Natural
Connection
As we investigated the CBD and its surrounding neighbourhoods, we also considered the natural spaces surrounding the Lismore CBD and how to connect them.
Browns Creek
We see an opportunity to return Brown’s Creek to a functional community-centred water system from its reduced role as stormwater transport. A naturalised creek will be a lively active and passive transport corridor, a community gathering place, a habitat for urban wildlife populations, as well as a highly functional piece of urban stormwater infrastructure.
Greenway
Beginning with Brown’s Creek, a greenway system is created to connect the CBD effectively to surrounding areas. It will include active transport (paths for bikes and pedestrians), water management and vegetation for habitat, shade and amenity. The extension of the regional rail trail becomes part of this network and also supports new opportunities for sustainable tourism enterprises.
Examples of potential activation
A newly naturalised creek, in Hanlon Park Brisbane, has become a thriving place for people, thanks to a design that responds to Country, community and ecology. Photo by Christopher Frederick Jones
Sowerby Park, Yorkshire UK is a 7.5 hectare green space with a 1km fitness trail, a sustainable drainage system, bike trails, a bmx park and allotments.
Urban greenways can combine naturalised watercourses with cycle and pedestrian infrastructure and urban parks. Johnston’s Creek Annandale Sydney.