Harvest Rock festival goers leave muddy mess in parklands ahead of Adelaide 500

See the video and photos of the huge muddy mess left by Harvest Rock festival-goers - just in time for the Adelaide 500.

The city parklands have turned to a gooey mess after a festival’s foot traffic churned up the grass, leaving a huge mud pie for the upcoming Adelaide 500.

Illia Houridis, director of city shaping from the Adelaide council, told ABC Radio Adelaide the Harvest Rock festival organisers would be responsible for returning the parklands to their original state at some point.

The damage was caused by general foot damage during the soggy conditions. But some music fans were also seen deliberately sliding around in the mud.

Clean-up and restoration work at King Rodney Park after the Harvest Rock festival. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Roy VanDerVegt

Harvest Fest is packed up in Rymill Park, leaving behind a muddy mess. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Roy VanDerVegt

Parts of Rymill Park is a mud bowl after the Harvest Rock festival. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Roy VanDerVegt

Mud at Harvest Rock Festival. Picture: Nathan Davies

Harvest Rock festival-goers have fun in the mud. Picture: Emma Brasier

Mr Houridis said “temporary measures” would need to be taken to repair the grass in time for the Adelaide 500, which starts on December 1, with crowds of more than 250,000 expected across the four days of the motorsport.

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“We are very conscious with post-Harvest and Adelaide 500 that we’re transitioning between events so we want to make sure that there are measures that those events can be held safely and successfully,” Mr Houridis said.

“But we’ll be working with Harvest as part of their contract to make sure the parklands bounce back.”

While Mr Houridis did not outline exactly the “temporary measures”, grass matting, fake grass or other flooring options could be considered.

“It’s more than just grass we can use to remedy,” he said.

The Harvest Rock festival took place in Rymill and King Rodney parks.

Wild weather paired with high foot traffic proved too much to bear for the park’s grass.