City News - March 2019

AQUATIC CENTRE REDUCES WASTE

STRENGTHENING INTERNATIONAL CONNECTIONS

HILL STREET PEDESTRIAN SAFETY PROJECT

MOUNTAIN TRACKS OPEN

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A U T U M N 2 0 1 9 | H O B A RT C I T Y. C O M . A U

BRIDGE OF REMEMBRANCE The Bridge of Remembrance spans the Tasman Highway, connecting Soldiers Memorial Avenue on Queens Domain to the Cenotaph.

The project commemorates Australians who served and sacrificed their lives in all wars, conflicts and peacekeeping operations since World War I. The Bridge of Remembrance has been made possible by a grant provided by the Australian Government through the Anzac Centenary Public Fund and the Tasmanian Government. n Photo: City of Hobart

Supporting emerging Tasmanian businesses

palawa kipli was the first participant in the Innovator program.

Photo: City of Hobart

Tasmania like you’ve never seen it The City is embracing augmented reality technology with the creation of a realistic 3D map of Tasmania. Augmented Tasmania lets you explore the state’s coastline, rugged mountains or head off to the Bass Strait islands, all through your mobile device at Mawson Place on Hobart’s waterfront.

Lord Mayor Councilor Anna Reynolds C/- Town Hall Hobart 7000 M: 0423 222 149 E: lord.mayor@ hobartcity.com.au

Deputy Lord Mayor Councilor Helen Burnet C/- Town Hall Hobart 7000 M: 0417 284 267 P: 6238 2936 E: ald.burnet@ hobartcity.com.au

Alderman Marti Zucco 364A Elizabeth St. North Hobart 7000 M: 0418 120 060 E: ald_zucco@ netspace.net.au

Alderman Jeff Briscoe C/- Town Hall Hobart 7000 M: 0418 127 311 E: ald.briscoe@ hobartcity.com.au

Salamanca Market has introduced an exciting new opportunity for emerging businesses.

The Innovator program allows for selected participants to gain valuable business mentoring, customer feedback and brand exposure at Salamanca Market to an audience of up to 24 000 in summer and 15 000 in winter.

Salamanca Market is Tasmania’s most visited tourist attraction and has long been a place where new businesses could start out with great ideas and grow.

The Innovator program is an initiative of the City of Hobart in partnership with the Department of State Growth, which provides business advice to participants through statewide Enterprise Centres.

To learn more or to apply for this program, visit salamancamarket.com.au/innovator n To try the map, download the Uist app onto your mobile device, go to Mawson Place, look for the Augmented Tasmania sign and select the ‘Augmented Tasmania’ experience in the app.

Augmented Tasmania was developed by a local technology developer, Handbuilt Creative.

For more information, visit hobarttravelcentre.com.au n

Alderman Dr Peter Sexton C/- Town Hall Hobart 7000 M: 0407 099 294 E: ald.sexton@ hobartcity.com.au

Alderman Damon Thomas C/- Town Hall Hobart 7000 M: 0429 064 805 E: ald.thomas@ hobartcity.com.au

Alderman Tanya Denison C/- Town Hall Hobart 7000 M: 0458 005 454 E: ald.denison@ hobartcity.com.au

Councilor Bill Harvey C/- Town Hall Hobart 7000 M: 0428 243 964 E: ald.harvey@ hobartcity.com.au

(L to R): Adrian Howard OAM, Graeme Morris, Matthew Etherington, Tim Smith and Kim Gillard from Point to Pinnacle. Photo: Amy Brown

2019 Australia Day Awards winners

The Citizen of the Year Award was bestowed jointly on Adrian Howard OAM and Graeme Morris.

Adrian Howard OAM was recognised for leading the restoration efforts of Soldiers Memorial Avenue on Queens Domain. Graeme ensured the success and community spirit of the Flower Room, a not-for-profit floral shop in the centre of Hobart.

The Young Citizen of the Year Award went to Matthew Etherington who contributed to a healthier and more inclusive community through efforts to improve youth mental health and raise awareness about the plight of refugees.

Community Event of the Year is Point to Pinnacle, which takes runners all the way from the Hobart foreshore up to the summit of kunanyi/Mt Wellington.

