No. 41 - 1 January 2023

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IN THIS NEWSLETTER:

1. AQUATIC CENTRE: PETITION PASSES 1,000 SIGNATURES

2. ART PRIZE: WHICH CATEGORY FOR YOU?

3. KOALAS IN YOUR PARK LANDS

4. OUR TWENTIETH TRAIL GUIDE PUBLISHED

5. PLEASE JOIN US

6. WHAT'S ON IN YOUR PARK LANDS - JANUARY 2023

7. DRAGONFLIES ABOUND

8. NEW CITY COUNCILLOR LOOKS AHEAD

9. MYTH-BUSTING #7

10. ALEX FRAYNE IN THE PICTURE

1. AQUATIC CENTRE: PETITION PASSES 1,000 SIGNATURES

by Shane Sody

Premier Peter Malinauskas has been urged to intervene to RESTORE and PROTECT Denise Norton Park / Pardipardinyilla (Park 2) in response to growing public demand.

The site that the Government has announced for a new Aquatic Centre does not reflect public opinion.

Read more >>>

2. ART PRIZE: WHICH CATEGORY FOR YOU?

by Shane Sody

It’s possible to win more than one prize in this year’s Adelaide Park Lands Art Prize. Categories include young artists, digital artists, First Nations artists, new (emerging) artists and others.

With 16 prizes on offer, and a total of $50,000 in prize money, your art work could win, if it INSPIRES.

Read more >>>

3. KOALAS IN YOUR PARK LANDS

by Carla Caruso

There’s been a call to expand Adelaide’s world-unique Park Lands to create more habitat for koalas.

Adelaide biologist and natural history author Dr Danielle Clode is concerned that natural disasters and climate change could shrink SA’s koala population.

Read more >>>>

4. OUR TWENTIETH TRAIL GUIDE PUBLISHED

Our project to provide you the definitive guides to all parts of your Adelaide Park Lands has moved a step closer to completion.

The 20th instalment is a guide to Elder Park, the Riverbank precinct and Helen Mayo Park. Take the Trail in your own time and explore:

Read more >>>>

5. WE NEED YOU - PLEASE JOIN US

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.

Have you got your copy of the 2023 Adelaide Park Lands wall calendar yet?

More importantly, your membership fee (as low as $15 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?

6. WHAT'S ON IN YOUR PARK LANDS - JANUARY 2023

by Michael Genrich

Dive into these events we’ve found for you, in your Open Green Public Adelaide Park Lands during January 2023. Some of them will require early booking, so don’t wait!

Read more >>>>

7. DRAGONFLIES ABOUND

by Carla Caruso

Dragonflies and damselflies are hanging around parts of your Adelaide Park Lands in swarms.

Optimal weather conditions have led to the tiny predators breeding in huge numbers.

Where’s the best place to spot them?

Read more >>>>

8. NEW CITY COUNCILLOR LOOKS AHEAD

by Carla Caruso

Councillor Henry Davis probably does not fit the stereotype of a “tree hugger”.

Nevertheless, as APA’s Carla Caruso found out, this 32-year-old tax lawyer is full of ambition to protect your Park Lands.

Read more >>>

9. MYTH-BUSTING #7

by Shane Sody

If you Love Your Park Lands, like we do, you might occasionally hear criticism from people who have latched onto a Park Lands myth.

This month, we’re MYTH-BUSTING the claim that “car parking is a legitimate use of Park Lands.”

Read more >>>

10. ALEX FRAYNE IN THE PICTURE

by Carla Caruso

A striking Park Lands photo has been selected as the poster image for an upcoming Adelaide Festival show.

Alex Frayne’s image of fog swirling around gum trees in Carriageway Park / Tuthangga (Park 17) is the inspiration for "Music for Other Worlds" on March 15.

Read more >>>

CONTACTING ROBERT BOWERING

Do you know a Robert Bowering? We have some correspondence for him, but no way of getting in touch.

If you know this gentleman please ask him to contact secretary@adelaide-parklands.asn.au or call APA President Shane Sody on 0414 959 125.

NEWSLETTER TEAM

Editor: Shane Sody

Contributors: Carla Caruso, Michael Genrich

Layout: Sabrina Iqbal

Proofreader: Trish Russell

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