Natural play elements encourage balance and climbing.
18 April 2024
The upgraded Alston Street play space in Chisholm is now open to the community.
The refreshed playground includes equipment and elements suitable for a variety of families.
A key feature is the brown snake sculpture which children are welcome to climb on.
There is also a new concrete path with native animal tracks and footprints.
Stone and timber steppers and recycled fallen tree trunks encourage children to balance and climb.
The spinner and nest swing can be used by all ages and abilities. Softfall has been installed beneath both elements.
Other equipment includes:
- large climbing poles
- a pommel walk
- a vortex
- a basketball hoop and backboard.
Some of the equipment has been retained, including:
- the combination unit
- swings
- rockers.
The large shade sail has been retained to provide shelter from the sun.
Further shelter is provided for the picnic table, which provides seating for families.
The surrounding area has been landscaped, including:
- 9 new trees
- groundcover
- native grasses
- shrubs.
There is also improved drainage, as well as improvements to the carpark surface.
The region where the Chisholm play space is of cultural and spiritual significance to the Ngunnawal people. The upgraded playground has cultural design elements, including artwork by artist and cultural consultant Bradley Mapiva Brown.
The artwork includes:
- aspects of the Tuggeranong songline
- native wetlands used for hunting and gathering
- Maliyan the wedge tailed eagle, a totem of protection for Visitors on Country.
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