the Park Lands Authority / Mij Tanith

Proofreader: Trish Russell

Read back issues of this newsletter here:
www.adelaide-parklands.asn.au/newsletters

Send content enquiries/submissions to:
secretary@adelaide-parklands.asn.au

NEWSLETTER TEAM

Editor: Shane Sody

Contributors (to this issue): Nick Munday / Kadaltilla -the Park Lands Authority / Mij Tanith

Proofreader: Trish Russell

Read back issues of this newsletter here:
www.adelaide-parklands.asn.au/newsletters

Send content enquiries/submissions to:
secretary@adelaide-parklands.asn.au

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