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Towards a swimmable and liveable Yarra (Birrarung)

Towards a swimmable and liveable Yarra (Birrarung) - Has Ended

 20 Jan, 2018 - 20 Jan, 2018
 Sat 11:00am - Sat 1:00pm
 Saint Kilda Road
  Melbourne, VIC
  Community
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Swimming, floating, playing in the Yarra River (Birrarung)? Nope, we’re not joking—currently in Melbourne, a number of community-led projects are working hard to activate the Yarra’s inner-city reaches. Though each of the projects are different, they all have one aim in common: to restore the river so it can be used for on- and in-water activities that can a) benefit health and wellbeing, b) drive investment to green infrastructure, and c) attract more people to our beautiful, vibrant city.

These projects, along with recent Victorian Government initiatives to improve protection of the Yarra (Birrarung), present a special opportunity to think about what’s next for the river.

Led by YarraPools—the team behind the proposal to construct a permanent swimming pool in the Yarra in Melbourne’s CBD—in conjunction with the Inflatable Regatta, the Yarra River Keeper, Cremorne.co and the North Wharf wetlands proposal this workshop and discussion will explore community views of the Yarra. Come down to workshop new and existing concepts, and to have your say in how we might reframe the possibilities of our precious waterways.

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 Yarra Poolsorganiser

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Perhaps nothing defines Melbourne and its people more than the Yarra River (Birrarung). Inspired by successful urban river swimming projects globally and here in Australia, Yarra Pools is a community-led proposal to reintroduce recreation and water-play to the lower Yarra and, in doing so, to transform an underused section of the iconic river’s northern bank into a thriving community facility. This riverside precinct will be active, vibrant and accessible to all, bringing people a perspective of the river not seen since the middle of last century. The global movement towards reviving urban river swimming and the growing demand for healthy waterways have gone hand-in-hand. Cities around the world are re-connecting with their rivers and harbours and it’s the people driving change. Yarra Pools aims to bring people back to the river by advocating a swimmable and therefore healthy waterway, all the while celebrating a unique site’s cultural history.

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