Long Gully Recreation Reserve, Bendigo
Client: City of Greater Bendigo
Status: Completed 2019
Status: Completed 2019
As a part of the Healthy Hearts of Victoria initiative, the City of Greater Bendigo engaged THLA to design and document upgrades to the active recreation infrastructure around the oval and alongside the splash park.
The Healthy Hearts of Victoria project objectives include:
The design included:
The Healthy Hearts of Victoria project objectives include:
- Provide infrastructure designed to increase the physical activity of people in the Long Gully community, whose current physical activity is below the amount recommended by the Australian Department of Health.
- Enable local organisations that support increased physical activity and healthy eating in the Long Gully community.
- Build the HHV guiding principles into all projects
- To strengthen cross-sectorial connections
The design included:
- An outdoor fitness equipment node with three items
- 1.5m wide footpath around the oval and footpath connecting Long Gully Trail, splash park and walking track
- Solar lighting infrastructure
- Seating along the walking track
- Tree planting around the splash park
- Wayfinding and informative signage around the Long Gully Oval and the intersection with Long Gully Trail
- A public toilet (prefabricated model) to service Splash Park, fitness node and walking track.