The event raises funds for a variety of charities. n

Alderman Simon Behrakis C/- Town Hall Hobart 7000 E: ald.behrakis@ hobartcity.com.au

Councilor Mike Dutta C/- Town Hall Hobart 7000 E: ald.dutta@ hobartcity.com.au

Councilor Holly Ewin C/- Town Hall Hobart 7000 E: ald.ewin@ hobartcity.com.au

Councilor Zelinda Sherlock C/- Town Hall Hobart 7000 E: ald.sherlock@ hobartcity.com.au

Conduct a home energy audit yourself With autumn around the corner, some tips on how to decrease heating and electricity bills may come in handy. The City offers a free-to-borrow Home Energy Audit Toolkit (HEAT), which will help you understand your household electricity use.

The kit includes a power meter to measure the electricity consumption of your electrical appliances, an infrared radiometer to check for leaks around fridge and windows, a thermometer to measure air temperature and a stopwatch to monitor your water usage.

To get a kit, visit the Customer Service Centre, 16 Elizabeth Street. www.hobartcity.com.au/heat n

AQUATIC CENTRE REDUCES WASTE

New waste system launch. Photo: Alastair Bett

Power-Mate shows how much electricity is used by your fridge, freezer, television and computers. Photo: City of Hobart

In September 2018, Doone Kennedy Hobart Aquatic Centre introduced three-bin stations, with waste, recycling and organic streams, and started transitioning its café to compostable takeaway packaging.

These changes have seen the recycling rate of the centre increase to nearly 50 per cent and it will continue to improve as people become more familiar with the new compostable packaging.

A recent audit has shown low contamination rates of both the organic and recycling bins. But almost half of the material placed in general waste was revealed to be suitable for organic and approximately 16 per cent suitable for recycling bins.

To help us reduce waste further, we encourage visitors to refer to signs at the centre and dispose of rubbish thoughtfully. www.hobartcity.com.au/towardsZEROwaste n

Conference of Youth in Poland (COY). Photo: Supplied by Josh Rayner

Supporting climate change champions 2018 Golden Secateurs Award winner Janet Stone. Photo: Alastair Bett

Passion for Bushcare set in stone Bushcare, one of the City of Hobart’s longestrunning volunteer programs, celebrated its 25th anniversary recently. The event included the presentation of the Bushcare Legend Golden Secateurs Award to an outstanding volunteer for their commitment to protecting Hobart’s bushland reserves.

Janet Stone is the convenor of the South Hobart Bushcare Group and an environmental dynamo who is happiest getting her hands dirty pulling up weeds and planting native grasses.

The City has 13 volunteer Bushcare groups working in reserves across Hobart maintaining and conserving bushland habitat. To join, visit hobartcity. com.au/Bushcare or call 03 6238 2884. n

Taking action towards a more sustainable future, the City of Hobart is supporting the next generation to become climate change champions. In November 2018, a delegation of high school students and teachers from Hobart College, New Town and Huonville high schools attended the 14th Global Conference of Youth in Poland to take part in the world’s biggest climate change negotiations.

Josh Rayner, a student from New Town High School, said attending the conference was an empowering experience. ‘We realised that Tasmania is doing quite a lot, but there are still so many places that need more help.’

Since 2000, greenhouse gas emissions from Cityowned assets have been reduced by 75 per cent.

Over the past decade, the amount of waste going to landfill has been cut by two-thirds and bestpractice energy efficiency measures save the City $1 million a year. n

Strengthening international connections

Performing at the Town Hall, Yurikamome Children’s Choir from Hobart’s sister city of 41 years, Yaizu in Japan. Photo: Alastair Bett

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Hobart has a number of formal international relationships. They facilitate understanding and appreciation of different cultures and communities, as well as provide opportunities to engage in a variety of activities. Find out more about the City’s activities in areas of economic, educational, cultural and knowledge exchange at hobartcity.com.au/internationalrelationships. n

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Making New Town a more vibrant place

Lansdowne Crescent Primary’s Stride and Ride to School event.

Photo: City of Hobart

Hill Street Pedestrian Safety Project

Streetscape upgrade including Hybrids – public artwork by Matt Drysdale. Image: Artist’s impression.

