More than 300 trees have been felled, so far, to make room for a three billion dollar hospital on your Adelaide Park Lands, but much more tree destruction is on the way. www.adelaide-parklands.asn.au/blog/2025/12...

State Government authorised tree destruction is under way today and the next 2 days in Bonython Park /Tulya Wardli (Park 27 of your Adelaide Park Lands)

Over the past 15, months, a determined community activist has delivered a stream of questions to Premier, Peter Malinauskas, and Adelaide MP, Lucy Hood, trying to understand why their Government is targeting your Park Lands for commercial developments. www.adelaide-parklands.asn.au/blog/2025/11...

What’s the opposite of “Open, Green, Public”? This week, it’s Victoria Park / Pakapakanthi (Park 16 of your Adelaide Park Lands). www.adelaide-parklands.asn.au/blog/2025/11...

There are 10 children’s playgrounds within your Adelaide Park Lands. Three of them, each named after the early 20th century Lord Mayor, Charles Glover, have inspired this contribution from poet, Alex Robertson. www.adelaide-parklands.asn.au/blog/2025/11/25/park-poetry-glover-playgrounds

In recent weeks, your eyes might have been drawn to these distinctive yellow blossoms high in the canopy in one or more parts of your #adelaideparklands. If so, you’ve noticed the largest Grevillea: the Silky Oak. www.adelaide-parklands.asn.au/blog/2025/11/24/know-your-park-lands-plants-silky-oak

Meet one of your Adelaide Park Lands birds with a notorious reputation: the assertive, sometimes aggressive, and certainly ever-vigilant Masked Lapwing. www.adelaide-parklands.asn.au/blog/2025/11/15/what-bird-is-that-masked-lapwing

The names assigned to each of the Parks within your #adelaideparklands convey not just a geographical location, but also help you to understand each Park’s fascinating story. Find out the stories behind the two names for Park 19. www.adelaide-parklands.asn.au/blog/2025/11/7/whats-in-a-name-park-19

After meeting Premier Peter Malinauskas with a high-powered delegation, the convenor of the “Save Festival Plaza Alliance” believes the campaign's at a turning point, & that the Premier's prepared to listen to your concerns. www.adelaide-parklands.asn.au/blog/2025/11/2/turning-point-for-plaza-tower

Fences or nets as high as a five-storey building will be required in your #adelaideparklands, to safeguard the public from wayward golf balls hit from a State Government driving range. www.adelaide-parklands.asn.au/blog/2025/11...

History enthusiast Graham Smith has joined an elite group - becoming only the 4th person to publish a book about your #adelaideparklands. Part proceeds from sales will go to the Adelaide Park Lands Association. www.adelaide-parklands.asn.au/blog/2025/10...

As V8 super cars whizz around your eastern Adelaide Park Lands in late November, how many of the motor racing fans will be aware of the long history of both horse racing and motor racing in Victoria Park/ Pakapakanthi (Park 16)? www.adelaide-parklands.asn.au/blog/2025/10...

Here’s the most recent contribution to our series of Park Poetry. It’s ”Veale Gardens” by Venesha Winter. Are you a Park poet? www.adelaide-parklands.asn.au/blog/2025/10...

Behind the newly-named ‘Northern Parklands’ lies a new legal framework that risks setting a dangerous precedent for the way all South Australians’ public Park Lands are governed, funded, and developed. www.adelaide-parklands.asn.au/blog/2025/10...

A South Australian Gov't promise that its new commercial Aquatic Centre will result in expanded Adelaide Park Lands has been exposed as a hoax. With construction nearing completion, the truth is becoming obvious. www.adelaide-parklands.asn.au/blog/2025/10/17/hopes-dashed-for-park-restoration

When you see the urban forest in the NW part of your Adelaide Park Lands, do you see its biodiversity, shade, its function as a carbon sink, its peace and tranquility? Or, like the State Gov't, do you merely see a business opportunity? www.adelaide-parklands.asn.au/blog/2025/10/16/the-invisible-park

Here’s a trick question. What sort of platypus grows in your Park Lands? They are hiding in plain sight, but in only a very few locations. www.adelaide-parklands.asn.au/blog/2025/10/8/know-your-park-lands-plants-round-leaved-moort

