Do you, your friends or family visit The Avenue Reserve in Athol Park or might in future? We would love to hear from you!
We are replacing the entire playground in The Avenue Reserve in the 2025/26 financial year.
We need your feedback to understand what's most important to you about the play spaces you visit and what would encourage your family to visit more often.
Read on for more information about the space, what's included in the playground renewal, and to look at examples of other playgrounds renewals of this size for inspiration. Then, please take a few minutes to help your children or young people in your life to share their play preferences using the online feedback form. The feedback shared will help shape the new playground, which will last for the next 15 to 20 years.
About the space
The Avenue Reserve is located along The Avenue and Gateshead Street in Athol Park. It includes a playground (accessible through the reserve or via Gateshead Street/Blackwood Court), shelter with picnic setting and seating, bins, drinking fountain, lighting and a large, lawned open space area with irrigation and perimeter landscaping.
Dogs can be exercised in the reserve area, away from the playground, off-leash and parking adjacent the playground is available in Blackwood Court.
The playground is a 'Neighbourhood' level playground. Neighbourhood playgrounds should have good quality 'standard' play equipment, an appealing landscape, and may include some special play features for young people to enjoy.
What's included in the renewal?
The following elements are included for consideration in The Avenue Reserve playground renewal, dependent on the budget:
- All existing play equipment within the play space.
- Accessibility and inclusivity principles, for example, rubber softfall, access paths, and inclusive equipment for varying abilities and ages.
- More tree and shrub plantings, if suitable, to provide natural shade, increase our canopy cover, and for biodiversity and urban cooling.
- Additional/replacement seating or paths if deemed required.
Note: A playground shade structure is being considered here for construction in the same year as the play renewal, however this will be dependent on budget approval to deliver this. It is not guarenteed.
What's not included?
The following new or replacement reserve or amenity elements are not considered as part of a playground renewal process:
- Public amenities such as public toilets, shelters and picnic settings.
- Electric BBQ or drinking fountain, though these can be considered separately.
- Fixed shade structure/s over the playground, unless specifically included.
- Fitness equipment - this infrastructure is separate from playground infrastructure. Installation of fitness equipment is a dedicated project identified due to high demand or a dedicated budget.
- Sports accessories, such as goals, rings, hardcourts, etc. These are considered under a dedicated budget program if they're assessed as being suitable for or required for the site.
If you feel any of these elements need to be considered for this location, you can share this feedback on our Customer Portal by selecting 'Feedback' and specifying what you're requesting at this reserve and why. This feedback is considered in future reserve upgrades or improvements.
Otherwise, you can also contact your local elected member who may put in a request for the money under the annual budget process to have the improvement considered.
Existing Playground at The Avenue Reserve
What could a 'Neighbourhood' playground look like?
Below are images of other recently renewed Neighbourhood playgrounds to show what might be possible at The Avenue Reserve.
If you're looking for something to do these school holidays, you might like to visit some of these playgrounds to see what features you like the most.
The locations of the recently renewed playgrounds pictured below are:
- Sparrow Reserve Playground, Thirteenth Avenue, Woodville North
- Alton Reserve Playground, Reynell Street, Kilkenny
- Birkdale Reserve Playground, 26 St Andrews Way, West Lakes
- Devonshire Reserve Playground, Devonshire Avenue, Fulham Gardens
- Eileen Harris Reserve Playground, Cedar Avenue and Croydon Avenue, West Croydon
- Wilford Reserve Playground, Prior Avenue, Seaton
- Wastell Reserve Playground, Wastell Court & Arthur Street, Pennington
Contact Us
Have questions or want to learn more about a project, contact us below:
| Phone | (08) 8408 1111 |
|---|---|
| council@charlessturt.sa.gov.au | |
| Website | www.charlessturt.sa.gov.au |
| In writing | PO Box 1 |
