Coolibah residents are already enjoying Tickner Reserve’s latest upgrades, which include a new path, barbecue equipment, exercise equipment, benches and a shelter.
Coolibah Community Care residents Eileen South, Fay Millman and Joyce O’Malley have already been inspecting the changes.
“It’s certainly an improvement. It was a bit of nothing before,” Ms South said.
Ms O’Malley said it was bit cold at the moment to make use of the barbecue facilities but was looking forward to entertaining family visitors around the barbecue in the spring.
One of the important improvements has been a path that links the park facilities to the Collibah Care facility.
“Many of our residents are in wheel chairs and this path will make this beautiful park accessible for all,” Cheryl Shenton said
Coolibah customer service officer Cheryl Shenton said the new park was accessible for all, which would benefit many of the wheel chair bound residents.
This project was a joint initiative between Coolibah and City of Mandurah, with funding from the Peel Development Commission – Local Projects Local Jobs funds.
Coolibah put in $35,000 plus $40,000 from the Local Projects Local Jobs Fund, and the City of Mandurah provided $20,000 through the same fund, plus project coordination and staff time.
The final design was created by the City of Mandurah in house landscape architect team.
Mandurah chief executive officer Mark Newman said this is a good example of cooperation between the community, the [City of Mandurah] and the state Ggvernment.
“It important that we thank the Peel Development Commission for making significant funding available for this important project,” he said.
“This is only the first stage of this development, we are looking for more funds to be able to extend the path so it provides a circular walking path around the park, plus some special exercise equipment specially designed for our seniors.”
