Jury comment
This blue-green infrastructure project delivers on a range of ecosystem services while creating an engaging local place. The design helps reconnect the local community to the natural water cycle through carefully designed viewing points, a network of pathways, and opportunities to interact with water. The jury was particularly impressed by the bird hide; referencing a traditional eel trap, it is the result of a process of engagement with Traditional Owners. The community has benefitted significantly from the input of landscape architects to this project.
Reimagining Tarralla Creek was built in Croydon, Victoria on the land of the Wurundjeri Woiwurrung people.
Project credits
Design practice GHD Woodhead First Nations cultural collaborator Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung Cultural Heritage Aboriginal Corporation Photographer David Hannah
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