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Open Green Public
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June 20, 2025
Shane Sody
Takeover to Build Over

The State Government’s hasty swoop to take over a large swathe of your Park Lands is designed to clear the way for a loss of biodiversity and large intrusive new buildings, infrastructure and more car parks on your Open Green Public spaces.

The move defies many of the State Government’s own rules and laws; so an upgraded golf course can downgrade your Park Lands.

Takeover to Build Over
June 6, 2025
Shane Sody
Protect Possum Park - gathering pace

Our “Possum Park Protection Platoon” is planning the next stage in our fight to protect Park 1 of your Adelaide Park Lands from State Government chainsaws that are threatening hundreds of trees in this unique urban forest.

Protect Possum Park - gathering pace
May 21, 2025
Shane Sody
Rally to Protect 104 species

It's time to PROTECT one Park and its 104 species.

At 11am on June 5, World Environment Day, come to the steps of Parliament House, North Terrace, to help PROTECT Possum Park.

Expose the Government’s LIV Golf excuse for yet another Park Lands commercialisation attack.

Rally to Protect 104 species
April 15, 2025
Shane Sody
Pillaging Parks for millionaire FIFOs

The hashtag #ProtectParksPete will soon be trending on social media. If you Love Your Park Lands, help us spread this hashtag, to bring it to the notice of the Premier, Peter Malinauskas as he prepares plans to slash more trees.

Pillaging Parks for millionaire FIFOs
March 31, 2025
Shane Sody
Whatever it takes

The Premier, Peter Malinauskas, has a vision: that your Park Lands must be profit centres, and that therefore Open, Green, Public land (as well as trees and biodiversity) must be subservient, or sacrificed to money-making imperatives, such as LIV golf.

Whatever it takes
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December 20, 2024

Pleased to meet you, Eric

Guest User
December 20, 2024
Pleased to meet you, Eric

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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Shane Sody
December 19, 2024

Sport on your Park Lands

Shane Sody
December 19, 2024
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 documentary by Patrick Prior.

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Shane Sody
December 14, 2024

Park Guardians: the first of many

Shane Sody
December 14, 2024
Park Guardians: the first of many

A meeting on 9 December at the Box Factory Community Centre has led to the formation of a new team of “Park Guardians” who from 2025 will watch and report on many of the Open, Green, Public spaces of your Adelaide Park Lands.

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Shane Sody
December 14, 2024

Advisory Board's wish list for 2025

Shane Sody
December 14, 2024
Advisory Board's wish list for 2025

An advisory board, tasked with making recommendations about your Adelaide Park Lands, has come up with a wish list for projects that it would like to see funded in 2025.

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December 13, 2024

Festive joy in your parks

Guest User
December 13, 2024
Festive joy in your parks

After the Adelaide City Council was slammed for its ‘drab’ Christmas display last year, it has upped the ante in 2024. 

But are the festive decorations in your Adelaide Park Lands enough to appease Christmas fans?

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Shane Sody
December 12, 2024

Blockage located: no funding

Shane Sody
December 12, 2024
Blockage located:  no funding

Documents obtained under Freedom of Information laws have revealed why there’s been little to no progress in the campaign to get UNESCO World Heritage listing of your Adelaide Park Lands.

Despite claiming to support the bid, the State Government is not providing funding.

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Shane Sody
December 12, 2024

Fit for what purpose?

Shane Sody
December 12, 2024
Fit for what purpose?

Memo to City Councillors: Propping up a bar, or taking private function bookings, are NOT sports.

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December 11, 2024

Know Your Park Lands Art: The Eternal Question

Guest User
December 11, 2024
Know Your Park Lands Art: The Eternal Question

Our series, Know Your Park Lands Art, guides you through various creative displays within your Adelaide Park Lands.

This time, the spotlight falls on an intriguing artwork from the 1980s, which comes with a question mark.

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Shane Sody
December 10, 2024

Can you tell a story?

Shane Sody
December 10, 2024
Can you tell a story?

Do you love your Park Lands? Can you tell a story? Can you dot your “i’s” and cross your “t’s” ?

If so, we need you on our team of Park Lands communicators and story tellers. Meet the rest of the team, and find out more on Thursday 19 December.

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Shane Sody
December 9, 2024

Artists emerging

Shane Sody
December 9, 2024
Artists emerging

The Adelaide Park Lands Art Prize is not only for established, professional artists. It’s also for “emerging artists”. Is that you?

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Shane Sody
December 7, 2024

Expressions of interest?

Shane Sody
December 7, 2024
Expressions of interest?

The City of Adelaide is offering licences of up to five years duration over sports fields and other facilities in your Parks 15, 16, and 17. One private school, a long-term Park Lands licensee, might be required to share its playing fields with other groups.

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December 6, 2024

Private Padel in Your Park?

Guest User
December 6, 2024
Private Padel in Your Park?

A startup business hopes to bring the sport of padel to Adelaide and generate $500,000 in annual revenue, by fencing a site that might be located within your Park Lands.

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Shane Sody
December 5, 2024

Guided Walks and more in 2025

Shane Sody
December 5, 2024
Guided Walks and more in 2025

After our final Guided Walk for the year on Sunday 15 December, our Guides will take a break over the festive season, and resume on 19 January 2025 for what will be our biggest-ever yearly program of events.

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Shane Sody
December 4, 2024

Fit for what purpose?

Shane Sody
December 4, 2024
Fit for what purpose?

Memo to City Councillors: Propping up a bar, or taking private function bookings, are NOT sports.

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Shane Sody
November 29, 2024

What Bird is that? - White-faced heron

Shane Sody
November 29, 2024
What Bird is that? - White-faced heron

Meet a slender and elegant bird, frequently encountered both along waterways including in your Adelaide Park Lands. Nick Munday answers the question: What Bird Is That?

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Shane Sody
November 27, 2024

Council caves on Plaza tower

Shane Sody
November 27, 2024
Council caves on Plaza tower

The Adelaide City Council has backed the State Government’s gift to private developer, Walker Corporation of a second massive new office tower on the former Festival Plaza in your Park 26.

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Shane Sody
November 26, 2024

What Inspires Us

Shane Sody
November 26, 2024
What Inspires Us

Is Art intended to express beauty, or is it intended to make us think?

The Adelaide Park Lands Art Prize is about both.

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Shane Sody
November 26, 2024

Adelaide and Paris - opposite directions

Shane Sody
November 26, 2024
Adelaide and Paris - opposite directions

Paris and Adelaide are heading in opposite directions. One city values trees over car parks; the other values car parks over trees.

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Shane Sody
November 25, 2024

Join the Park Guardians

Shane Sody
November 25, 2024
Join the Park Guardians

Earlier this year, our members and supporters told us, in a survey, that they wanted more opportunities for hands-on roles within your Adelaide Park Lands.

We’ve heard the message - and created a new volunteer role, of “Park Guardian”. Come to an introductory information session on Monday, 9 December.

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November 25, 2024

Take it in your Stride

Guest User
November 25, 2024
Take it in your Stride

Tom Schache is behind Stride Run Club, which holds tri-weekly group runs in your Park Lands.

The runs are all free to join. We spoke to Tom, 24, about why he and his fellow joggers love to hit the paths in Your Park Lands.

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