.. i1.a a:.. ,_- : <. .I; ; T* :.<,- , # - &II . Directions Welcome to the summer issue Open Day was held on 13 October of Landscape Architects in the of Parklands. and proved a great success. The Conservation Planning category for its Tree Master Plan. This plan As this issue goes to print, day provided the community with serves as a guide to the future and with little prospect of rain, the opportunity to join Parklands management of the Parkland's we can see the impact these last staff and learn more about the aging tree population and sets out few months have had on the projects being undertaken. It also directions for future tree plantings. Parklands. With no significant served as an opportunity to launch rainfall since February 2002, the draft Conservation The Parklands is also committed we have implemented a series MarIagetI-tent Plan. We continue to raising community awareness I of strategies to maintain the our commitment to work together of the importance of the Parklands within responsible with the community to ensure the horticultural value Of plants and Peter Duncan constraints. However strolling Parkland's cultural and social trees. In September this year, we Director, through the Parklands, the effects heritage is protected in addition to were proud to sponsor the Centennial Parklands of the drought become evident planning for the future of its flora Australian Institute of Horticulture from every vantage point. and fauna. inaugural award for Horticulturist This issue of Parklands explains Our commitment to leadership and of the Year. This award was some of the measures we have partnership innovation and established to promote excellence put in place to manage this benchmarking was recognised in in horticulture and based on, serious problem. September 2002 when the national amongst other criteria, the value of horticulture to the Australian Let's hope the rains come quickly, Parks and Leisure Australia community. not only for the Parklands, industry association awarded but also for the people and Centennial Parklands the I hope you enjoy reading more environment throughout Australia. prestigious Organisation of the about the proposed summer Year award. activities in this issue. H On a more positive note, the last few months have been very busy Centennial Parklands also won an ones in the Parklands. Our first award from the Australian lnstitute ontentsm Parklands Magazine is published quarterly Parkbench by the Centennial Park 8 Moore Park Trust 3 6 Twitchers corner 10 Events - Locked Bag 15, Paddington NSW 2021. Centennial Parklands is managed by the Centennial Park and Moore Park Trust. 4 Inaugural Open Day Person in the Park 12 Friends of the Parklands Trustees: Professor John Nihnd AC (Chairman), Jill Anderson, Jill Hiion. David Leckie, Michael Marx AM. Margaret Varady, The Superintendent's 7 Drought in the Parklands Recipe John Walker. Sarah Whyte. Residence Editorial team: Anne Ferguson, Julie Hunter Ward 8 Walk to Cure Diabetes 14 Calendar imprints: reading the Design: Imagepoint Creative Solutions 5 landscape 9 Community Awards User's Guide Photography: Ian Lever 16 Printed on recycled paper Cover: Grand Drive (Austin Platt) Coloured etching of Grand Drive. Centennial Park by Austin Platt. This is one of many works featured in the lrnprinb exhibition being held at the Superintendent's Residence. Centennial Park from December 2002 to October 2003. Park bench NEW BROCHURE you need to supply as the hirer, NEW PLAYGROUND OPEN DAY THANK YOU FOR SPORTS USERS the various locations of the NOW OPEN summer and winter fields, how to Thank you to all the people who A new brochure has make a booking and the The new cafh playground in turned up to make the first been produced to Open Day in Centennial Parklands services each location offers. Centennial Parklands is now open provide information and in full swing. Located behind such a success. After a welcome about the sporting tuIf you're interested in getting the restaurant and next to the from La Perouse elder, fields and facilities more involved in a sport, large fig tree, the new area has Mrs Beryl Timbery-Beller, that are available for you will find a full list of sporting proved very popular, with the Centennial Parklands' Director, hire within the groups in your area majority of patrons b&g regular Peter Duncan thanked the Parklands.These at the Department of Sport and rehrm visitors. The stabof-Wrt community for atkending the first of faciEiies can be Recreation websii mat playground includes a spinning these annual events and launched the hidon both a www.dsr.nsw.gov.au wheel, wave net, sandpit, slides the consu~onperiod for draft seasonal or casual and a swings feature. Comfortable Conservation Management Plan. bash, sevg days a W, To find out more information, pick seating and a grassed area provide Free activities and a sausage sink sunrise to sunset, up a brochure from the Centennial parents and carers with