News: Parks
Floriade 2015 to reflect on ANZAC centenary
In recognition of the 100th anniversary of the 1915 ANZAC campaign at Gallipoli, Canberra’s flagship event, Floriade 2015, will pay tribute to centenary commemorations through the…
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Aotea Conservation Park opened
The new Aotea Conservation Park on Great Barrier Island, the first such park in the Auckland region, has opened. The creation of the park aims to provide increased public access to the…
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Governments move to save Victoria’s Leadbeater’s possum from extinction
Victoria's state animal emblem, the Leadbeater's possum, is set to be formally recognised as being on the brink of extinction, with the Victorian Government fast-tracking a program…
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Brimbank Park welcome day marks commencement of Nature Play Week
Parks Victoria and the People and Parks Foundation have hosted a Welcome Day at Brimbank Park to mark the start of Nature Play Week. In its second year, Nature Play Week (NPW) is a…
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Melbourne’s Urban Forest Strategy ‘the most compelling urban landscape project in Australia’
The City of Melbourne’s Urban Forest Strategy has been recognised as the nation’s most impressive green life infrastructure project at the Nursery and Garden Industry Awards.…
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Malabar headland to be returned to people of NSW
The Australian Government has taken the next important step to deliver on a promise to keep the Malabar Headland in Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs in public hands. The Federal Government…
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Unveiling for new foreshore park at Barangaroo on Sydney Harbour
While Sydney’s newest public park will not open until July, the Barangaroo Headland Park has been revealed by landscape architect Peter Walker. The six hectare harbour foreshore…
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Deakin University study into the health benefits of parks
With the support of Parks and Leisure Australia (PLA), researchers at Deakin University are to undertake a study into the health benefits and associated economic value of parks and park…
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