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Public’s penchant for ‘destination’ playgrounds proceeds apace
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Once upon a time, a playground was complete if it had a metal slide, monkey bars, swings and a big concrete pipe.
Today, it’s almost compulsory to include trampolines, rock climbing walls, flying foxes and water play areas.
There’s a castle, too: the centrepiece of Thomas Street Playground in Hampton is a three-level castle.
Credit:Scott McNaughton
Budgets for these schmick mini-villages often exceed $1 million. Users share intel on social media and will cross Melbourne to visit a hotspot.
Jarrod Reedie
The Australian Institute of Landscape Architects (AILA) has announced this year’s honours list for the 2021 Victoria Landscape Architecture Awards, with the winners of their respective categories praised for their collaborative and placemaking efforts, as well as a commitment to community.
AILA recognised seven Awards of Excellence and 11 Landscape Architecture awards spanning 13 categories, as those that went above and beyond the sole purpose of their project rewarded for their efforts.
The virtual event commended the outstanding individual contributions of architects to the profession, for their commitment to supporting public life as critical to both the revitalisation and recovery plan of Victoria’s cities and economy.
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Those who shun vaccine responsible for viral path
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IMMUNISATION
Those who shun vaccine responsible for viral path
I have observed anti-vaccination protesters holding up signs stating “Not anti-vax, pro-choice”. And this is of course true; as sovereign citizens in a vibrant democracy they should have every right to exercise their own choice. But I am sure they will agree that with rights come responsibilities. Modern genetic tracing is marvellously exact and the pathways of viral infections through a population can be traced. Therefore those people who of their own choice do not take the available precautions to avoid viral infection have the responsibility to pay for all costs of treatment for themselves (but of course they must have the right to choose