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Campus name game By JESSE GRAHAM
Maria McCarthy at Lillydale Lake. 147687
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Plan to play By JESSE GRAHAM IT’S one of the biggest tourist attractions in the Yarra Ranges, and a playground residents and visitors have used in its various forms for the last 25 years. Now, the council wants to know residents’ thoughts on what form it will take next, with $1.4 million slated for a brand new playground at Lillydale Lake. The council announced late last month that it was beginning consultation on a redevelopment of Lillydale Lake’s playground, with construction to
begin mid-2016. Residents are being asked to put their thoughts, feelings and ideas into words and help shape the future of the playground, with online submissions being taken and consultation at the lake on Saturday 12 December. Billanook Ward councillor, Maria McCarthy, said there was a “pretty spectacular” vision for the site, turning the playground into an area for people of all ages and abilities. “They want it to be an interactive
play space, so it’s not just for children,” Cr McCarthy said. “It’s for little babies, people with disabilities; it’s for young parents, for parents and grandparents. “It will encourage children to go there and actually play - that’s what kids want, somewhere to explore for themselves.” Cr McCarthy said the new playground, in whatever form it might take, would be more accessible for those in wheelchairs or living with a disability - currently, she said the ramps were too
steep for wheelchair access. The redevelopment comes after the Victorian Government allocated $1 million in funding to the project through the Interface Development Fund, complementing council’s $400,000 funding for the project. The pop-up consultation will run from noon-2pm on Saturday 12 December, at Lillydale Lake, and follows one previously held on 29 November. To make a submission online, visit www.yarraranges.vic.gov.au/playspace.
THE VICTORIAN Government and Box Hill Institute are running a competition to re-name Lilydale’s former Swinburne campus, ahead of its re-opening next year. Monbulk MP and Education Minister James Merlino announced the competition on Friday 20 November, where residents will be able to put forward a name for the new campus. The competition follows the announcement in mid-October that BHI, with William Angliss and Deakin University, would take over the site, with classes to begin as of first semester next year. Mr Merlino said an “unprecedented” campaign from community members to re-open the campus influenced the competition. “They deserve to have a say on what the site will be called,” he said. The competition asks for a new name for the campus, as well those submitting names to say in 25 words or less why their entry is the “perfect name”. A description on BHI’s website said entries should be unique, memorable and reflect the area of Lilydale; be short, catchy and clear; and should suit the campus “for years to come”. The winning name will be used for brochures, maps, T-shirts and on the bus route that stops at the campus. The winning entrant will receive a VIP invitation to the campus opening in March, as well as a Yarra Valley gift hamper along with the prestige of naming the campus. For more information, visit www.boxhill.edu.au.
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