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Adelaide Park Lands Association

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Love Your Park Lands - Open Green Public The only Park in the world with a City inside it. www.adelaide-parklands.asn.au

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Adelaide Park Lands Association @adel-park-lands.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
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/...
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Different excuse - same threat — Adelaide Park Lands Association
Premier Peter Malinauskas has come up with a new excuse to try to justify what he says would be 585 trees to be destroyed in your urban-forested golf course Park, i.e. Possum Park / Pirltawardli (Park...
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Adelaide Park Lands Association @adel-park-lands.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
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/...
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Support growing for Park Protection — Adelaide Park Lands Association
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 ...
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Adelaide Park Lands Association @adel-park-lands.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
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
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Adelaide Park Lands Association @adel-park-lands.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
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
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Adelaide Park Lands Association @adel-park-lands.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
“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/...
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"Humbled and excited" — Adelaide Park Lands Association
“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.
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Adelaide Park Lands Association @adel-park-lands.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
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/...
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Adelaide Park Lands Association @adel-park-lands.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
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/...
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No mandate for these attacks — Adelaide Park Lands Association
There is no electoral mandate for either of the State Government’s proposed imminent Park Lands attacks, because voters were kept in the dark.
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Adelaide Park Lands Association @adel-park-lands.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
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/...
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Sufficient numbers — Adelaide Park Lands Association
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-ev...
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Adelaide Park Lands Association @adel-park-lands.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
The man who ate a Park, (or three): www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/2026/03...
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How the Walker Corporation got to build a 38-storey tower on Adelaide park land
As South Australia votes in its state election, concern continues to grow over developments that chip away at the famous park lands surrounding the city’s centre.
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Adelaide Park Lands Association @adel-park-lands.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Protect Your Adelaide Park Lands. Vote for them. www.adelaide-parklands.asn.au/state-electi...
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Adelaide Park Lands Association @adel-park-lands.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Do you love your Adelaide Park Lands? Then on 21 March please vote to protect them www.adelaide-parklands.asn.au/state-electi...
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Adelaide Park Lands Association @adel-park-lands.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
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
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Adelaide Park Lands Association @adel-park-lands.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
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
MotoGP in Malaysia
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Adelaide Park Lands Association @adel-park-lands.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
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...
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Adelaide Park Lands Association @adel-park-lands.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
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...
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Adelaide Park Lands Association @adel-park-lands.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
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...
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Adelaide Park Lands Association @adel-park-lands.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
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...
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Adelaide Park Lands Association @adel-park-lands.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
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...
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Adelaide Park Lands Association @adel-park-lands.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
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...
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Adelaide Park Lands Association @adel-park-lands.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
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...
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Adelaide Park Lands Association @adel-park-lands.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
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...
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Adelaide Park Lands Association @adel-park-lands.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
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...
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Adelaide Park Lands Association @adel-park-lands.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
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...
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Adelaide Park Lands Association @adel-park-lands.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
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...
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Adelaide Park Lands Association @adel-park-lands.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
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...
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"Release the hit list" — Adelaide Park Lands Association
Despite a promise of “extensive consultation” the State Government is still with-holding most of its plans for the North Adelaide golf course in the urban forested Possum Park /Pirltawardli (Park 1 of...
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Adelaide Park Lands Association @adel-park-lands.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
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...
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Adelaide Park Lands Association @adel-park-lands.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
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)
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Adelaide Park Lands Association @adel-park-lands.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
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...
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Questions without answers — Adelaide Park Lands Association
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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Adelaide Park Lands Association @adel-park-lands.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
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...
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Closed, black, private — Adelaide Park Lands Association
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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Adelaide Park Lands Association @adel-park-lands.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
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
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Adelaide Park Lands Association @adel-park-lands.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
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
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Adelaide Park Lands Association @adel-park-lands.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
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
Masked Lapwing
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Adelaide Park Lands Association @adel-park-lands.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
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
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Adelaide Park Lands Association @adel-park-lands.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
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
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Adelaide Park Lands Association @adel-park-lands.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
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...
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Five-storey golf fences required — Adelaide Park Lands Association
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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Adelaide Park Lands Association @adel-park-lands.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
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...
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Adelaide Park Lands Association @adel-park-lands.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
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...
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Racing history in Pakapakanthi — Adelaide Park Lands Association
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/ Paka...
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Adelaide Park Lands Association @adel-park-lands.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
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...
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Park Poetry: "Veale Gardens" — Adelaide Park Lands Association
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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Adelaide Park Lands Association @adel-park-lands.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
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...
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Northern Park Lands? — Adelaide Park Lands Association
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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Adelaide Park Lands Association @adel-park-lands.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
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
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Adelaide Park Lands Association @adel-park-lands.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
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
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Adelaide Park Lands Association @adel-park-lands.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
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
Round-leaved moort (Eucalyptus platypus)
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Adelaide Park Lands Association @adel-park-lands.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
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
Scenes from the Adelaide Botanic Garden
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Adelaide Park Lands Association @adel-park-lands.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
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
Pacific Black Duck in the Adelaide Park Lands
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Adelaide Park Lands Association @adel-park-lands.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
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
Sundial in Pennington Gardens West, Park 26 of the Adelaide Park Lands
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Adelaide Park Lands Association @adel-park-lands.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
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
Rymill Park cafe - under renovation
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Adelaide Park Lands Association @adel-park-lands.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
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/...
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Canopy shredding — Adelaide Park Lands Association
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 Sta...
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Adelaide Park Lands Association @adel-park-lands.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
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
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Adelaide Park Lands Association @adel-park-lands.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
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
Carriageway Park /Tuthangga (Park 17 of your #adelaideparklands)
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Adelaide Park Lands Association @adel-park-lands.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
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
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