Work to transform the New Town retail precinct has begun. The streetscape design for New Town Road and its side streets has been developed in collaboration with the local community, reflecting their needs for the area to be a more vibrant and accessible place.

The City’s works crew is currently undertaking Stage 1 of the works along New Town Road and

intersections with Pirie, Pedder and Seymour streets.

When finished, there will be street furniture, bicycle lanes and renewed footpaths, improved pedestrian access at Pirie and Pedder streets, street trees and planting beds.

As part of the upgrade, further improvements to the area will be made in late 2019 and 2020. For updates, visit hobartcity.com.au/newtown n

HELP US PLAN THE NEXT RETAIL PRECINCT UPGRADE: MIDTOWN With Lenah Valley’s project complete and construction underway in New Town, we are inviting you to help plan Midtown’s Elizabeth Street, which is an important walking and public transport corridor, a vibrant shopping precinct and home to many students and residents.

Community workshops will be held in March. We

are also looking for volunteers to join the Elizabeth Street Project Action Team to explore and identify current and future needs of their local area.

Email your questions to coh@hobartcity.com.au or call Project Manager, Sarah Bendeich, on 03 6238 2551. For more information and to register, please visit yoursay.hobartcity.com.au/midtown n

Re-imagining the future of Elizabeth Street. Photo: Natalie Mendham

South Hobart pedestrian improvement works nearing completion We have enhanced two pedestrian crossings on Macquarie Street between the Southern Outlet and Elboden Street. The south side of Macquarie Street is now a continuous step-free path with raised thresholds at Elboden, Anglesea, Denison, Weld and Downie streets.

Once the project is finished there will be new pedestrian traffic signals across Macquarie Street near Elboden Street, paving, plantings and street furniture, a new bike lane and improved parking for people with disabilities. More information: hobartcity.com.au/southhobartped n

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Pedestrians, many of whom are young children or older people, cross Hill Street near its intersection with Pine Street to access local schools, cafes and businesses.

The City of Hobart has worked with the West Hobart community and West Hobart Environment Network to find a way to make this location safer for all road users. A wombat crossing has been installed to slow vehicles and give priority to people crossing the road.

A wombat crossing is a wide, raised platform with zebra markings on it. This type of crossing has been demonstrated to significantly improve pedestrian safety. The City will trial it in Hill Street for six months and if successful, wombat crossings may be considered for installation in other locations across Hobart.

Four new pedestrian crossings, bicycle lanes and a ‘bus platform’ at Bus Stop 18 in Hill Street were also completed as part of the project. www.hobartcity.com.au/hillstreet n

New look for Salamanca Place In April, the City will commence the next stage of works on the precinct connecting Salamanca Place to the Hobart waterfront, providing a more vibrant and accessible streetscape for pedestrians and events. Some of the main improvements include: • renewing the intersection at Salamanca Place and Montpelier Retreat and the footpath on Salamanca Place to create a safer pedestrian access • installing five new crossings to give pedestrians priority over vehicles • upgrading the flat area of Salamanca Lawns to make it suitable for multiple purposes.

For more information, visit hobartcity.com.au/ salamancaplace n

Creating trip-free space for walkers. Image: Artist’s impression

COUNCIL MEETINGS OPEN TO ALL All Hobart City Council meetings are open to the public in the Town Hall Council Chamber, 50 Macquarie Street, Hobart.

If you can’t come in person you can listen live online or to a recording after the meeting by vising hobartcity.com.au/listenlive To see what’s on the agenda, visit the City of Hobart website hobartcity.com.au/minutesandagendas Meeting dates for March – June 2019 are Mondays: • 4 and 18 March • 1 and 15 April • 6 and 20 May • 3 and 17 June The 2019 meeting schedule is available on the website at hobartcity.com.au/councilmeeting

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Stay in touch with the City of Hobart Call us on 03 6238 2711 Write to us at GPO Box 503, Hobart TAS 7001 Email us at coh@hobartcity.com.au CityofHobartOfficial Hobartcity.com.au City of Hobart @cityofhobarttas

ABILITY TO CREATE

WHAT’S ON Bushcare Autumn working bees various locations hobartcity.com.au/bushcare Bush Adventures Autumn activities program various locations hobartcity.com.au/bushadventures

The Ability to Create exhibition will return this May, celebrating the talents of people with disability. A diverse range of art will be on display at the City of Hobart’s Waterside Pavilion.

