Curated by Meredith Hosking - Last updated: 15 June 2025

Winter time means LIGHTS in your city and Park Lands.

The annual "Illuminate Adelaide" festival joins our regular listings of Guided Walks and bushcare over the coming weeks in your Adelaide Park Lands.

Check out all the listings below. Choose from:

Current or one-off events; or
Ongoing, regular opportunities

We update this space at least twice per month, so bookmark this page and check back again for new additions.

If you have an activity or event within the Adelaide Park Lands that you’d like to include in this listing (free!) then please email the details (with a pic) to secretary@adelaide-parklands.asn.au

Image and info credits: Event organisers

Current or one-off opportunities

**BikeSA “Ride Her Way” Community Group Ride. Victoria Park (Park 16)**
Friday 20th June 9:00am to 10:30am
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**Guided Walk: Victoria Park South / Pakapakanthi (Park 16)**
Sunday 22nd June 2025 2:00pm to 4:00pm
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**Guided Walk: Denise Norton Park (Park 2) and Park 1 North**
Sunday 29th June 2025 2:00pm to 4:00pm
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**Illuminate Adelaide: Universal Kingdom**
3 to 20 July, Adelaide Zoo, Park 11
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**Illuminate Adelaide: Night Visions**
Botanic Garden, Park 11
Wed 2nd to Sun 20th July
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**Guided Walk: Gladys Elphick Park / Narnungga (Park 25)**
Sunday 6th July 2025 2:00pm to 3:30pm
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**Bushcare and Botanic Garden Field Trip**
Tuthangga (Park 17)
Thurs 10 July - 10am to 1pm
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**Guided Walk: Elder Park, Riverbank Precinct and Helen Mayo Park**
Sunday 13th July 2025 2:00pm to 3:45pm
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**Illuminate Adelaide: Horizons**
Adelaide Oval, Park 26
Friday 18 July (two sessions only)
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**Guided Walk: SW Park Lands off Anzac Highway**
Sunday 20th July 2025 2:00pm to 3:45pm
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**The Most Wuthering Heights Day Ever**
Veale Park/Walyu Yarta (park 21)
Sunday 27 July
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**Guided walk: King Rodney Park / Ityamai-itpina (Park 15)**
Sunday 3rd August 2:00pm to 3:30pm
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**Guided Walk - Veale Park / Walyu Yarta (Park 21)**
Sunday 10th August 2:00pm to 3:30pm
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**Guided Walk - Rundle Park / Kadlitpina (Park 13)**
Sunday 17th August 2025 2:00pm to 3:15pm
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**Adelaide Botanic Garden: A Whimsical Life - The Art of Linda Catchlove**
until 14th September 2025
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The listings below are available all year round:

**Popeye river cruise**
Elder Park / Tarntanya Wama (Park 26)
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**Casual Runners Collective**
Sundays, 5.30pm Adelaide Uni Loop, Bullrush Park / Warnpangga (Park 10)
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**Disc golf**
Any time, King Rodney Park / Ityamai-itpina (Park 15).
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**Self-guided Park Lands walks**
Any part of your Park Lands, at any time, with a smartphone Trail Guide.
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**Free guided walks - Botanic Garden**
Adelaide Botanic Garden (Park 11)
10.30am daily
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**Golf:** Two full-length 18-hole courses, plus a smaller, par-three course.
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**Paddle boats**, for hire from 11am on weekends, school holidays, and public holidays, weather permitting.
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**Yoga at Wellington Square**
Wellington Square/Kudnartu.
Every Saturday 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm.
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**Parkrun - Every Saturday 8am**
Choice of 3 locations: (1) Torrens Lake Weir,
(2) Victoria Park / Pakapakanthi (Park 16), and (3) Lefevre Park / Nantu Wama (Park 6).
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**BMX City Dirt tracks**
Blue Gum Park / Kurangga (Park 20)
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**Tree Climb**
Blue Gum Park / Kurangga (Park 20).
Every day from 9.00 am.
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**BBQ Buoys**
Pinky Flat, Tarntanya Wama (Park 26)
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**Stride Run Club**
Wednesday from 6 pm & Sunday from 8 am, with routes through south and east Park Lands.
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**South Terrace Run**
Every Wednesday from 5.30 pm at Blue Gum Park / Kurangga (Park 20).
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**Adelaide City Kayak Tours**
Weekends.
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**Cultural Garden Tours**
Adelaide Botanic Garden (Park 11); by private request.
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**Self-Guided Tours of West Terrace Cemetery (Park 23)**
Any time, with a digital guide.
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If you have an activity or event within the Adelaide Park Lands that you’d like to include in this listing, please email the details (with a pic) to secretary@adelaide-parklands.asn.au