No. 90 - 1 January 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. 90 - 1 January 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 ART PRIZE |
ADELAIDE PARK LANDS ASSOCIATION : ADELAIDE PARK LANDS ART PRIZE |
1. Lake re-opened after pollution scare |
1. Lake re-opened after pollution scare |
by Shane Sody The City of Adelaide has given the all-clear for the Torrens Lake, and most other water features in your Adelaide Park Lands, after a Christmas scare from unsafe levels of bacterial contamination. |
by Shane Sody The City of Adelaide has given the all-clear for the Torrens Lake, and most other water features in your Adelaide Park Lands, after a Christmas scare from unsafe levels of bacterial contamination. |
2. How does it feel to win a $20k Art Prize? |
2. How does it feel to win a $20k Art Prize? |
by Rosemary Warmington, AM, Chair of the 2025 Adelaide Park Lands Art Prize How would it feel to win $20,000, for first prize in the 2025 Adelaide Park Lands Art Prize? We asked previous winner, John Foubister, what his win in 2023 meant for him. |
by Rosemary Warmington, AM, Chair of the 2025 Adelaide Park Lands Art Prize How would it feel to win $20,000, for first prize in the 2025 Adelaide Park Lands Art Prize? We asked previous winner, John Foubister, what his win in 2023 meant for him. |
3. Spectacular tree dies in Victoria Park |
3. Spectacular tree dies in Victoria Park |
by Shane Sody One of the most-loved trees in your Adelaide Park Lands has died, after less than a third of what is regarded as a normal 400-year lifespan for the species. |
by Shane Sody One of the most-loved trees in your Adelaide Park Lands has died, after less than a third of what is regarded as a normal 400-year lifespan for the species. |
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4. Be a Tour Guide leader |
4. Be a Tour Guide leader |
by David Winderlich Would you like to be a Tour Guide, to lead Guided Walks through your Adelaide Park Lands?
We are looking to recruit a handful of volunteer Tour Guides to help people "Explore" various parts of your Open Green Public Adelaide Park Lands.
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by David Winderlich Would you like to be a Tour Guide, to lead Guided Walks through your Adelaide Park Lands?
We are looking to recruit a handful of volunteer Tour Guides to help people "Explore" various parts of your Open Green Public Adelaide Park Lands.
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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. |
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The New Year includes several music festivals in your Park Lands, along with the annual buzz of cycling events in or through your Park Lands, to coincide with the Tour Down Under. See the highlights in our regular “What’s On” listings for your Adelaide Park Lands this month. |
The New Year includes several music festivals in your Park Lands, along with the annual buzz of cycling events in or through your Park Lands, to coincide with the Tour Down Under. See the highlights in our regular “What’s On” listings for your Adelaide Park Lands this month. |
7. Pleased to meet you Eric |
7. Pleased to meet you Eric |
by Carla Caruso Capturing your Adelaide Park Lands in black-and-white is a special focus for Eric Li Yee, a chef and hobbyist photographer.
We chatted to him about his unique way of seeing the world and the stark contrasts he loves.
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by Carla Caruso Capturing your Adelaide Park Lands in black-and-white is a special focus for Eric Li Yee, a chef and hobbyist photographer.
We chatted to him about his unique way of seeing the world and the stark contrasts he loves.
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8. Leadership opportunities in 2025 |
8. Leadership opportunities in 2025 |
by Shane Sody The Adelaide Park Lands Association will be going through a leadership renewal process in 2025.
Two long-standing members of our managing Committee are about to step down.
If you Love Your Park Lands, and want to help secure their future, then 2025 is the time to step up. |
by Shane Sody The Adelaide Park Lands Association will be going through a leadership renewal process in 2025.
Two long-standing members of our managing Committee are about to step down.
If you Love Your Park Lands, and want to help secure their future, then 2025 is the time to step up. |
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9. Ombudsman rules for public interest |
9. Ombudsman rules for public interest |
by Shane Sody The State Ombudsman has ruled that there is no valid reason for secrecy about a licence fee, paid by a charity to lease a garden in your Adelaide Park Lands. |
by Shane Sody The State Ombudsman has ruled that there is no valid reason for secrecy about a licence fee, paid by a charity to lease a garden in your Adelaide Park Lands. |
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10. Sport on your Park Lands |
10. Sport on your Park Lands |
What are your Adelaide Park Lands for? Community, social sport on Open, Green, Public fields? Or commercial, professional sport on fenced, walled, privatised arenas? We invited the elite sporting bodies located on your Adelaide Park Lands to put their case in this 5-minute video documentary by Patrick Prior. |
What are your Adelaide Park Lands for? Community, social sport on Open, Green, Public fields? Or commercial, professional sport on fenced, walled, privatised arenas? We invited the elite sporting bodies located on your Adelaide Park Lands to put their case in this 5-minute video documentary by Patrick Prior. |
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by Carla Caruso Can you imagine your Adelaide Park Lands in 25 years’ time?
Photography student Terry Hewitt has created an AI-enhanced image of our city in 2050. It's a rather bleak outlook. However, people power means there is hope.
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by Carla Caruso Can you imagine your Adelaide Park Lands in 25 years’ time?
Photography student Terry Hewitt has created an AI-enhanced image of our city in 2050. It's a rather bleak outlook. However, people power means there is hope.
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