The event began in 2013 when the City was approached by artist Freddy Lee-Mount with the idea, whose striking ‘Expressions in Fabric’ designs reflect his love of the natural environment.

Alan Culph is another artist who has been involved in the past, exhibiting pieces made from scrap metal that reflect his interest in cars and recovery from the trauma of a car accident.

Six years on, this popular event continues to represent a strong mix of mediums and brings the community together to promote participation and connection.

The exhibition runs from 24 until 26 May 2019.

To stay connected, look for Ability to Create on Facebook. n

Mathers House Autumn activities program 108 Bathurst Street, Hobart hobartcity.com.au/mathershouse Youth Arts and Recreation Centre Tuesday–Friday, 3–6 pm Open Access for 12–25 year olds youthartsandrec.org Dahlia and Floral Art Show 8–9 March Hobart Town Hall hobartcity.com.au/floralshows

Photo: Hobart Photographic Society

MOUNTAIN TRACKS OPEN UP STUNNING CITY VIEWS The Great Short Walk Rejuvenation project is in its final stages and the Organ Pipes and Pinnacle tracks on kunanyi/Mt Wellington are open to the public to enjoy a walk through a sub-alpine environment, with spectacular views of the Organ Pipes, Hobart and the Derwent Estuary.

The tracks were originally built in the 1900s, but over time the track surfaces were extensively damaged, making walking difficult and unsafe.

The two-year City of Hobart project has involved hand-winching rocks weighing up to ten tonnes across boulder fields, and the use of helicopters to transport 900 tonnes of rock and gravel. To blend old and new, the City used materials and building techniques similar to those used to create the original tracks.

The final stage is the Chalet Connection, a gently graded section linking the Chalet with the Organ Pipes Track, making the nearby boulder fields more accessible. Picnic facilities at the Chalet are also being upgraded. www.hobartcity.com/greatshortwalk n At dawn, a helicopter transports material to the Organ Pipes Track, kunanyi/Mt Wellington. Photo: Chris Hampton, Climb Media

Sharing our differences during Hobart’s Harmony Week Did you know that according to the ABS Census 2016, whilst 71.2 per cent of Hobartians were born in Australia, 40 per cent have either one or both parents born overseas?

This March, the City of Hobart is teaming up with Glenorchy and Clarence councils, the Multicultural Council of Tasmania and the Migrant Resource Centre to celebrate Hobart’s rich and diverse community and help newcomers feel welcome by getting everyone involved.

During this year’s Harmony Week, 18 to 24 March 2019, share with us the benefits of diversity by

writing down your experience on a sheet of paper.

Take a photo of you holding that paper and post on your social media using #HarmoniousHobart. n

Community Bake Days at Queens Domain 3, 17 and 31 March 4 and 28 April 12 and 23 May hobartcity.com.au/woodfiredovens

Supporting older people. Photo: Claire Stanwix

New hub to help older people access information online

To assist older people with finding information online, an Information Hub has been established by the City of Hobart in partnership with the Department of Premier and Cabinet.

Volunteers at Mather’s House are on hand to help senior residents find out about My Aged Care services, health websites, events and activities in the community.

Drop in to 108 Bathurst Street between 10 am and 3 pm, Monday to Friday.

For more information, call 03 6234 1441 or email mathersplace@hobartcity.com.au n

Get active with Healthy Hobart Continuing off the success of its spring program, Healthy Hobart – the City of Hobart and Healthy Tasmania free community health and wellbeing initiative – returns this summer with more exercise activities for all ages.

Celebrating multicultural Hobart. Photo: Alastair Bett

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Tuesday evenings offer yoga in beautiful St David’s Park and Friday mornings Healthy Kids (aged 5 and under) get moving at Soldiers Memorial Oval. You won’t want to miss out on the family-friendly Kite Flying session on Sunday 24 March. www.hobartcity.com.au/healthyhobart n

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