Walter Street Reserve is a much-loved local park providing a well-used playing field and high-quality sports facilities in a setting of native trees and shrubs. The upgrade of the Walter Street Reserve Pavilion is an important initiative to ensure the Reserve continues to meet the sporting and broader needs of the local community in a functional, aesthetic, ecological and sustainable manner.
The design approach for the Pavilion Upgrade Concept Plan considered the existing character of the reserve, minimum standards for national/state sporting bodies and the needs of current sports club tenants, and the wider community.
The Plan includes extension and renovation of the existing sporting pavilion, and provides a framework for the relocation, upgrade and replacement of existing elements of the natural and built environment. Some specific elements included in the design are:
- More changerooms and toilets, to cater for the increasing number of junior and female players.
- More modern, female friendly toilets and separate change rooms.
- Internal toilets for spectators and function attendees.
- A new public toilet will be available to reserve users during daylight hours.
- A more functional internal layout.
- Increased circulation and storage space in the kitchen.
- Increased storage space for general club items.
- Multipurpose spaces for use by the wider community outside of sports club allocated hours.
- Relocation and potential upgrades to the existing playground and community garden.
We're keen to hear from community members who use the Pavilion, or who have a general interest in improvements to the Reserve. Have your say today!
