Key Areas

Objectives

Vision & Objectives

  • Create a unified and visually appealing town
  • Reinforce and improve existing streetscape character
  • Improve arrival experience
  • Encouraging landscaping that is contextually considerate in species selection and is consider ate of the landscape character of the town
  • Feature landscaping and/or public artwork in selected locations
  • Improve the visual appeal of carparking areas
  • Create a local sense of place by reinforcing identity and telling local stories through the choice of materials and placemaking
  • Reinforce visual and physical connections to the surrounding landscape and heritage
  • Connect the community and visitors to the surrounding natural landscape
  • Facilitate walkable streets with key signage to enhance visitor experience
  • Improve mobility access, circulation, safety and connectivity in the pedestrian and cycling network
  • Create links and wayfinding methods to enhance locals and visitors experience of the township with particular regard for key community assets - bridge to bridge walk, Nunganook walk, recreation reserve
  • Create visual cues that encourage reduced vehicle speed through town centre
  • Generate more activity
  • Improve current land uses such as outdoor dining
  • Create future opportunities to increase activity of surrounding land use
  • Provide places for gathering, the arts, sports, play, resting and dining in a landscaped or sheltered setting
  • Provide infrastructure such as sea ting, bike racks, water refill stations
  • Improve the environmental function of the street and improve drainage
  • Embrace opportunities to increase passive irrigation and stormwater
  • Replace landscape treatments that are at the end of their life cycle
  • Increase the capacity of existing green networks to enhance biodiversity and habitat corridors
  • Ensuring the retention and renewal of the significant mature street trees and the character of leafy Streetscapes
  • Introduce additional shade trees to increase year round engagement with the streetscape

Themes

  • Ranges

  • Granite

  • Cycling

  • Performance Art

  • Natural Environment