Visualisation:Sandy Creek with Bird Hide to allow engagement with restored riparian habitat and nature play

NORMAN CREEK CATCHMENT GROUPSANDY CREEK • TARRAGINDIDRAFT STRATEGIC LANDSCAPE CONCEPT A COMMUNITY’S STRATEGIC VISION FOR ITS FUTURE

© Ashley Nicholson Landscape Architect | www.ashleynicholson.com.au Draft Strategic Landscape Concept Plan: Sandy Creek • Tarragindi (30/11/2012) | Norman Creek Catchment Group (www.n4c.org.au) | 1 of 1

THE VISION ...Sandy Creek in this location was once a healthy creek ecosystem, fringed by a diverse range of subtropical native plants, a corridor and home for wildlife. Today, Sandy Creek can sometimes be hard to find as it weaves its way from Toohey Forest, through Tarragindi, through reserves and parks, past Josie and Leo’s corner store on Sexton Street, buried under the grass in a pipe. Sandy Creek then runs into Norman Creek just near the Freeway!

Imagine Sandy Creek bought to the surface again, freed from its concrete prison, running naturally, fringed with water purifying reeds, butterflies and shade-giving native plants, a fresh water habitat for native wildlife. We could plant the plants together in community partnership projects with local schools and kindies and together learn about ecosystems and water quality improvment and stewardship of land.

Imagine having a coffee off a new shady back deck at Josie and Leo’s, while the kids play in the new addition nature-water play park. Imagine a shady car park to replace the existing unsealed one on Laura with grass swales to reduce erosion before entering the creek. What if there was a toilet for us all to use!

� Design to ensure flood conveyance to acheive velocity control and integration for lower catchment flood management� Restore Sandy Creeks riparian plantings through the park and develope mechanisms to engage and educate the local community, residents and schools groups.

‘TO DO’ LIST:

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New FarmCBD

EastBrisbane

Coorparoo

Camp Hill

NormanPark

Greenslopes

Tarragindi

Holland Park

Holland Park West

Mt Gravatt

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SITE LOCATION

Sandy Creek

1 Josie and Leo’s corner store and proposed BIG URBAN DECK (B.U.D)Community partner project

2 Sandy Creek with nature play space themed around the creek

3 Provide more shelters and seating for dog off-leash area

4 Extend plantings to provide habitat and clean water

5 Seal carpark and provide shady trees and bio-swales to clean runoff before entering creek

6 Outdoor classroom and toilet(Locate for sewer pipe)

7 Install fauna habitat nesting boxes,made locally

8 Improve treatment of stormwater runoff with natural systems

9 Install raingardens and swales to clean the water off the road

10 Bird Hide

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Cracknell Rd

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Deck Bus

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HIGHPERFORMANCEEDUCATION SITE

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Scupture by local artist helped by the community who worked on the project celebrates the restored ,healthy ecosystem...

‘FLOW’sculpture

This Draft Landscape Concept Plan has been developed by the Norman Creek Catchment Group, a not-for-profit community organisation. The concept design requires hydraulic study and underground services located.