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Current projects accepting community feedback and submissions
Open A new community recreation precinct at Smiths Lake Recreation Reserve to transform vacant open space into a welcoming gathering place for families, children, and visitors.
Learn more about Recreation Reserve Upgrade MasterPlan
Open Festival Recap - A weekend celebration of local art and community
Learn more about Pacific Palms Art Festival
Open A progressive community website and platform for communication, project and engagement activity focused on Smiths Lake Village and surrounding areas.
Learn more about VillageFirst Website - Smiths Lake
Open Coordinated volunteer works program for weed management and bush regeneration, focused on Smiths Lake foreshore, village green spaces, and bush walking trail maintenance.
Learn more about Landcare & Bush Regeneration
Open A new purpose-built station for the Pacific Palms RFS brigade — a $2.256 million NSW Government investment, with early earthworks underway and completion targeted before the next bushfire season.
Learn more about Rural Fire Service - New Premises
Open High-Water Trail: A 12.6km bush walking trail connecting Tarbuck Bay, Smiths Lake Village foreshore, and Cellito Beach Boardwalk. Graded 2 to 3, the High-Water Trail links many long-established foreshore tracks into a single, cohesive walk - currently in development.
Learn more about Foreshore High-Water Walking Trail- Smiths L
Open A new 200m² pump track, designed for all ages and skill levels, will transform an under utilised space at Smiths Lake Recreation Reserve into a vibrant hub for the community.
Learn more about Pump Track Project (Skate Park)
Open A central open-air gathering, events and performance space within the Smiths Lake Recreation Reserve
Learn more about Village Green & Event Space
Open Bluey’s Beach Village Centre — Have Your Say on Two Competing Design Options
Learn more about Bluey’s Beach Village Survey - Concept Designs
Open Art Sculpture Garden: A community initiated concept design for the Arts & Sculpture Garden for the Recreation Reserve, Paradise Drive, Smiths Lake. Proposed facilities include: Sculpture Installations; Easy Access Pathways and Seating; Designed to foster ‘Open Air’ art observation, and activities.
Learn more about Sculpture Garden
Open Three local Smiths Lake artists present their distinct yet interconnected perspectives of the landscape they call home.
Learn more about Exhibition: Three Artists - One Place
Open PLAYGROUND COMPLETED: A community initiated, upgrade to the play equipment at the John Debert Reserve / Frothy Coffee precinct. FURTHER PLANNED: Renewal of derelict stairs to foreshore, Erosion control of foreshore, Extension of pathways to connect facilities, Removal of weed infestation, Native replanting to foreshore, Connecting foot bridge to walking trails.
Learn more about Playground Precinct UpgradeA short, anonymous survey from the Hunter New England & Central Coast PHN on local health needs and service gaps.
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