No. 116 - 1 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. 116 - 1 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 |
1. Release the hit list - Council backs APA's call |
1. Release the hit list - Council backs APA's call |
by Shane Sody The Adelaide City Council has joined APA’s call to Premier, Peter Malinauskas to release the hit list of 585 trees that he says he wants to destroy in Possum Park / Pirltawardli (Park 1 of your Adelaide Park Lands). |
by Shane Sody The Adelaide City Council has joined APA’s call to Premier, Peter Malinauskas to release the hit list of 585 trees that he says he wants to destroy in Possum Park / Pirltawardli (Park 1 of your Adelaide Park Lands). |
2. Architects for your Park Lands |
2. Architects for your Park Lands |
by Shane Sody One of South Australia's most influential professional associations is endeavouring to turn protection for your Park Lands into a State election issue. The Australian Institute of Architects (SA Chapter) is inviting all political parties to “ensure the enduring protection of the Adelaide Park Lands.” |
by Shane Sody One of South Australia's most influential professional associations is endeavouring to turn protection for your Park Lands into a State election issue. The Australian Institute of Architects (SA Chapter) is inviting all political parties to “ensure the enduring protection of the Adelaide Park Lands.” |
3. Bats flailing in Rymill Park lake |
3. Bats flailing in Rymill Park lake |
by Shane Sody City Council staff are considering how to help protect grey-headed flying foxes, that during heat waves dip into, then can't get out of the Rymill Park lake. |
by Shane Sody City Council staff are considering how to help protect grey-headed flying foxes, that during heat waves dip into, then can't get out of the Rymill Park lake. |
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4. Arsonist still at large |
4. Arsonist still at large |
by Peter Sansom Police have been unable to identify or catch one or more arsonists who are still at large, and still lighting fires in your Park Lands. There have been 32 fires (so far) since November, but it’s not clear whether they have all been lit by a single arsonist. |
by Peter Sansom Police have been unable to identify or catch one or more arsonists who are still at large, and still lighting fires in your Park Lands. There have been 32 fires (so far) since November, but it’s not clear whether they have all been lit by a single arsonist. |
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There are two versions of this newsletter - one for members, and one for non-members. You are reading the non-members version. We love it that you're keeping up with news about your Adelaide Park Lands. We'd be even happier if you joined our team, and strengthened our advocacy by becoming a member. |
There are two versions of this newsletter - one for members, and one for non-members. You are reading the non-members version. We love it that you're keeping up with news about your Adelaide Park Lands. We'd be even happier if you joined our team, and strengthened our advocacy by becoming a member. |
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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by Shane Sody As polling day of 21 March draws near, a growing number of South Australians have a simple message for all candidates and parties: “Yes, we will vote to Protect the Adelaide Park Lands.” |
by Shane Sody As polling day of 21 March draws near, a growing number of South Australians have a simple message for all candidates and parties: “Yes, we will vote to Protect the Adelaide Park Lands.” |
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7. What Bird is that? - Laughing Kookaburra |
7. What Bird is that? - Laughing Kookaburra |
by Nick Munday, Adelaide Urban Birding Who’s laughing at you, at dawn and dusk, in your Adelaide Park Lands? You can’t mistake that sound. |
by Nick Munday, Adelaide Urban Birding Who’s laughing at you, at dawn and dusk, in your Adelaide Park Lands? You can’t mistake that sound. |
8. Know Your Park Lands Plants - Red Ironbark |
8. Know Your Park Lands Plants - Red Ironbark |
by Shane Sody These trees in your Park Lands look like their trunks are made of iron, but their hard image softens in springtime with hundreds of pink blossoms. |
by Shane Sody These trees in your Park Lands look like their trunks are made of iron, but their hard image softens in springtime with hundreds of pink blossoms. |
9. You could have had both |
9. You could have had both |
by Shane Sody The opening last weekend of the new Adelaide Aquatic Centre is a poignant reminder of the State Government's four broken promises, and its failure of imagination.
You could have had BOTH a new Aquatic Centre AND a fully-restored, re-greened Park, but the State Government refused to even consider that win-win possibility.
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by Shane Sody The opening last weekend of the new Adelaide Aquatic Centre is a poignant reminder of the State Government's four broken promises, and its failure of imagination.
You could have had BOTH a new Aquatic Centre AND a fully-restored, re-greened Park, but the State Government refused to even consider that win-win possibility.
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10. Heat stress made worse |
10. Heat stress made worse |
by Shane Sody There are fears that decades-old trees in Bonython Park / Tulya Wardli (Park 27) might be about to die, after irrigation was cut off just before the current heat wave. |
by Shane Sody There are fears that decades-old trees in Bonython Park / Tulya Wardli (Park 27) might be about to die, after irrigation was cut off just before the current heat wave. |
11. Draft lease Adelaide Archery club |
11. Draft lease Adelaide Archery club |
The State Government is still refusing to carry out long-promised community consultation on its proposed multi-million "re-development" of a massive 90-hectares of urban forest.
In striking contrast, the City Council is actually seeking your views on a long-term lease of a comparatively tiny ONE hectare of your Park Lands.
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The State Government is still refusing to carry out long-promised community consultation on its proposed multi-million "re-development" of a massive 90-hectares of urban forest.
In striking contrast, the City Council is actually seeking your views on a long-term lease of a comparatively tiny ONE hectare of your Park Lands.
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