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What We Do
* Explore
> Explore - Guided Walks
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* Inspire
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* Restore
Features of Your Park Lands
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November 29, 2025
Shane Sody
See it before it disappears

You’re invited! Please come to inspect, first-hand, the remarkable urban forest on Adelaide’s doorstep - before it’s drastically cut back. “It’s Not Just a Golf Course” is the event title. Explore it with us, on one of 15 dates over the next few weeks.

See it before it disappears
November 2, 2025
Shane Sody
Five-storey golf fences required

Fences or nets as high as a five-storey building will be required in your Adelaide Park Lands, to safeguard the public from wayward golf balls hit from a State Government driving range.

Five-storey golf fences required
September 11, 2025
Shane Sody
Canopy shredding

A mockup plan for 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.

The State Government is now under pressure to defend or justify its looming tree massacre, being planned to cater for a small number of multi-millionaire FIFO golfers.

Canopy shredding
August 24, 2025
Shane Sody
"Stop the Chop" community forum

This is the consultation that the State Government doesn't want you to have!

“Stop the Chop” Community forum, Sunday 21 September. Hear the facts, put your questions to a panel of experts. Find out what’s at risk from State Government bulldozers and chainsaws.

"Stop the Chop" community forum
July 24, 2025
Shane Sody
60 per cent tree loss: expert warning

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.

60 per cent tree loss: expert warning
Shane Sody
November 30, 2025

Questions without answers

Shane Sody
November 30, 2025
Questions without answers

Over the past 15, months, a determined community activist has delivered a stream of questions to Premier, Peter Malinauskas, and the Member for Adelaide, Lucy Hood, in an effort to understand why his Government is targeting your Park Lands for commercial developments.

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Shane Sody
November 30, 2025

Transform two precincts

Shane Sody
November 30, 2025
Transform two precincts

The “Save Festival Plaza Alliance” is urging Premier Malinauskas “to transform two city precincts in one inspired move that could truly invigorate Adelaide.”

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Shane Sody
November 29, 2025

Do not come to this workshop

Shane Sody
November 29, 2025
Do not come to this workshop

Please do NOT come to our planned volunteer action workshop on 9 December, unless you are ready and willing to work!

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Shane Sody
November 29, 2025

See it before it disappears

Shane Sody
November 29, 2025
See it before it disappears

You’re invited! Please come to inspect, first-hand, the remarkable urban forest on Adelaide’s doorstep - before it’s drastically cut back. “It’s Not Just a Golf Course” is the event title. Explore it with us, on one of 15 dates over the next few weeks.

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Shane Sody
November 26, 2025

Closed, black, private

Shane Sody
November 26, 2025
Closed, black, private

What’s the opposite of “Open, Green, Public”? This week, it’s Victoria Park / Pakapakanthi (Park 16 of your Adelaide Park Lands.

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Shane Sody
November 25, 2025

Park Poetry: "Glover Playgrounds"

Shane Sody
November 25, 2025
Park Poetry: "Glover Playgrounds"

There are ten 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. It’s an ode to the playgrounds of your Adelaide Park Lands.

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Shane Sody
November 24, 2025

Know your Park Lands plants: Silky Oak

Shane Sody
November 24, 2025
Know your Park Lands plants: Silky Oak

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 Adelaide Park Lands.

If so, you’ve noticed the largest tree in the Grevillea family: the Silky Oak.

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Shane Sody
November 17, 2025

Briefly, in other news

Shane Sody
November 17, 2025
Briefly, in other news

Briefly, in other news from your Adelaide Park Lands…. Beach volleyball, Tree Climb, Hutt Road works, Aquatic Centre

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Shane Sody
November 17, 2025

Your Parks, their secrets

Shane Sody
November 17, 2025
Your Parks, their secrets

Neither the State Government nor the City Council are prepared to let you know how they deal, in secret, with your Adelaide Park Lands.

A Freedom of Information request about the proposed golf course “re-development” in your Park Lands has produced hundreds of blacked-out pages.

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Shane Sody
November 15, 2025

Politically unsustainable?

Shane Sody
November 15, 2025
Politically unsustainable?

The campaign to Save Festival Plaza remains very much alive. Momentum is building to prompt a Government re-think, even if only for the adverse economic impact of current plans to build over an Adelaide heritage icon.

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Shane Sody
November 15, 2025

What bird is that? Masked Lapwing

Shane Sody
November 15, 2025
What bird is that? Masked Lapwing

Meet a bird with a notorious reputation: the assertive, sometimes aggressive, and certainly ever-vigilant Masked Lapwing.

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Shane Sody
November 7, 2025

What's in a name? - Park 19

Shane Sody
November 7, 2025
What's in a name? - Park 19

The names assigned to each one of the Parks within your Adelaide Park Lands are intended to 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.

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Shane Sody
November 2, 2025

Turning point for Plaza tower?

Shane Sody
November 2, 2025
Turning point for Plaza tower?

After meeting Premier Peter Malinauskas with a high-powered delegation, the convenor of the “Save Festival Plaza Alliance” believes the campaign is at a turning point, and that the Premier is prepared to listen to your concerns.

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Shane Sody
November 2, 2025

Beach volleyball in Park 26

Shane Sody
November 2, 2025
Beach volleyball in Park 26

More than 4,000 tonnes of sand has been delivered to your Park Lands to create playing courts for the world beach volleyball championships.

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Shane Sody
November 2, 2025

Five-storey golf fences required

Shane Sody
November 2, 2025
Five-storey golf fences required

Fences or nets as high as a five-storey building will be required in your Adelaide Park Lands, to safeguard the public from wayward golf balls hit from a State Government driving range.

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Shane Sody
October 29, 2025

New Park Lands book

Shane Sody
October 29, 2025
New Park Lands book

History enthusiast Graham Smith has joined an elite group - becoming only the fourth person to publish a book about your Adelaide Park Lands. Part proceeds from the sale of “Adelaide Park Lands – History Perspective” will go to the Adelaide Park Lands Association.

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Shane Sody
October 26, 2025

Racing history in Pakapakanthi

Shane Sody
October 26, 2025
Racing history in Pakapakanthi

As V8 super cars whizz around your eastern 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)?

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Shane Sody
October 25, 2025

Park Poetry: "Veale Gardens"

Shane Sody
October 25, 2025
Park Poetry: "Veale Gardens"

Here’s the most recent contribution to our series of Park Poetry.

It’s ”Veale Gardens” by Venesha Winter. Are you a Park poet?

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Shane Sody
October 23, 2025

Northern Park Lands?

Shane Sody
October 23, 2025
Northern Park Lands?

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.

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Shane Sody
October 19, 2025

Call it in, Minister!

Shane Sody
October 19, 2025
Call it in, Minister!

Federal Environment Minister Murray Watt is being urged not to rely solely on Walker Corporation to self-evaluate whether its 38-storey tower, under construction on Festival Plaza would be damaging to Adelaide’s national heritage values.

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