As the Adelaide Park Lands remain shrouded in controversy over the felling of 585 trees and upcoming motorsports events, photographer Alex Frayne captures fog swirling around gum trees at Pakapakanthi.
Image title: “Fog at Pakapakanthi”
The Adelaide Park Lands debate continues to rage following the state government’s $45 million North Adelaide Golf Course redevelopment and the removal of 585 trees.
This week, two public servants announced they would be suing South Australia’s Department of Premier and Cabinet in the Federal Court over the controversial golf course plan.
Edwin Kemp Attrill, an employee of the Department of Human Services, was revealed as the mystery public servant taking the government to court, while Kaurna traditional owner Janette Milera became the second activist to join the battle.
Meanwhile, a new motorsport event that was initially expected to take over the park lands for an extra weekend as part of the Adelaide bp Grand Final is now unlikely to go ahead, the SA Motor Sports Board revealed.
While no detailed plans on next year’s MotoGP street circuit – flagged for Pakapakanthi/Park 16 – have yet been unveiled, it is understood there will be a significant increase to the declared area of park lands used for the event.
Adelaide City Council Lord Mayor Jane Lomax-Smith made it clear the council did not want the motorsport event held in the CBD, with Premier Peter Malinauskas labelling the council a “cabal” that acts in the interests of a “select group of people who might protest from time to time”.
Further park lands protests will continue into the weekend when the Adelaide Park Lands Association hosts another ‘Stop the Chop’ rally in Victoria Park on Saturday.
Alex Frayne is a regular contributor to InDaily and wrote a series of essays for the publication in 2025.
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