a were enjoyed by all. all year round. Parklands Administration Office or convenient position for overseeing the children. APOLOGY With Centennial Park. More Park phone 9339 6699. and Queens Park, the Parklands The equipment from the old The spring issue of the Wands maintains and manages over 50 CAR FREE DAY playground area will been magazine carried an article on page qualii sports fields and facilities The Parklands will be conducting relocated to the learner's cycleway 5 titled Waste. lt incorrectly quoted that cater to a wide varlety of a survey seeking peoples' playground. the annual quantity of rubbish sportiftg interests. Many sports response to changing the car free removed from the Parklands are catered for including soccer, The installation of shade cloth due as 2000 tonnes. In fact, the figure days from the first Sunday of rugby, touch football, AK, netball, later this month and finalisation on is 200 tonnes and Centennial every month to the fast Sunday. softball, tennis, baseball, cricket, the toilet upgrade will complete Parklands apologises for any oztag, roller hockey and athletics. This is in msponse to community the reconstmction. confusion or inconvenience this suggestions that the day be moved may have caused. The brochure outlines the facilities as it currently coincides with provided by the Parldands, what popular Fathers Day picnics. Inaugural Open Day to information about the other "Collating information and projects being undertaken by producing a direction for heritage Centennial Parklands. The displays conservation management of a Indigenous dancers petjowning at Open Day contained information about place as complex as the Parklands Transport Access Plan Moore Park was a massive task and one which South Master Plan and the is relatively new for heritage parks he sounds of merriment, in keeping alive traditional and continuing Ponds Restoration around the world," Mr Duncan the didgeridoo and clapping contemporary links between the program and staff were on hand said. The draft plan outlines the T sticks, the bun of people people and the land. to answer any questions. natural, Indigenous and cultural talking and laughing, and the The Welcome to Country Peter Duncan also took the history of the area, and describes characteristic Aussie outdoor concluded with a welcome dance opportunity to launch the draft how it is today. smells of a barbecue drew visitors and spirit rock dance performed by Conservation Management Plan. Once public comments have been and locals to the recent Centennial The Dharawal Dancers, who later In doing so, he acknowledged the considered, the draft Plan will be Parklands Open Day. performed a hunting dance and traditional custodians of the area considered for adoption gew dance, or "shake a leg" dance, Open Day was a relaxed affair, and the role they played in the by the Trust, submitted for at the water's edge at Duck Pond. with an opportunity to ask abolut development of a draft Indigenous endorsement by the Heritage program as part of the draft Plan. and discuss the current state The Director of Centen~nial Council and will then become of the Parklands and its future. Parklands, Peter Duncan, Cultural heritage covers aesthetic, a supporting document to the Mrs Beryl Timbery-Beller, also welcomed the community historic, scientific, social and Centennial Parklands Plan of a La Perouse elder, gave a moving to the first of these annual events. spiritual attributes associated with Management. It is proposed that Welcome to Country to the special Apart from a great day out, with the Parklands. Exceptional examples the limplementation of the Plan guests and Parklands visitors. free activities and demonstrations include the Commonwealth Stone will be monitored by a Heritage She spoke about the importance including flower arranging and marking the place of Australia's Reference Panel. rn of the area of the Parklands to stonemasonry, the day provided Federation, and the convict Sydney's lndigenous communities the community with access construction of Busby's Bore. The Superintendent's Residence entennial Parklands doorframes. Since then architect paint and Pt>ter DI~IC~II,Dlrertor of CCII~C~IIIIU~ Parklar~ds.~rslcomes mrnlhers if tllr Open Day was held at the Mark Bullen and a restoration team sanding of ro~n~nroiltyto Open Day C Superintendent's Residence has discovered a host of treasures. floors. In the at Paddington Gates, an 1892 hallway and The restoration has been Victorian-style building with a entrance room, undertaken in two stages. sweeping view down Parkes Drive. two sections of The first and major stage involved wall have been The residence is one of colonial ,, the main rooms of the Residence exposed to show architect James Barnet's rare and uncovered its beautiful the original domestic buildings. Barnet is floorboards, which have now been colours of those better known for constructing sanded and polished back to their rooms.