No. 117 - 15 February 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. 117 - 15 February 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 |
First Nations readers are advised that this newsletter edition contains images of people who have died. |
First Nations readers are advised that this newsletter edition contains images of people who have died. |
1. "Stop the Chop" - rally on 28 Feb |
1. "Stop the Chop" - rally on 28 Feb |
by Shane Sody A rally on Saturday 28 February might be your last opportunity to prevent irreversible losses within a massive 90 hectares of your Adelaide Park Lands. |
by Shane Sody A rally on Saturday 28 February might be your last opportunity to prevent irreversible losses within a massive 90 hectares of your Adelaide Park Lands. |
2. More fences more often |
2. More fences more often |
by Shane Sody As the campaign to “Stop the Chop” gears up, Premier Peter Malinauskas is doubling down on his threats to fence off your urban forested golf courses in Possum Park / Pirltawardli (Park 1 of your Park Lands) for ever-longer periods each year. |
by Shane Sody As the campaign to “Stop the Chop” gears up, Premier Peter Malinauskas is doubling down on his threats to fence off your urban forested golf courses in Possum Park / Pirltawardli (Park 1 of your Park Lands) for ever-longer periods each year. |
by Emma Moss If you’ve been visiting the southern Park Lands in recent days you might have noticed careful works beginning around two cherished historical features: the two pergolas at Peppermint Park / Wita Wirra (Park 18) and Veale Park / Walyu Yarta (Park 21). |
by Emma Moss If you’ve been visiting the southern Park Lands in recent days you might have noticed careful works beginning around two cherished historical features: the two pergolas at Peppermint Park / Wita Wirra (Park 18) and Veale Park / Walyu Yarta (Park 21). |
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4. Statues for Aboriginal leaders |
4. Statues for Aboriginal leaders |
by InDaily's Helen Karakulak Six Aboriginal leaders will be honoured with statues at Elder Park, in Tarntarnya Wama (Park 26). |
by InDaily's Helen Karakulak Six Aboriginal leaders will be honoured with statues at Elder Park, in Tarntarnya Wama (Park 26). |
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5. Team member missing: YOU! |
5. Team member missing: YOU! |
We are a grassroots community organisation. We 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 or as a Donor. |
We are a grassroots community organisation. We 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 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. Strategic project tracker |
6. Strategic project tracker |
by Shane Sody Kadaltilla / the Park Lands Authority has made available an interactive map so you can zoom in on, and find out about City Council projects that are underway, or being planned within your Adelaide Park Lands. |
by Shane Sody Kadaltilla / the Park Lands Authority has made available an interactive map so you can zoom in on, and find out about City Council projects that are underway, or being planned within your Adelaide Park Lands. |
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7. Crane up: Minister won't intervene |
7. Crane up: Minister won't intervene |
by Shane Sody Federal Environment Minister Murray Watt has refused to intervene to protect the National Heritage values of your Adelaide Park Lands, even as construction of a skyscraper gets under way on Festival Plaza in your Park 26. |
by Shane Sody Federal Environment Minister Murray Watt has refused to intervene to protect the National Heritage values of your Adelaide Park Lands, even as construction of a skyscraper gets under way on Festival Plaza in your Park 26. |
8. New leadership team members welcomed |
8. New leadership team members welcomed |
There’s been a change at the top. Three new members have been welcomed to the leadership team of the Adelaide Park Lands Association; and we have a new (Acting) President! |
There’s been a change at the top. Three new members have been welcomed to the leadership team of the Adelaide Park Lands Association; and we have a new (Acting) President! |
9. Question your election candidates |
9. Question your election candidates |
by Shane Sody As we count down the days to the State election on 21 March, there is an urgent task at hand.
Political parties and election candidates need to know that you LOVE YOUR PARK LANDS.
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by Shane Sody As we count down the days to the State election on 21 March, there is an urgent task at hand.
Political parties and election candidates need to know that you LOVE YOUR PARK LANDS.
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