List of sites for the City of Adelaide Green Map - June 1998

1. West Park Lands. Adelaide City Council's first stormwater pollution control site. The ACC Nursery and City residents through membership of Trees for Life have grown and planted over 6,000 indigenous plants in Park 23 since 1993. Planting of a medicinal and edible plant trail has also commenced.

2. West Terrace Cemetery. Contains a number of species of original vegetation found nowhere else within the City of Adelaide.

3. South West Park Lands. This previously contaiminated site has been rehabilitated to provide open Park Lands.

4. Park 21W. Grass parrots, noisy miners, honey eaters and other native birds frequent both the grassed areas and the roadside vegetation.

5. Veale Gardens.  The creek meanders through a series of formal landscaped gardens.

6. Park Lands Creek. An intermittent creek with a trash rack to stop rubbish from polluting our waterways. Pultney Grammar School students monitor water quality.

7. South Park Lands (Park 19). Replanting of the original vegeation of Eucalyptus microcarpa (grey box) and its understorey plants has been occurring here for 6 years. Major Mitchell and sulphur crested cockatoos, galahs, rossellas and other birds are found in abundance. Pockets of native grasses are found in this Park.

8. South Park Lands (Park 18). The original "Black Forest" plantings are being recreated. The name of the firest which covered this southern area of the Adelaide Plains comes from the dark bark of the Eucaplyptus microcarpa (grey box) and Acacia pycnantha (golden wattle). Canopy, understorey and ground covers have been planted.

9. The Adelaide-Hemeji Garden. Created in celebration of the Sister City status of Adelaide and Himeji, Japan.

10. Park 16. The South Park Lands Landcare group has been involved in the planting of native grasses and approximately 35 indigenous groundcovers. (Not shown on this map.)

11. Significant Trees. Park 16. Original Arbour Day plantings of poplars in 1889 and site of Centenary plantings. (Not shown on this map.)

12. Victoria Park Racecourse. Sunrise over the hills and sunset over the City. (Not shown on this map.)

13. Eucalyptus Planting. A path beside Victoria Park Racecourse is landscaped with Eucaluptus leucoxylon (South Australian blue gum) and Eucalyptus camaldulensis (Red river gum). Also incorporates a "Life Be In It" fitness circuit.

14. The Olive Grove. The oldest harvested olive grove in Australia. Olives are a major pest plant when not regularly harvested.

15. Park 15. Eucalyptus camaldulensis (Red river gum) was planted in this park in the early days of colonialisation. There are also isolated pockets of native grasses bring encouraged to self seed.

16. Botanic Creek. Meanders from an informal park setting to the formal landscaping of the Botanic Gardens.

17. Rymill Park. A favorite site for many of Adelaide's festivals, including Adelaide's inaugural Festival of the Sun. The lights in the Park are solar powered.

18. Carrington Street. Landscaping enhances the heritage properties in this street.

19. Hutt Street. A neighborhood shopping street. The local community played a pivotal role in the final plan for the street's upgrading. This resulted in the landscaping of the entire street and the placement of all services underground.

20. The Box Factory Community Centre. Hosts the annual spring walks, visiting sites of rare native flora in the Park Lands. Fronts onto Regent Street South, a pedestrianised, well vegetated street.

21. National Trust of South Australia. Provides advice for the care of heritage buildings.

22. Hurtle Square. Views to both East and West. The bird bath attracts both native and exotic birds.

23. Environmental Defenders Office. A community free legal service. Provides advice, education and representation on environmental and planning law issues. (2003: Now at 408 King William Street.)

24. Centre for Urban Ecology. Houses the United Nations' accredited non-profit community group Urban Ecology Australia. Also houses Friends of the Earth and ecological and urban design company Ecopolis P/L. (2003: Centre for Urban Ecology and Ecopolis P/L now at #28.)

25. The Halifax Depot Site. The old Adelaide City Council Depot is a polluted site which will be rehabilitated by the Council to meet residential standards. 2003: This has gone ahead but not as Urban Ecology Australia had hoped. Compare the development here with (#28) Christie Walk.

26. Pulteney Grammar School. The School has practical involvement in many ecological programmes, with heritage buildings and tiffany artwork in its grounds.

