Project description
Complete: Ngunnawal playground upgrade.
Burrumarra Avenue playground in Ngunnawal is being upgraded to provide better places to play for the local community.
Following construction beginning in September 2023, in March 2024 upgrades to the Burrumarra Avenue playground in Ngunnawal were completed and the playground reopened to the community. This is the only fully fenced playground in Ngunnawal, providing more accessible play opportunities for all ages and abilities.
In 2022 we invited feedback on elements for inclusion and the preliminary design. For more information on the consultation that took place, including a What We Heard Report (PDF) summarising the feedback, visit YourSay.
Key features
- Fully fenced playground and inclusion of a shade sail.
- Nature play with balancing elements.
- All ages and abilities play equipment including a timber birds nest double swing and inclusive spinner.
- Junior fort with slide and climbing elements catering to a range of ages from 0-13.
- Toddler (0-4) play opportunities such as a double-rocker, see saw and platypus sculpture.
- Picnic tables, shelter and seating.
- Four new trees and landscaping including mulched garden beds.
Cultural design elements
The region where the Ngunnawal play space upgrade is located holds an ancient cultural and spiritual connection to the Ngunnawal people and has for thousands of years.
This region is traditionally known to the Ngunnawal people as Ginninderra meaning ‘Sparkling ray of light’ and is rich in cultural resources such as the Ginninderra Creek. The region also holds many significant sacred sites and locations such as the Grinding Grooves at Percival Hill and the Stone Quarry at Mulligans Flat. The Ginninderra region is rich in native woodlands such as the Yellow Blakely Red Gum which the Ngunnawal people continue to use to create many native tools such as the Coolamons which were used to collect water and carry small children.
The artwork for Ngunnawal, by artist and cultural consultant Bradley Mapiva Brown, reflects these connections to Ginninderra (Sparking ray of light), Ginninderra Creek, native woodlands and the gatherings and ceremony which took place across this region by the Ngunnawal people. Bagariin Ngunnawal Cultural Consulting provided recommendations to showcase the play space theme. Those in the final design are:
- artwork wrapped on posts and equipment,
- blue slides symbolising Ginninderra Creek and Falls,
- nature play elements and colours of blues and purples.
