Katrina Gully Reserve playspace upgrade

The Katrina Gully Reserve playspace upgrade is now complete, including the new outdoor fitness hub.

Three new shade trees are also scheduled to be planted in the 2025 planting season.

The project was delivered in November 2024 as part of our Parks Improvement Program and funded by our 2024/25 Capital Works Program.

If you have any questions about the upgrade, please contact us on 9840 9333 or manningham@manningham.vic.gov.au.

Works to upgrade the playspace will begin on 1 October and is expected to take two months to complete.

The playspace will be closed while works are underway.

Construction will generally occur between 7.00am and 5.00pm on weekdays. There might be some noise and temporary changes to traffic around the reserve during this time.

The new playspace is expected to open in December.

Thank you to everyone who provided feedback on the concept design for the Katrina Gully Reserve playspace upgrade.

Your feedback will help us to develop our final design for the playspace and make sure this reserve continues to meet the needs of our local community. We will share the final design for the playspace in September.

Here's a summary of the feedback we received.

The strengths of the playspace include its:

• Variety of play equipment
• Improved shade sail and facilities
• Nature play area

Your suggestions for improving the playspace included:

• Considering more junior play equipment

Additional items:

We received recommendations to include a BBQ area, lighting and a waterplay area, but this will not be explored due to limited budget.

Rebound wall.

In the concept design we explored the option of a rebound wall, but due to limited budget, its inclusion will not be possible at this time. The new basketball court pad will remain.

What’s next?

The final design plan is currently being created and will be available in September. Construction will take place in late 2024.

Our second round of community consultation for the Katrina Gully playspace upgrade closed on Wednesday, 29 May 2024.

Thank you to everyone who provided feedback.

We are currently reviewing submissions and will report back on the key outcomes from this consultation.

Feedback received will be used to inform the final design.

In the meantime, if you have any questions about this project, please contact our City Planning team on 9840 9333 or email manningham@manningham.vic.gov.au

Share your feedback on the concept design for Katrina Gully Reserve and complete our survey by Wednesday, 29 May 2024.

The updated proposed Concept Plan works include:

• Large combination unit with slides
• Nature play area
• Triple swing set
• a four-person rocker
• a larger basketball pad and integrated rebound wall
• Outdoor fitness hub
• Expanded shade sail area and new trees
• Picnic table area
  
  

We value all feedback received during the consultation process and will carefully consider it to ensure that the upgraded playspace is tailored to meet the community's needs.

Following this consultation period, we'll review all responses before drafting a final design.

Questions?

In the meantime, if you have any questions about the project, please refer to our FAQ section or contact us by emailing manningham@manningham.vic.gov.au or calling 9840 9333.

We were pleased to receive 15 responses to our first round of consultation for the Katrina Gully Reserve playspace upgrade.

This feedback is critical for us to ensure that the upgrade will be valuable for the community.

We have reviewed all community responses to develop the updated concept plan for the playspace.

Some of the suggestions for improving the playspace included:

• ‘Fixing the shade sail’
• ‘Equipment too old and need some shade’
• ‘Expand the sitting area under the shade sail’
• ‘Upgrade of basketball court’
• ‘I would very much like to see a tennis wall’
• ‘Larger playground, bigger slides – more swings’
• ‘Water fountain for dogs’

We also received some recommendations to include a new BBQ, toilet facility, park shelter, lighting and flying fox, but due to the constraints of the site and the project budget, these suggestions will not be explored.

What’s next?

We'll seek a second round of community feedback about the concept plan in May 2024.

Questions?

In the meantime, if you have any questions about the project, please refer to our FAQ section or contact us by emailing manningham@manningham.vic.gov.au or calling 9840 9333.

Our first round of community consultation for the Katrina Gully playspace upgrade has now closed.

Thank you to everyone who provided feedback.

We will now review all submissions to incorporate your feedback into the design.

We will come back to you for a second round of consultation before we finalise the design. Our aim is to do this in mid-April 2024.

In the meantime, if you have any questions about the project, please contact our City Planning team on 9840 9333 or email manningham@manningham.vic.gov.au

As part of our Parks Improvement Program, we're upgrading the playspace at Katrina Gully Reserve under our 2024/25 Capital Works Program.

We’re proposing to include the following improvements:

• New play equipment for a variety of ages
• Nature play
• New furniture
• New Outdoor fitness hub for a variety of users
• Improvements to the shade sail
• Seating area for rest and recovery
• New landscaping
• New basketball pad

Have your say on the new space

Complete our survey to tell us what you'd like to see at Katrina Gully.

1. What do you like about the Katrina Gully Reserve playspace?
2. What can we improve to encourage you or your family to use this playspace?
3. Do you have any other feedback on the proposed improvements (listed above)?

This survey will close on Thursday, 28 March 2024.

We appreciate and will carefully consider all feedback received during the consultation to ensure that the upgraded playspace meets our community's needs.

Following this consultation period, we'll review all responses before drafting a concept design for your review and feedback.

If you have any questions about this project, contact us on 9840 9333 or at manningham@manningham.vic.gov.au.