Walking SA

Our submission on the Greater Adelaide Regional Plan. We have been busy gathering our thoughts to reflect how the State can be more walkable and make living locally a priority for the State and a mandate for developers. Our population is also changing. Household composition is changing. What people need or want from their housing is changing. This means we need to offer more housing choices. The Greater Adelaide Regional Plan (the GARP) Discussion Paper explores the how and where to accommodate more people and future population growth, and jobs associated with that growth. Read our submission here: http://bit.ly/3NW1wli Learn more about the Greater Adelaide Regional Plan: https://bit.ly/3NTl75B

It's time for the 2024 Walking SA Walking Awards spotlight to shine on an outstanding volunteer advocate for walking in SA, Albert Kuster! Rod Quintrell, Chair Walking SA, presented the "Outstanding Individual Contribution of Volunteer to Walking" award to for his advocacy campaign for making the Belair National Park rail crossing safe. Albert organised a protest at the National Park entrance, engaged with the local State MP and locals. With the help of Walking SA and State Government support, he hopes that this crossing can be made safe for everybody, including train drivers, and that walking groups will always be able to use the crossing. Catherine Hutchesson MP #ARTC #Belair #safecrossing Read more: https://lnkd.in/g97bGxks

Congratulations to the Adelaide Park Lands Association for being judged the winner of the "Walking for Recreation: Supporting South Australians accessing green open space for walking" award at our 2024 Walking SA Walking Awards. The award is in recognition of the completion of the full set of Trail Guides to the Adelaide Park Lands through an eight-year labour of love. People can choose from the 29 Trail Guides and undertake a self-guided walk in one of the City of Adelaide’s 29 parks that form the city’s green parkland belt. See the brochures here: https://lnkd.in/gCzAxpry Find out more about the Walking SA Walking Awards: https://lnkd.in/gYAazV3r

The winner of the 2024 Walking SA Walking Award in the category of 'Walking for Health: Supporting South Australians’ health and wellbeing through walking' is the Murray Bridge Community Centre/ The Haven and The Murray Bridge Wellbeing Hub. The award was presented by Gabrielle Fisher, Preventive Health SA. Their Walking Netball initiative connects the general population and older people with the ability to play and participate in a modified walking version of sport, irrespective of capacity, ability or age. Read more: https://lnkd.in/gwmacD2Z Walking SA has initiated annual awards to recognise sustained and outstanding contribution to walking at all levels throughout South Australia. Many volunteers and others have contributed to South Australia’s great walking trails, waling clubs, and walking promotion and opportunities for health, wellbeing, recreation and tourism. If you know of someone who should be considered for an award please do consider nominating them, nominations are taken throughout the year.

"Many Australians feel drawn to explore the bush on foot. Bushwalking offers a chance to escape the city, forge friendships, explore beautiful scenery and keep our bodies and minds healthy. But the bushwalking track wasn’t always a place where women felt welcome." We thought we'd share this article to illustrate the difficulties our trailblazing women faced in days gone by. The images are a stunning and inspirational peek into the past. https://lnkd.in/gmmKMsBX

The 2024 award winner of the Walking SA Walking Awards in the category of 'Outstanding Group or Individual Contribution to advance walking inclusivity' is the Bhutanese Healthy Walking group! The Bhutanese Healthy Walking group (walk organisers Ambika & Indira Dulal) awarded for promoting and encouraging cultural diversity and participation. With 9,910 registered walks with the Heart Foundation, they are the ‘go to’ CALD (Culturally and Linguistically Diverse) community group (nationally). Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gEhuviUy

🏆 Let's shine a spotlight on our Walking Awards 2024 award winners! The winner of the 'Walking for Transport: Supporting South Australians making short trips by walking' category is the City of Adelaide. Awarded for the Hutt Street Entry Statement, a City of Adelaide project with support from the South Australian Government. The Hutt Street Entry Statement supports more people to walk/wheel along Hutt Road to access the Hutt Street Main Street precinct, with new paths and significantly safer and more comfortable crossings. Find out more: https://lnkd.in/g2vWbkpf

The State Planning Commission (the Commission) has released the Greater Adelaide Regional Plan (the Plan) and want to hear from community, councils and industry on how we sustainably prepare for future growth. The Plan set outs a long-term vision for Greater Adelaide, detailing where people will live and work, how they will move around and where they will access services. It provides data and recommendations for managing growth and adapting to changes in our community and urban environment. Additionally, the Plan focuses on the maintenance of green spaces and tree canopies, modernising essential services and infrastructure, recognising neighbourhood character and prioritising environmental sustainability. Read more and complete the survey: https://lnkd.in/gfiiirX4

How do we solve a problem like congestion? Have you ever been tempted to leave the car and traffic behind and try public transport in Adelaide, only to find you can’t get where you need to be? What about a real contest of ideas? See the groundbreaking work from the Transport Action Network that have re-imagined our transport options to deliver a holistic public transport network by 2050. Contribute your ideas and let’s get moving: https://lnkd.in/gKecvRqR

Walking SA held its Annual General Meeting on Thursday 17th October at The Joinery in Franklin St, Adelaide, with an attendance of people from member clubs, organisations, supporters and the public. We greatly appreciate the attendance and engagement with those there on the night. Thank you to Kate Corner, Regional Ambassador, parkrun Australia, who presented on parkrun. Thanks to event sponsor Preventive Health SA and to Gabby Fisher who attended to present the Walking for Health Award which went to Murray Bridge Community Centre/ The Haven and The Murray Bridge Wellbeing Hub. The winners of the other categories were: Walking for Recreation Award - Adelaide Park Lands Association Walking for Transport Award - City of Adelaide Making Walking Inclusive Award - Bhutanese Healthy Walking Group Outstanding Individual Contribution of Volunteer to Walking - Albert Kuster Thankyou to everyone who nominated and for supporting walking in South Australia. Congratulations to the award winners and thank you for your outstanding efforts to support walking in our great state! Thanks to EXURBIA for their generous support with prizes across the evening. We'll shine a spotlight on each of our award winners over the coming weeks. Stay tuned!