molonglo valley newsletter - summer 2016 An initiative of the Land Development Agency (LDA)

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Hi everyone, Clean up Day 6 March Happy New Year and welcome to Mingle Make a difference in the Molonglo Valley! Gather your 2016! Our aim is to bring locals together family, friends and neighbours and get involved on Clean to build vibrant communities and promote Up Australia Day. It’s easy to register as an individual or group, simply visit cleanupaustraliaday.org.au. communication, insight, activities and We’re looking for local champions to volunteer on opportunities. the day. If this sounds like you please contact Mingle We’ve got 2 and a half years left of the Community Development Officer Karen Jesson at Mingle program in Wright and Coombs [email protected] or on 0405 154 874. and we encourage all residents to get involved. We look forward to working Neighbour Day BBQ and Easter Egg Hunt 24 March, 5.30pm together in 2016. Come together to celebrate Neighbour Day! There will LDA Mingle team xx be a fundraising sausage sizzle from 5.30pm and the Easter Egg hunt will begin at 6pm. We’d love this to be a community led activity and we’re looking for volunteers to hide the eggs. If you’re part of a local charity or sporting group and are interested in putting on the sausage sizzle as a fundraising opportunity please contact Mingle upcoming Mingle events! Community Development Officer Karen Jesson at [email protected] or on 0405 154 874 by Friday 26 February. 6 March Clean up Australia Day

To register visit Workshops www.cleanupaustraliaday.org.au 1 24 March, 5.30pm Mingle Community Development Officer, Karen Neighbour Day BBQ / Jesson is eager to hear from residents regarding Easter Egg Hunt their ideas for Community workshops in 2016. If 2 you have any suggestions please contact Karen There are more activities being planned in 2016 so Jesson at [email protected] or visit www.facebook.com/MolongloValleyMingle, or on 0405 154 874. the Molonglo Valley website for more details. molonglo valley newsletter summer 2016

Us nderpas and Charles Residents Advisory Group Weston School Opens Are you keen to get more involved in your community? The Residents Advisory Group is made up of residents from Wright and Coombs and is open to all residents of the Molonglo Valley. The group meets monthly over a cuppa. We’d love to have more residents involved, if you’d like to know more please contact Mingle Community Development Officer Karen Jesson at Charles Weston School is now open. The school, named [email protected] or on 0405 154 874. in honour of afforestation officer Thomas Charles George Weston, has welcomed it’s first group of students. It features learning spaces for preschool to year 6 students, Forest Park a resource centre, school administration, canteen, out of master plan hours school care facilities and outdoor learning and play areas. The school will also have specific facilities for music The updated Stromlo Forest Park master plan was released and environmental science. for community consultation earlier this year. Keep your eye The John Gorton Drive underpass connecting residents of on www.stromloforestpark.com.au for updates. Wright and Coombs by footpath was open in time for the beginning of the 2016 school year. Fitness Equipment Landscaping rebate extension The LDA would like to offer Buyers that have not applied for the Landscape Rebate and have a Certificate of Occupancy dated between 9 November 2015 and 25 January 2016, a two month extension to meet the Rebate requirements. This will be granted to the Buyer without the need for a formal application to the LDA. The LDA encourages you to establish your front landscaping as early as possible. This not only contributes to the streetscape but also can reduce erosion on your A fitness circuit has been built with stations placed block of land - An opportunity not to be missed! around the perimeter of Wright. To help make exercise Remember that you can also access the $220 plant easier we’re putting together a guide for residents on scheme at Yarralumla Nursery. The ACT Government how to use the equipment. More information about this provides these plants to help you beautify your new will be available soon. home and your suburb. For more information please visit We would also like to remind everyone that the fitness www.tams.act.gov.au/city-services/yarralumla_nursery/ equipment is not a playground for children. For safety free_plant_issue_scheme reasons and to ensure the long life of the equipment we ask that all parents make sure their children are informed C all for local musicians and aware of the purpose of this equipment. We’re looking for local musicians interested in playing at local events and activities. If this sounds like you please contact Mingle Community Development Officer Karen Jesson at [email protected] or on 0405 154 874. molonglo valley newsletter summer 2016

D EveloPMent UPDATE WRIGHT•  Molonglo and Valley’s COOMBS first Service Station PARKS site soldand at AuctionFEATURES •  The Coombs shop site has recently received a stop work on 25 November 2015. Caltex has been confirmed as the notice. The Environment and Planning Directorate are service station operator and includes an Express Car Wash. managing this process and as soon as we know more we will provide an update. •  More parks and open spaces have opened for you to enjoy in Coombs. See the map below to locate the • A Development Application has been lodged for newly opened Jogalong Track, Local Park, Uriarra Track Section 17 Coombs. Plans include a Childcare, Medical and Town Park. Centre, Gym and Community . •  Due to the hot weather there have been some planting delays, these will be finished over the coming months as the weather starts to cool down.

