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Playground refresh program

Photo by David McBee on Pexels.com

The ACT Government has an urban renewal program that includes the whole of Canberra. Check out the projects close to where you live on the interactive map. The projects include playgrounds. Canberra.bike discussed the renewal of playgrounds here recently.

“Play space upgrades
As part of the ACT Government’s Better Suburbs Program, a community-led Play Spaces Forum allocated $1.9 million to improve playgrounds. One key decision was the allocation of $350,000 for new nature play spaces to enhance Eddison Park in Woden and Glebe Park in the City. $150,000 was also set aside to build a nature play space in Farrer. Read all about the new nature play spaces here.”
Play space upgrades, ACT Government, accessed 25 June 2020

Tags ACT Government, active travel, Better Suburbs Program, maps, play space, playground, TCCS

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Canberra Nature Park: cycling welcome

Post author By woodfloats
Post date 2020-05-20
12 Comments on Canberra Nature Park: cycling welcome

Cooleman Ridge, Canberra Nature Park

In 2019 the Environment, Planning and Sustainable Development Directorate (Environment) released the Canberra Nature Park Draft Reserve Management Plan. The Murrumbidgee corridor, the Molonglo River Reserve, the Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve and the Namadgi National Park are not part of Canberra Nature Park. The Canberra Nature Park reserves are ideal for recreational cycling.

Tags ACT Government, Canberra Centenary Trail, Canberra Nature Park, EPSDD, Komoot, management trail, maps, Molonglo River Reserve, Mount Ainslie, Mount Majura, OpenStreetMap, The Pinnacle, Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve

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Komoot and navigation around Canberra

Post author By woodfloats
Post date 2020-05-08
13 Comments on Komoot and navigation around Canberra

Swans feeding, Gungahlin, Photo credit - Joy Studio @joy.studio

I am not going to do product reviews on canberra.bike unless it is a problem specific to Canberra. At this stage, I cannot imagine that that will happen often. Canberra.bike is all about getting around Canberra with a bike, and sometimes we need to be quite determined to make it work. The missing links and patchy network do not make it easier. This is nothing new, and that the ACT Government is slow to fix the problem is also nothing new.

Without good directional signage, getting around Canberra requires you to take a map. The best map for the ACT is OpenStreetMap. You will need to take this map with you on your ride, and the easiest way to do this is to use a smartphone. Komoot is the best app for cycling with OpenStreetMap and also provides turn by turn navigation. You can plan your trip on the move with nothing but your smartphone. Komoot and OpenStreetMap are free.

Tags app, cycling computers, Garmin, GPS, Komoot, Lezyne, maps, navigation, OpenStreetMap, Wahoo