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Image: The Elwha River, Jeff Taylor via Wikimedia Commons under CC license.
Watch the timelapse video showing the largest project of its kind ever undertaking in the U.S., to dismantle a dam and restore a natural river system.
See the video and read the story on National Geographic here.
Image: Alan Hoban, Southport Broadwater Parkland.
Four park stories caught our eye this month:
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The Broadwater, Gold Coast
It's time again for Connect to Your Creek Week, Healthy Waterways' annual invitation for those of us in South-East Queensland to discover, explore and fall in love again with our local creeks, rivers, bays and beaches.
This year CTYCW runs from April 9 - 17, and you can dip your toe into a raft of different activities.
Too much? Sorry.
Anyhoo, if you've always wanted to learn how to make a floating wetland, spot a platypus, or more, go here to find out what's on offer near you.
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Image: Water Art at River Fork Ranch, by roco via Flickr under Creative Commons licence.
Last 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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In late 2015 Sunshine Coast Council announced a design competition seeking ideas for its planned new public toilets in Isaac Moore Park, just outside Kenilworth.
The competition was intended to flush out an 'iconic facility' that would become a landmark and bring visitors to Kenilworth.
Whilst our scheme was not one of the 12 shortlisted finalists, we really enjoyed the process of interrogating the design brief and proposing a solution we felt would work well for people using the park facilities, whilst also protecting the council's assets.
Click to see our entry on our Projects page.
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