This is the latest in our series of Park Poetry: a meditation by Jules Leigh Koch on his favourite Park Lands location. www.adelaide-parklands.asn.au/blog/2025/9/17/park-poetry-adelaide-botanic-garden

What do you call a bird that is mottled brown and cream-coloured? This cute dabbling duck is often found near water in your Park Lands, but how did it get its common name? www.adelaide-parklands.asn.au/blog/2025/9/17/what-bird-is-that-pacific-black-duck

Sundials are small monuments to a very old human habit: marking daily life by the arc of the Sun. Your Adelaide Park Lands host three sundials that do more than track time — each one anchors memory, design and place. www.adelaide-parklands.asn.au/blog/2025/9/14/tell-the-hours-amidst-the-flowers

A “renewal” of Rymill Park / Murlawirrapurka (Park 14 of your Adelaide Park Lands) which has been under way for more than two years, is nearing completion. www.adelaide-parklands.asn.au/blog/2025/9/13/rymill-park-works-nearing-completion

A mockup plan of a new championship golf course in Possum Park / Pirltawardli (Park 1 of your Adelaide Park Lands) has indicated a minimum canopy loss of 54% from the Park’s 9,000 trees. A tree massacre, to cater for multi-millionaire FIFO golfers. www.adelaide-parklands.asn.au/blog/2025/9/...

Community support is growing for the trees, the biodiversity and the Kaurna significance of Possum Park /Pirltawardli (Park 1) while the State Gov't ploughs ahead with a one-dimensional focus only on the commercial value of golf. www.adelaide-parklands.asn.au/blog/2025/8/30/a-one-dimensional-view

One Park, with multiple stories across generations. Dive into three of the very different, long-lasting practices that keep people coming back to Carriageway Park /Tuthangga (Park 17 of your #adelaideparklands) www.adelaide-parklands.asn.au/blog/2025/8/27/tuthangga-stories-across-generations

The Government promises three saplings for every tree lost at the redeveloped Possum Park golf course — but three saplings don’t make one mature tree. Shade, cooling, carbon storage and wildlife habitat take decades to grow. *Images generated by AI

The public consultation the State Govt doesn't want you to have! Find out what's coming and have your say on golf "re-development" in your Park Lands. *Image generated by AI. Details here: www.facebook.com/share/19f5bi...

Large trees are not the only important plants within your Adelaide Park Lands. Closer to the ground, a rare type of spear-grass is hanging on in isolated patches, helping to maintain biodiversity. www.adelaide-parklands.asn.au/blog/2025/8/26/know-your-park-lands-plants-swollen-spear-grass

We're calling for an immediate halt to planning and preparatory work for a golf course “re-development” on your Adelaide Park Lands, due to ongoing uncertainty about the future of LIV Golf. www.adelaide-parklands.asn.au/blog/2025/8/...

Corymbia citriodra, the lemon-scented gum, found by Ian Fox and Cate Mettam is a tall Corymbia with pale, flaky bark and long, green leaves that release a strong lemon scent when crushed. #Kaurnacountry #adelaideparklands #picoftheday #nationaltreeday #protectpossumpark

Andrew McKay found a Drooping Sheoak in Possum Park/Pirltawardli (Park 1). Thanks to those who correctly identified this as a eucalyptus, probably a sugar gum. Like many others Park Lands trees it is threatened by the golf course redevelopment.

Great images from Rod Lewis of Sunday’s guided walk in King Rodney Park/ Ityamai-itpina (Park 15). This park features the Glover East Playspace, historic olive grove, Botanic Creek, playing fields, basketball court and skate park, blue gums and pepper trees—and is home to abundant birdlife.

Thanks to Liz and @adelaidewriter for these images of the River Sheoak (Casuarina cunninghamiana). These long-lived native evergreens grow along river corridors, providing vital habitat for wildlife. Their seeds feed parrots and finches, while their pollen offers a rich protein source for bees.

Doug McEvoy and Ruth Frazer attached flyers to sugar gums near Memorial Drive in Possum Park, warning they’re under threat from the Premier’s proposed golf course redevelopment. #Kaurnacountry #adelaideparklands #picoftheday #nationaltreeday #protectpossumpark

Our Koala mascot found the tall Canary Island pines in Possum Park/Pirltawardli (Park 1), as we highlighted trees at risk from the State Govt’s golf course “redevelopment” plans. These striking conifers thrive in Adelaide’s dry climate, offering shade, bird habitat, and visual character.

