News: Parks
KOMPAN secures two design awards for their outdoor fitness equipment
Industry-leading playground and outdoor fitness equipment manufacture KOMPAN, has secured two Australian Good Design Awards in the 2021 Product Design Sport and Lifestyle...
Oct 26, 2021
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Bendigo’s Ewing Park Recreation Precinct to include bouldering walls, skate park and cycling trail
A partnership between The City of Greater Bendigo and the Victorian Government will see construction commence of a $3.37 million stage 2 major redevelopment of the Ewing Park...
Oct 26, 2021
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Cape Willoughby to be latest tourist destination on Kangaroo Island
Cape Willoughby, located on Kangaroo Island and home to South Australia’s oldest lighthouse is set to host the newest tourism destination with work commencing on the redesign...
Oct 26, 2021
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Outback stations acquired by NSW Government for expansion of national park estate
The NSW Government is massively expanding its national park estate with the purchase of two properties in the west of the state. The second-largest property purchase in NSW...
Oct 25, 2021
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The Trail Collective unveils concept designs for Clare Bike Park
Adelaide-based The Trail Collective - which specialises in BMX Trail design, construction and planning - has revealed the final concept designs for the Clare Bike Park in South...
Oct 20, 2021
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Twin towers to be built on land once intended as green space next to Melbourne’s Marvel Stadium
Land once intended to be an area of green space next to Melbourne’s Marvel Stadium will instead now be developed as two 100 metre towers. The prime land at the eastern end of...
Oct 20, 2021
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More than eight million Australians use public barbecues
Research from Christie Barbecues has revealed that 8,452,070 Australians are users of public barbecues, despite 69% of the population also owning a barbecue at home....
Oct 20, 2021
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NZOIA awards celebrate inspirational and passionate outdoor leaders
The 2021 New Zealand Outdoor Instructors Association Outdoor Excellence Awards have recognised eight inspiring Kiwis for their outstanding outdoor leadership, including an...
Oct 18, 2021
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Recruitment campaign launched for new Tasmanian Wilderness Rangers
A recruitment campaign has been launched by the Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service to employ rangers who will provide education and advice to walkers in some of the most remote...
Oct 18, 2021
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Queensland World Heritage national park expands along with creation of new conservation estate
The Queensland Government has announced close to 6,300 hectares of land south-west of Brisbane will be protected through the expansion of a World Heritage-listed national park...
Oct 17, 2021
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Parks and Leisure Australia (WA) looks for consultant to deliver Leisure and Recreation Planners Course
Parks and Leisure Australia (WA) has advised that it is seeking the services of a suitably qualified and experienced Consultant to develop a course curriculum and syllabus for...
Oct 15, 2021
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New $12 million City Park approved for Penrith
The ongoing revitalisation of the Penrith City Centre has been given another boost following Council having secured approval for their Development Application to build a new $12...
Oct 14, 2021
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Western Australia forum plans future of state’s trails industry
Western Australia's biggest-ever trails forum being held in Albany today has attracted more than 200 key decision-makers to discuss how the state can harness the economic...
Oct 13, 2021
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Kiama Council undertaking a $3 million upgrade to Hindmarsh Park
Grant funding from the NSW Government’s NSW Public Spaces Legacy Program is allowing Kiama Council the opportunity to undertake a $3 million upgrade to Hindmarsh Park. The...
Oct 12, 2021
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Amendment to Nature Conservation Act will allow beekeeping to continue in Queensland national parks
In a move to grant a 20-year extension to allow beekeeping to continue in Queensland national parks until 2044, the Queensland Government has approved the preparation of...
Oct 12, 2021
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Tender awarded for design and build of new Koo Wee Rup skate park in Victoria
The tender to design and build the new Koo Wee Rup skate park (located 63 km south-east of Melbourne's CBD), has been awarded by Cardinia Shire Council to Baseplate and Grind...
Oct 11, 2021
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City of Melbourne announces plan to protect Carlton Gardens
The Carlton Gardens will be protected for years to come under a range of improvements proposed this week by the City of Melbourne. Advising that the draft Carlton Gardens Master...
Oct 9, 2021
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Parks Australia pleads not guilty in legal battle over alleged damage to a sacred site Kakadu National Park
Parks Australia has started a legal fight over allegations of damages caused to a sacred site at Gunlom Falls in the Northern Territory's Kakadu National Park. The Federal...
Oct 8, 2021
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Shoalhaven Council delivers more pedestrian oriented areas and upgrades playgrounds
Shoalhaven City Council has recently reopened Tilbury Reserve at Culburra Beach following completion of the playground equipment and has advised that Council will also be...
Oct 7, 2021
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NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet confirms cabinet appointments with few changes in leisure portfolios
Newly appointed NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet has announced a new NSW Cabinet team with Ministers in leisure portfolio’s unchanged. Advising of minimal changes had been made to...
Oct 6, 2021
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World Heritage Daintree National Park returned to Traditional Owners
The Queensland Government and Traditional Owners yesterday signed an agreement at a special ceremony in Bloomfield, north of Wujal Wujal which sees more than 160,000 hectares of...
Sep 30, 2021
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Victoria's Warby-Ovens National Park earns IUCN recognition
Warby-Ovens National Park near Wangaratta in Victoria’s north east, has become the first site in Victoria to be admitted to the International Union for the Conservation of...
Sep 27, 2021
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Sydney’s green spaces to be enhanced through $4 million funding
Twelve local government areas across Sydney will share in $4 million funding from the Metropolitan Greenspace Program allowing for improved public outdoor spaces. NSW Planning...
Sep 26, 2021
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New Western Sydney National Park welcomes return of locally extinct species
One of the largest new National Parks created in western Sydney in over a decade will see quolls, bettongs and the brush-tailed phascogale among locally extinct species making a...
Sep 25, 2021
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