Let's Play: Playground Strategy
Let's Play will guide the provision and management of playgrounds within the City of Canada Bay over the next ten years. The strategy will assist the Council to increase the potential of its playgrounds and broaden play opportunities as well as to use playgrounds as a means of strengthening the connections within our local community.
Let’s Play provides four outcomes for our children and families around the following areas:
- Well planned playgrounds that are within reach of everyone in the community
- Challenging, inviting and well maintained playgrounds for children and families
- Sustainable playgrounds through good design, appropriate funding and partnerships
- Meeting places that provide a variety of opportunities – promoting community connections and interactions.
Implementation will focused on:
- Provision of the new playground inspection trailer
- Development of a package to assist when seeking sponsorship
- Establishment of pilot Friends of the Park.
The schedule of works relating to the physical assets below is being undertaken in accordance with the life cycle renewal program in Let's Play.
Program of Works
| Project | Update |
| Cabarita Park Preliminary design investigations to develop a iconic playground that can be constructed with a staged approach | Investigations underway |
| Central Park New playground equipment and soft fall |
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Dunlop Park | Works completed |
Roberts Reserve | Works completed |
Taplin Park |
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Warbrick Park | Works completed |
| McIlwaine Park Creation of a regional playground |
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Timbrell Playground | Works completed intergenerational playground in partnership with Touched by Olivia Foundation (www.touchedbyolivia.com.au). The playground is the first of its kind and has been created in consultation with leading playground experts, disability experts, playground and early childhood academics |
Alexandra Street Reserve |
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Goddard Park | Project scheduled for 2011/12 |
Bayview Park | Project scheduled for 2011/12 |
Let's Play values playgrounds for the contribution they make to our community as a meeting place and also a means of providing our children with opportunities to have fun, experience joy and learn.