Australia’s Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull, recently encouraged the Centennial Park Trustand the NSW Environment Minister to seek National Heritage listing for this significant and popular Sydney park.
Writing for his own website, Mr Turnbull said:
“A great city needs great parks. Unless they are set aside in the city’s youth, they are hard to retrofit after development has taken over.
And once established they need to be jealously protected – as the city grows those green, open spaces are more precious than ever.”
I recently discussed the Prime Minister's comments with AILA President, Daniel Bennett, in an article published on Sourceable.
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Read more"Wow, I never realised landscape architecture was so cool!"
"Oh FFS, sit down and let me bring you up to speed..."
Dr Chris Brown, yes, Mr Bondi Vet himself, recently had the pleasure of speaking at the same conference as Yours Truly.
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Read moreFour park stories caught our eye this month:
- A new report on green infrastructure in public parks;
- A planned new linear park stretching across Singapore;
- Are dogs a forgotten stakeholder in discussions about public space; and
- The different attitudes towards public parks of different ethnic communities.
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Read moreThis fun online quiz from The Guardian will test your landscape / urban design chops: when street names and identifying labels are removed, can you identify the park, and which city it calls home?
There's no $200, but you can pass GO and play the game here.
Read moreRecently SBS television's Dateline programme ran a story on a Danish 'forest kindergarten', where kids are actively encouraged to run free, play with knives, climb high, explore fallen trees and more.
The show drew a huge audience response both here in Australia and overseas.
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In Seattle a man has been ordered to demolish part of a home in order to keep the crazy-ass playground he's built from recycled materials in the backyard.
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Read moreLast week Amalie travelled to Geelong to attend a meeting of the AILA National Council.
Here's what she did when not in the meeting... highlights from 1.5 days in Geelong and 1.5 days in Melbourne!
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