27. Linsell Lodge Aged Care Centre. Extensive use of solar water heating.

28. J McDonald & Co - Bottle & Can Recycling Depot. (2003: Site has been redeveloped as Christie Walk. The Centre for Urban Ecology and Ecopolis P/L have moved here from #24.)

29. State Association House. Home of Bicycle SA and Life Be In It. (2003: Bicycle SA and Life Be In It have moved.)

30. Temporary Garden. Adelaide City Council has landscaped this vacant site.

31. Coglin Street Community Centre.

32. Wilderness Shop. The Wilderness Society conducts campaigns to save wilderness areas. Posters, books and other producets which have an emphasis on our wilderness areas are sold.

33. Central Market. Started as a growers market in 1869 and is the state's biggest fresh food market with over 76 stalls.

34. Bus Terminal. Greyhound run their interstate services from here. The Central Bus Station provides Country SA services.

35. Colonel Light's Memorial - Light Square. The monument is a theodolite, the main instrument used by a surveyor in planning a city.

36. Ecobusiness Consultants Pty Ltd. This company specialises in ethical/green investment and business advice.

37. The Tram Terminal. The tram takes you from the city to the sea at Glenelg and runs frequently.

38. Victoria Square. Adelaide's main civic square and meeting place.

39. The Torrens Building. Designed to suit the climate of Adelaide. Houses, courtesy of the State Government of SA, the Global Education Centre.

40. Conservation Centre. Home of the Conservation Council of South Australia (an umbrella group for over 60 environmental groups in SA), the Nature Conservation Society and the Australian Conservation Foundation.

41. Temporary Garden. Instead of leaving this an unsightly derelict site the City of Adelaide has landscaped this area.

42. Community Aid Abroad Headquarters. CAA is an Australian Independent, non-profit organisation of over 600,000 memebrs and 160 community groups working to eliminate poverty and achieve social justice worldwide.

43. ETSA Office. Renovations to the building promote the saving of energy.

44. Tandanya Aboriginal Cultural Institute.

45. Garden East. Geothermal heat source for apartments.

46. Ayers House. A historic house and restaurant.

47. Ngapartji Co-operative Multimedia Centre.

48. Mawson Centre for Environmental Studies. University of Adelaide.

49. Community Aid Abroad (One World Shop).

50. Rundle Mall. Originally Rundle Street [a thoroughfare for cars flanked by crowded footpaths], it was made into a [pedestrian] mall in 1976 and is the focal point of retailing in South Australia. A number of heritage arcades lead off the Mall. The Adelaide City Council Information Kiosk can be found here.

51. Jurlique Holistic Skin & Body Concept Store. A local company whose products have not been tested on animals and use natural products organically and bio-dynamically grown.

52. The Body Shop. (Myer Centre, Rundle Mall.) All Body Shop products have not been tested in animals. The plants used in the products have not been treated with chemicals. Contaniters can be returned to the shop for reuse. Each shop undertakes community, environment and social justice campaigns.

53. Community Aid Abroad Shop. (Myer Centre, Rundle Mall.)

54. Environmental Protection Authority. Offices of dept Environment, Heritage & Aborignal Affairs.

55. Chesser Street. A canopy of vines links heritage buildings and creates a cool microclimate in summer.

56. Old Treasury Buildings. Built to suit the climate of Adelaide with a central courtyard. Now houses the museum of Exploration, Surveying and Land Heritage.

57. Adelaide Town Hall. Adelaide City Council has developed its Local Agenda 21 Environmental Management Plan and has an ongoing programme involving a community Environment Advisory Committee.

58. Citizen's Advice Bureau.

59. Office of the Federal Minister for the Environment.

60. Santos Building. Incorporates a co-generation plant.

61. Passenger Transport Information Centre.

62. Beehive Corner. Location of Haigh's Chocolates and the Easter Bilby.

63. South Australian Tourist Commission.

64. Bike Hire.

65. Railway Station. Built between 1926 and 1928. Servces metropolitan Adelaide, linking in with the national raiway line station at Keswick.

66. Parliament House. Construction commenced in 1882 and was completed in 1939. The steps are regularly used for rallies.

