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Project overview

The Master Plan for Barwon Heads Village Park was endorsed by Council on Tuesday 26 October 2021. The Master Plan provides the vision and goals for the park. It looks to ensure the character of the park is well defined and maintained. The plan also supports several key infrastructure upgrades that will be required over time to support the demands of sporting and community groups using the precinct.

Key themes identified within the plan were to ‘protect open space and character of the park from over-development’ and develop ‘sustainable pavilions’.

An upgrade to the Barwon Heads Bowling Club Pavilion was supported within the plan, with the project recently receiving funding contributions from the Australian and Victorian Governments, along with the City of Greater Geelong. Construction for this project is soon to commence.

The success of the Master Plan has largely been due to the high level of community input sharing their aspirations for the park to ensure it meets their needs and is a place they will continue to love.

As such, the City committed to consulting with the community on the proposed aesthetic of the Bowling Club Pavilion prior to construction to ensure the design aesthetic and external treatments proposed are responsive to, and in keeping with, the local coastal village setting of the park.

Key Information relating to the Barwon Heads Bowling Pavilion Re-development

  • The new Barwon Heads Bowling Club pavilion will be developed thanks to funding contributions by the Australian Government ($500,000), Victorian Government ($200,000) and City of Greater Geelong ($500,000).
  • The Barwon Heads Bowling Club Pavilion will be designed and constructed in line with the building siting, design and development guidelines outlined in the adopted master plan.

The new building and works will occur within the indicative footprint for the new Barwon Heads Bowling club pavilion outlined in the Village Park Master Plan.

Additional landscaping and plantings surrounding the new building will see the building further nestle into the park as vegetation becomes more established.

  • The project requires the removal of 13 trees from the western side of the existing bowling green. Off-set replanting in the western area of the parkland will see 25 new, mature trees planted, all of which are of an indigenous species. Please refer to the “What trees are being removed and replanted?" section of the FAQ’s for further information on the planting plan for the project.
  • External design detailing includes the use of lightweight, natural materials and timber panelling. Simple detailing and muted colours have been chosen which blend into the casual, coastal landscape setting to ensure the new building will not be visually dominant within the park. Cemintel Timber and Monument Colourbond steel will both feature heavily in this design

Concept renders of the external aesthetics of the Barwon Heads Bowling Club pavilion are now available for community feedback.

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External renders of the new Barwon Heads Bowling Club Pavilion

The pavilion's design detailing includes lightweight, natural and timber materials, simple detailing and muted colours that blend in with the coastal landscape setting, so it is not visually dominant within the park. Cemintel Timber and Monument Colourbond will both feature heavily in this pavilion design.

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