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Canberra Destination Playgrounds Study Canberra Destination Playgrounds Study Cathy Hope, Kate Bishop, Sylvia Alston, Glen Fuller, Bethaney Turner, Deb Cleland and Lousie Curham (2018) Canberra Destination Playground Study Play, Creativity and Wellbeing Project Centre for Creative and Cultural Research University of Canberra Commissioned by the City Renewal Authority, ACT Government TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 2 THE ROLE AND USAGE OF CANBERRA’S PLAYGROUNDS 5 CANBERRA DESTINATION PLAYGROUNDS 28 BLACK MOUNTAIN PENINSULA PARK 32 BOUNDLESS PARK 43 JOHN KNIGHT MEMORIAL PARK 54 KAMBAH ADVENTURE PARK 65 POD PLAYGROUND 76 T UGGERANONG TOWN PARK 87 WESTON PARK 98 YERRABI POND DISTRICT PARK 109 CITY PARKS COMMONWEALTH PARK 120 GLEBE PARK 128 RECOMMENDATIONS 137 PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT AUDITS 139 TABLE OF CONTENTS | 1 INTRODUCTION The Canberra Destination Playground Study Report was produced by the Play, Creativity and Wellbeing Project, Centre for Creative and Cultural Research, University of Canberra for the City Renewal Authority, ACT Government. The aim of this Report is to: - Inform the design of a play space for West Basin - Contribute to the Better Suburbs conversation - Assist the ACT Government in planning for future play spaces in the city area The Report provides an audit Canberra’s destination playgrounds. Destination playgrounds are identifiable by a balance of factors, including: size, amount and type of equipment, setting, and remoteness or distance from residences. We selected the following eight Canberra playgrounds because they meet some to all of the destination playground criteria: - Black Mountain Peninsula Playground, Acton - Boundless Playground, Barton - John Knight Memorial Playground, Belconnen - Kambah Adventure Playground, Kambah - Pod Playground, Canberra City - Tuggeranong Town Centre Park Playground, Tuggeranong - Weston Park, Yarralumla - Yerrabi Pond, Gungahlin To further inform the design of any future play spaces in the city area, the audit also included two smaller playgrounds in the Canberra city zone: Commonwealth Park Playground and Glebe Park Playground. INTRODUCTION | 2 Our Audit consisted of the following at each of the above playgrounds: - An equipment and facilities audit - Four on-site surveys and observational studies: i. 2 visits during the 2018 summer school holidays (1 x weekend and 1 x weekday) ii. 2 visits during the 2018 autumn school term (1 x weekend and 1 x weekday) - A 4 week online survey via the ACT Government Your Say website The online survey was designed to cover all Canberra playgrounds to more clearly identify the role and perceptions of destination playgrounds within the broader Canberra playground context. REPORT STRUCTURE This Report is divided into 4 key sections: 1. The role and usage of Canberra’s playgrounds Section 1 draws from the on-site and online surveys and on-site observational research to provide an analysis of: usage patterns of Canberra’s playgrounds; the role of playgrounds in the lives of respondents; and attitudes towards these playgrounds. 2. Canberra destination and city playgrounds Section 2 begins with a brief summary and comparative analysis of Canberra’s destination playgrounds, followed by an individual analysis for each destination and city playground of usage patterns, perceived roles and attitudes toward each playground. 3. Recommendations Section 3 provides eight key recommendations for current and future destination playgrounds in Canberra based on Report outcomes. 4 . Canberra destination and city playground equipment and facilities audit Section 4 provides an equipment and facilities audit of the destination and city playgrounds. INTRODUCTION | 3 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The authors are extremely grateful to everyone in the ACT and regions who took the time to contribute to this study. The response was overwhelming, making this Report more valuable as a result. The message is clear: people in Canberra are passionate about playgrounds! INTRODUCTION | 4 THE ROLE AND USAGE OF CANBERRA’S PLAYGROUNDS INTRODUCTION The Canberra Play Space Audit produced unexpectedly high engagement from people in the ACT and regions, with a significant response rate to both the face-to-face (412) and online survey (958). Such high participation in this audit is a clear indicator of the importance of playgrounds for ACT (and local NSW) residents. This study found that Canberra playgrounds – both destination and local – play an essential role in the fabric of people’s lives. Playgrounds are a feature of the weekly calendar, and many people like to spend between 1-2 hours at playgrounds when they visit. Playgrounds play a variety of roles for respondents – from entertaining children (most aged between 0-12, but some children are over 