Premier Peter Malinauskas has come up with a new excuse to try to justify what he says would be 585 trees destroyed in your urban-forested golf course Park, ie Possum Park / Pirltawardli (Park 1 of your Adelaide Park Lands). www.adelaide-parklands.asn.au/blog/2026/5/...

Support is growing for a re-think of the State Government's controversial plans to destroy hundreds of trees in your Adelaide Park Lands to cater for an elite golfing festival which has lost its main backer. www.adelaide-parklands.asn.au/blog/2026/5/...

Concern is growing about an imminent State Government attack on a part of your Park Lands that features walking and cycling paths to and from the city. www.adelaide-parklands.asn.au/blog/2026/4/29/impact-on-john-e-brown-park

Some popular trees in your Adelaide Park Lands tend to stand out, due to their height. They're classed as “vulnerable” but that won’t stop the State Gov't killing them in your urban forested golf course Park. www.adelaide-parklands.asn.au/blog/2026/4/26/know-your-park-lands-plants-sugar-gum

“Humbled and excited”. That’s Mat Monti’s response after being elected last Sunday to lead the Adelaide Park Lands Association over the next 12 months. www.adelaide-parklands.asn.au/blog/2026/4/...

One of the common birds of your Adelaide Park Lands - often seen in large flocks - is also one of the most cheeky and vocal. www.adelaide-parklands.asn.au/blog/2026/4/...

There is no electoral mandate for either of the State Government’s imminent proposed Park Lands attacks, because voters were kept in the dark. www.adelaide-parklands.asn.au/blog/2026/3/...

Your Adelaide Park Lands will be protected only when a sufficient number of people DEMAND that they are protected. Despite the State election result, support for your Park Lands is at its highest-ever level, and shows no signs of slowing growth. www.adelaide-parklands.asn.au/blog/2026/3/...

The man who ate a Park, (or three): www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/2026/03...

Protect Your Adelaide Park Lands. Vote for them. www.adelaide-parklands.asn.au/state-electi...

Do you love your Adelaide Park Lands? Then on 21 March please vote to protect them www.adelaide-parklands.asn.au/state-electi...

No tree in your Adelaide Park Lands is significant enough to be safe from State Government plans to bulldoze Parks for temporary, elite FIFO sports events. www.adelaide-parklands.asn.au/blog/2026/2/26/no-tree-too-big-for-government-chainsaws

There was a time, not that long ago, when a “Park” meant a place of calm, an opportunity to connect with nature in peaceful reflection. Not any more, at least not in Adelaide. www.adelaide-parklands.asn.au/blog/2026/2/19/your-parks-for-noise-and-emissions

Sunday's 2-hour Guided Walk through Lefevre Park / Nantu Wama (Park 6) includes a closeup look at a success story. See the re-vegetation over recent decades, thanks to both the City Council, and Bush for Life. Book here: events.humanitix.com/host/adel_pa...

We can't deny it: the chance to meet the horses is the main drawcard, but it's just one of the features on our Guided Walk on Sunday. Walking thru the horse paddocks in Nantu Wama (Park 6), you'll learn about the horses; and how they're managed. Book here: events.humanitix.com/host/adel_pa...

Your Open Green Public Adelaide Park Lands are for all the community, not just corporate sport businesses. On our Guided Walk this Sunday see the sports resources used by Wilderness School, also available to all in Le Fevre Park / Nantu Wama (Park 6). Book here: events.humanitix.com/host/adel_pa...

One feature of Lefevre Park / Nantu Wama (Park 6) is this bridle track. It's not just for horses, but also walkers, and occasionally for cyclocross (bike) racing. On our 2-hour Guided Walk this Sunday you'll walk on, and learn about this bridle track. Book here: events.humanitix.com/host/adel_pa...

Our 2-hour Guided Walk on Sunday starts & finishes at this iconic Glover Playground off Lefevre Terrace - the go-to place for kids in Nth Adelaide since 1921. Bring the family for the Guided Walk, and stay in the playground for a picnic afterwards! Book here: events.humanitix.com/host/adel_pa...

Do you prefer walking thru a native woodland, or an arboretum with a wide variety of trees? This Sunday, on our Guided Walk through Park 2 & Park 1 North, you can enjoy both. See dozens of tree species in this surprisingly biodiverse Park Lands site. Book here: events.humanitix.com/host/adel_pa...

Our 2-hour Guided Walk this Sunday thru Park 2 & Park 1 North includes the only part of your Adelaide Park Lands named for a living South Aussie: Olympic swimmer, Denise Norton-Wangel, seen here with her daughter, former APA leader, Ingrid Wangel. Book here: events.humanitix.com/host/adel_pa...

On next Sunday's 2-hour Guided Walk through Park 2 & Park 1 North we'll visit the 1st playspace in SA designed for wheelchair access. This "Bush Magic" Playspace is one of 16 stops looking at the heritage and biodiversity of your northern Park Lands. Book here: events.humanitix.com/host/adel_pa...

Our two-hour Guided Walk next Sunday through Park 2 and Park 1 North will include a visit to these tennis courts and exercise facilities off Prospect Road (upgraded in 2020). We'll also point out the native grasses and wildflowers planted nearby. Book here: events.humanitix.com/host/adel_pa...

One of the 15 stops during this Sunday's Guided Walk through Carriageway Park / Tuthangga (Park 17 of your #adelaideparklands) is this Bush for Life regeneration site. Hear how it's been restored with native grassland. Book here: events.humanitix.com/host/adel_pa...

Carriageway Park / Tuthangga (Park 17 of your #adelaideparklands) hosts 2 different croquet facilities: the SA Croquet Association (SACA), as well as the historic South Terrace Croquet Association. Learn their history on our Guided Walk this Sunday. Book here: events.humanitix.com/host/adel_pa...

Despite promising “extensive consultation” the State Gov't is still with-holding its plans for a new golf course in an urban forested part of your Adelaide Park Lands. Urge the Premier to identify all of the 585 trees that he admits he wants to destroy. www.adelaide-parklands.asn.au/blog/2025/12...

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