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POSSIBLE FUTURE WALKING TRACK DEVELOPMENT REMNANT EUCALYPTUS TREES FUTURE COMMUNITY PLAYGROUND LOCATION ACCESS TO RIVER CORRIDOR PLAY EQIUPMENT 0-14yrs OPEN SUMMER 2017 1 SECTION 31 LOCAL PARK PICNIC TABLES / SHELTERS PLAY EQUIPMENT 0-7yrs COMMUNITY GARDEN COMMUNITY GATHERING SPACE LOCAL MARKET SPACE PICINIC TABLES / SHELTER PROVISIONS REMNANT PINES VARIOUS DATES IN LATE 2016 OPEN 3 URIARRA TRACK DISCOVERY TRACK LOCAL PARK REMNANT EUCALYPTUS PLANTING OPEN SHARED PATH PLAY EQUIPMENT 0-7yrs ADVENTURE PLAY SPACE OPEN FORMAL GARDEN 2 KICK-AROUND AREAS SECTION 22 TOWN PARK OPEN IRRIGATED LAWN AREAS INTERACTIVE SCULPTURAL PLAY SPACES PICNIC TABLES / SHELTERS REMNANT PINE TREES CENTRAL RESERVE FUTURE OPEN OPEN CHILDCARE FUTURE COMMUNITY FUTURE FACILITY KICK-AROUND AREAS SCHOOL PLAY EQUIPMENT 0-14yrs COOMBS POND A PLAYGROUND SEATING AREAS DRYLAND GRASS PASSIVE SEATING AREAS PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT 0 - 7yrs OPEN PICNIC / SHELTER AREA COMMUNITY SEATING AREAS FACILITY AUTUMN 2016 STROMLO FOREST PARK

NORTH WESTON POND PLAYGROUND SECTION 23 OPEN SPACE LARGE PLAY SPACE 0-7yrs OPEN DRYLAND GRASS RUNNING TRACK PASSIVE SPACE SECTION 20 + 26 LINK PARK LOCAL PARK PLAYGROUND LARGE KICK-AROUND AREA CLIMBING NET OPEN SHELTER & SEATING AREAS PICNIC / SHELTER AREA PLAY EQUIPMENT 0-7yrs PLAYSPACE 0-7yrs TERRACED PLAY SPACES CAR PARK TO SEWER ATTENDANTS COTTAGE IRRIGATED TURF - COMMUNITY EVENTS AREA KICK AROUND AREAS AUTUMN 2016 LARGE OPEN SPACE AREAS SHELTERED AREAS SHELTER & SEATING AREAS DRYLAND GRASS AREAS AUTUMN 2016 DRAINAGE / STORMWATER CORRIDOR OPEN OPEN OPEN

STORMWATER CORRIDOR SHARED PATH CONNECTIVITY SUMMER 2016

V erge Maintenance Most of us would call it the ‘nature strip’ – the area in the front of your house located between the footpath and the road. Each household is responsible for the maintenance of their own verge, as an extension of your garden. A quick mow (while doing the rest of your lawn) will ensure your suburb is at its best all year round! If you want to take it one step further and enhance your verge with plants or landscaping, find out how to apply for TAMS approval at www.tams.act.gov.au/city-services/public_land_use#naturestrips

Disclaimer: The plans, examples and information contained herein are for illustrative purposes only and should not, without further inquiry, be relied upon as to their ultimate accuracy, to the extent permitted by law, the Land Development Agency (LDA) will not be responsible for any loss or damage molonglo valley newsletter summer 2016

Street names – John Gorton Drive Welcome Pack Feedback We’d love to know your thoughts on the Resident Welcome Pack, if you found the information useful and if you have any suggestions on what else could be included. Please send any feedback and suggestions to Mingle Community Development Officer Karen Jesson at [email protected] or on 0405 154 874. If you haven’t received your free Residents Welcome Pack (available to all Wright and Coombs residents) please contact Karen to arrange a time to collect. John Gorton Drive runs through the heart of the Molonglo Valley and acknowledges the contributions of Australia’s 19th Prime Minister between Stay Informed 10 January 1968 and 10 March 1971. Like our Facebook page www.facebook.com/ Before his term as Prime Minister John Gorton was a MolongloValleyMingle to keep informed about Mingle fighter-pilot with a distinguished war record; his activities, events, and other updates. craggy looks were partly the result of a crash when his Not on Facebook? Subscribe to our email alerts at aircraft was shot down in 1942, he survived three www.lda.act.gov.au/molonglo/mingle. flying accidents during the Second World War. In addition, a new Facebook page has been developed John is the only Prime Minister to be sworn in while by members of the Molonglo Valley Residents Advisory still a senator. He established the National Film and Group. This site has been developed for residents by Television Training School and Australia Council for residents, to find out more visit www.facebook.com/ the Arts and as Minister for Education and Science, MolongloValleyResidents. laid groundwork for government assistance to independent schools. John was appointed a Member of Her Majesty’s Privy L oocal pr file – meet your neighbour Council and in 1971 a Companion of Honour. He was Hi my name is Tessa Dorman. knighted in 1977, and appointed a Companion of the I am a classroom teacher in Order of Australia in 1988. John died in Sydney on . I enjoy anything to 19 May 2002. do with fitness and exercise, especially if it’s outdoors. I love cooking and baking in my Fix My Street spare time and definitely have Fix My Street is an online reporting facility providing a sweet tooth! I have joined direct contact with ACT Government agencies. the Residents Advisory Group Residents can submit feedback and service requests to get to know people in the relating to a variety of issues including suburb area and assist in organising maintenance in your area online at events in the Molonglo Valley. I also hope to make strong www.accesscanberra.act.gov.au/app/forms/fixmystreet connections with the Residents Advisory Group, Charles For urgent safety issues please ring Access Canberra on Weston Primary School Coombs and the community we 13 22 81. live in.

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