Design Intent: This nature play playground was the first constructed in the City of Canning. Nomination of the park to accommodate the new playground was by a previous elected Council.
Inspiration for the design influences came from learning that in recent years turtles had returned to the Bannister Creek catchment area.
The design symbolises turtles migrating along a creek with a flying fox over-head. The turtles, sculpted from tree trunks (felled and re-claimed from another site), crushed aggregate and soft-fall rubber feature as one of the main elements in the playground.
The positioning of the playground is nestled between existing large mature Eucalypts, the major tree being a large river redgum. Design levels for the playground were influenced by the need to protect the root-zone of the river redgum and an existing poured limestone path that has handmade tiles by local primary school children embedded within it. Natural elements were used as much as possible for the structural elements of the playground with items promoting child upper body strengthening, hand/ eye co-ordination, climbing, self-assessment of risk and imaginative play.
Completed: July 2014
Design & Project Landscape Architect: Phil Burton
(Note: This project was designed while employed as a Landscape Architect at the City of Canning)