How can the Torrens Lake in the heart of your Adelaide Park Lands be made safe for swimming? This long-term challenge issued seven years ago is getting revived at an election candidates’ forum on 4 August. www.adelaide-parklands.asn.au/blog/2025/7/31/swim-in-the-torrens-2025-challenge-remains

On National Tree Day, Jo Minge with friends, Victoria, Sandy & Ray, discovered a Kurrajong tree (Brachychiton populneus) in Pirltawardli (Park 1). Native Kurrajongs are moderately tall, shade-giving trees, known for their dense canopy of glossy green leaves and thick, smooth grey bark.

92 percent of survey respondents say they disapprove of a law rushed through State Parliament at the end of June to clear away any and all legal obstacles to “re-development” of a golf course urban forest in your Park Lands. www.adelaide-parklands.asn.au/blog/2025/7/30/92-oppose-blanket-approval-law

What is “sexual dimorphism”? A small grass parrot, found in your Adelaide Park Lands, will show you. www.adelaide-parklands.asn.au/blog/2025/7/30/what-bird-is-that-red-rumped-parrot

Colsey Blair Sharon with Hugh and Clint, attached tree protection signs to ten iconic river red gums at the North Adelaide Golf Course in Possum Park/Pirltawardli (Park 1). Losing even one of these majestic trees for the expansion of the North Adelaide Golf Course would be a major loss.

On National Tree Day, @rosemarywarmingtonart and friends set out to find the pepper trees—also known as Peruvian peppertrees (Schinus molle)—in Possum Park/Pirltawardli (Park 1 of your Adelaide Park Lands). #Kaurnacountry #nationaltreeday #protectpossumpark

Great to see so many people brave the wind and cold for National Tree Day, helping us to highlight the hundreds of trees at risk from the State Government’s plans to “redevelop” the golf courses in Possum Park / Pirltawardli (Park 1 of your Adelaide Park Lands). #Kaurnacountry #adelaideparklands

The “Nelumbo Pond” in the Adelaide Botanic Garden, Park 11, is a magnet for photographers, ducks & even poets! In the latest of our “Park Poetry” series, Deb Stewart reflects on one of her favourite places in your Park Lands. www.adelaide-parklands.asn.au/blog/2025/7/27/park-poetry-nelumbo-pond

An international golf course designer and LIV Golf supporter has sounded an alarm about the prospect of losing thousands of trees from the picturesque North Adelaide golf courses in your Park Lands. www.adelaide-parklands.asn.au/blog/2025/7/24/60-per-cent-tree-loss-expert-warning

The rain has brought fresh new growth—and with it, the birds. King Rodney Park / Ityamai-itpina (Park 15) is a vibrant haven for cockatoos, galahs, and rosellas, thanks to its towering gums and gnarled old olive trees dating back to 1872. 📷 @janbowpixs and Bronwyn Mart

Protecting Possum Park / Pirltawardli (Park 1 of your Adelaide Park Lands) from the State Govt's plans to destroy hundreds of trees, pave over and build over hectares of your Open, Green, Public Park Lands, to cater for multi-millionaire FIFO superstar golfers. www.adelaide-parklands.asn.au/golf

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Photos by @Christina Tilston from the recent Guided Walk through Gladys Elphick Park/ Narnungga (Park 25) — once the site of an SA Water depot, now home to the Narnungga Urban Forest (corner of Port Road and James Congdon Drive).

The SA Motor Sport Board, with the support of Premier Peter Malinauskas, is about to dig in for another few months of disrupting access to your eastern Adelaide Park Lands (Parks 14 15 & 16) while glorifying carbon emissions. www.adelaide-parklands.asn.au/blog/2025/7/11/motor-racing-digging-in-again

We were invited to join the #NAIDOC march from Tarntanyangga to Parliament House and bring our banner and signs to help raise awareness of the need to protect Possum Park. #Kaurnacountry #AdelaideParkLands Images: @adelaidewriter

More than a hundred years ago, a strip of land in Park 12 of your Adelaide Park Lands hosted a one-kilometre railway line, a line that used a very short tunnel under King William Road. www.adelaide-parklands.asn.au/blog/2025/7/10/the-long-lost-tunnel