67. Bike Hire. Bicycles available for hire.

68. Torrens Lake including Elder Park.

69. Esther Lipman Rose Garden. Planted in memory of Adelaide's first woman Councillor, Alderman and Deputy Lord Mayor.

70. Pioneer Women's Memorial Garden. Planted in memory of hte achievements of women pioneers.

71. Government House. Home of the Governor of South Australia. The gardens and house are regularly opened to raise funds for many charities in South Australia.

72. State Library of South Australia. The State's premier reference library giving access to global information on environmental topics via free worldwide access to datebases, CD-ROMS, books and local SA material.

73. South Australian Museum. Includes a collection of Aboriginal artefacts and displays and information on the natural history of South Australia.

74. Frome Road. The longest established landscaped street in Adelaide. The enormous plane trees provide complete shade in summer, with the deciduous nature of the trees allowing the winter sun to shine through.

75. Royal Adelaide Hospital. The City's public hospital.

76. Adelaide Botanic Gardens - Natural Features. The aims of the Botanic Gardens include: the introduction and trial of a wide range of ornamental plants; conservation of endangered plant species; display of plants of economic use to humans; the conservation of items of historical resource and the provision of a beautiful recreational resource. They also display for education, plant species in either broadly geographic or ecological settings.

77. Adelaide Botanic Gardens and State Herbarium Buildings. The State Herbarium is the chief centre for knowledge and information on the flora of South Australia. The Gardens include the Museum of Economic Botany, built from 1880-81, which houses a collection of economic plants, seeds and a herbarium. The Palm House which was restored from 1993-95 was originally prefabricated in Bremen, Germany. First erected here in 1876, it now contains plants from the arid land regions of Madagascar.

78. Bicentennial Conservatory. Built in 1988 for Australia's Bicentenary. Rainwater is reclaimed from the roof and passes through 6 separate cleaning stages before reuse. In most cases pest control occurs by the use of pest predators, eg scale insects and mealy bugs are controlled by a relative of the ladybird.

79. Botanic Park. Here you will find an aboretum containing trees of the world.

80. Plane Tree Drive. The plane trees and Moreton Bay figs provide a total canopy over the road, creating a cool and beautiful walk in summer.

81. Adelaide Zoo. To meet its aim of conserving and studying rare and endangered species, the Adelaide Zoo exhibits more than 1,300 mammals, birds, reptiles and fish in naturalistic settings.

82. Park 11. Contains a trial plot of native grasses.

83. Life. Be In It. Fitness Circuit

84. Council Nursery and Composting Facility. Green waste collected in the City, delivered by residents and other Councils, is composted to provide mulch for the City Council's landscaped areas. This is part of the Council's water saving strategy.

85. Peace Park. An area of the Park Lands which is the focus of memorials promoting peace.

86. Women's & Children's Hospital. Has a comprehensive Environment Strategy which has been acknowledged through many environmental awards.

87. Adelaide Oval. One of the greatest cricket pitches in the world.

88. Pinky Flat. Park 27. This piece of Park Land appears to be named after the marsupial Bilby. It is believed that there was a large Bilby population in this area. It was also a significant meeting place for the Kaurna people.

89. Colonel Willam Light's Statue. Colonel Light was the founder of Adelaide, arriving in 1836 as the first Surveyor General.

90. Carclew Youth Arts Centre Inc.

91. Wellington Square. Attractive residential square with gardens and petanque pitch.

92. North Adelaide Lending Library.

93. Jurlique Holistic Skin & Body Concept Store. (refer 51)

94. Lefevre Terrace. Views of the City & the Hills.

95. North Park Lands. Over the last 10 years, the Adelaide City Council, with cooperation from Service Clubs, has planted native trees in this Park. A Bushcare group operates in this Park Lands.

96. Aquatic Centre. Park 2. Houses a co-generation plant which is a very efficient way to maximise the use of energy. It converts heat from one energy system into power for another Recently introduced an ultra-violet disinfection system to reduce the amount of chemicals and water used.

97. Park 1.

98. North Adelaide Railway Station.

99. The River Torrens (above and below the Torrens Lake).

100. Park 27. A common nesting place for water birds including cormorants and black swans. Other birds such as Adelaide Plain's rosellas and galahs can be found.

101. Bonython Park. Sensational Trail. A Sensory trail has been planted here.

102. Old Adelaide Gaol & Community Garden. The Community Garden is based on permaculture.