12), to engaging children in a range of physical and social activities and exposing children to challenge and risk, to enabling children to interact with the natural environment, to providing parents and carers with the time and space to spend with the children in their care, to celebrating important occasions and/or socialising with family and friends. While proximity to home is the key reason for visiting local or neighbourhood parks, this becomes less (though still) important for destination parks, with people from the ACT and NSW prepared to travel distances for the particular affordances of these parks (equipment, facilities, natural features, open space, surroundings). Our research suggests that the vast majority of adults who attend playgrounds have familial relationships with the children they accompany. Playgrounds in Canberra are thus an important (and free) public site for family time and interaction. THE ROLE AND USEAGE OF CANBERRA’S PLAYGROUNDS | 5 However, we also encountered other carers – particularly nannies and friends of family (mostly during the week) – who used playgrounds to entertain the children in their care, and also to socialise with other nannies/adults. Playgrounds are also a key site for socialising with others – respondents who visit destination playgrounds are as likely to meet up with friends as with family. VISITOR DEMOGRAPHICS AGE RANGE OF RESPONDENTS ADULTS The age of adults visiting Canberra parks is fairly evenly spread between the 18-35 age group (45%) and the 36-55 age group (51%). AGE OF ALL SURVEY RESPONDENTS 76 - 95 56 - 75 0.5% 6% 18 - 35 45% 36 - 55 49% THE ROLE AND USEAGE OF CANBERRA’S PLAYGROUNDS | 6 CHILDREN Playgrounds in the ACT play the most significant role for children in their early years. 71% of children who visited playgrounds with respondents were aged 0-5, with the percentage evenly spread between 0–2 year olds (35%) and 3-5 year olds (36%). Visitation then reduces by nearly half with each age group – with only 19% of visiting children in the 6-8 age group, and then 9% aged 9-12. Few children over 12 attend playgrounds with adults who participated in this survey. The percentage of children over 12 who visit destination playgrounds is low, but higher than for parks overall, because destination playgrounds offer older children more play opportunities, and are also more likely to involve gatherings with family and friends. However, older children at destination parks still represent a much smaller proportion that younger children. A key recommended change from respondents is to increase the amount and quality of available equipment for older children. (It is important to note that this audit does not represent usage of skate parks and bike parks in the ACT, both of which are predominantly used by children 12 and over). AGES OF CHILDREN 13-15 16-18 1% 0% 9-12 9% 0-2 35% 6-8 19% 3-5 36% THE ROLE AND USEAGE OF CANBERRA’S PLAYGROUNDS | 7 VISITOR RESIDENCE (ACT AND QUEANBEYAN AREA ONLY) Respondents to this survey live throughout the ACT and across the NSW border in the Queanbeyan area as the map below (indicative only) demonstrates. There were also responses from residents of Hall, Murrumbateman and Yass. THE ROLE AND USEAGE OF CANBERRA’S PLAYGROUNDS | 8 MOST POPULAR PLAYGROUNDS IN CANBERRA Destination playgrounds are by far the most popular playgrounds in Canberra, occupying 7 of the top 10 places. The top two destination playgrounds are also the two newest destination playgrounds, Boundless and Pod. They are nearly twice as popular as the third most visited playground, John Knight. The local/district playgrounds that appear in the top 10 are comparatively larger-scale playgrounds with multiple and/or interesting play equipment. Number who selected as most Playgrounds in Canberra visited playground Boundless Playground, Parkes 221 Pod Playground, Arboretum 219 John Knight Memorial Park, Belconnen 120 Kambah Adventure Playground, Kambah 90 Weston Park, Yarralumla 87 Community Recreation Park, Moncrieff 65 Yerrabi Pond District Park, Gungahlin 58 Fadden Pines 40 Playground near Chifley Shops 39 Black Mountain Peninsula Park, Acton 36 Horse Paddock' Park, O'Connor 29 Tuggeranong Town Park, Tuggeranong 27 Telopea Park, Nature Play Space 24 Cooleman Court playground, Weston 24 Glebe Park, Canberra City 21 Western Foreshore Park, Belconnen 19 Commonwealth Park Playground, Canberra City 19 THE ROLE AND USEAGE OF CANBERRA’S PLAYGROUNDS | 9 Giant Mushroom Playground (Belconnen Markets) 18 Franklin Recreational Park 15 Jamieson Shops Playground (outside Ricardos) 15 Throsby Park (off Throsby Lane, near Griffith shops) 15 Point Hut Pond District Park (Gordon Playground) 15 Heritage Park, Forde 14 Corroboree Park, Ainslie 13 Kippax Shops Playground 11 Loftus St Playground, Yarralumla 11 Duffy Local Playground 11 Eddison Park 10 THE ROLE AND
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