Ambalindum Park
Improving our green spaces
Through this project we aim to make the playground and surrounding parkland more attractive and inviting to the community through landscaping. Each activity is designed to be implemented in a 2 to 4 hr blocks on the weekend.
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We launched the project in November 2021, planting native trees, creating rock borders near the playground and mulching. We planted more trees and shrubs in April 2022. Stage one and four are largely complete. We still have some mulching to do.
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The park is located on the corners of Ambalindum Park, Erldunda Circuit and Woolner Circuit, Hawker.
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Adopt-a-Park Funding for remaining stages
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This second stage of funding is going to be the most exciting!
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We started this playground design small and simple
Now we bring out the big guns.
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With the second round of grant money we will hire a contractor and bulldozer to bring in large landscape features such as boulders and sections of tree to add fun interactive elements to the playground.
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They will also strip back the weed layer and heavily mulch the site in preparation for planting.
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Once done it will be ready for us to plant it out with beautiful native plants.
Exciting new proposal
Hawker Community Landcare have been approached by the Kowalski Brothers Trailworks regarding a potential kid skills bike riding track for the perimeter of the Ambalindum Playground. This is currently at concept stage and nothing has been done as we are now starting to ask people for their input.
If you would like to know more about what these guys see the below articles for projects they have built.
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COMMUNITY-LED INITIATIVES
EXAMPLE 1: Aranda Primary School Kids Track - recreation trail on their grounds.
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EXAMPLE 2: Farrer Residents Association attracted an ACT government budget allocation of $180K ($150K for nature play space and $30K for skills trail). This work was completed in 2019 and is located near Farrer shops and the scout hall.
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EXAMPLE 3: Sport & Rec Capital Assistance Program - CAP grant for new trails at Cotter Precinct, auspiced through Pedal Power. Construction of a family friendly beginner loop at Cotter Pines is just about to start.