Yarramundi & Navua Reserve Plan of Management

Hawkesbury City Council is preparing a Plan of Management for Yarramundi Reserve and Navua Reserve, located at the junction of the Grose and Hawkesbury-Nepean Rivers. The plan will guide future use, management and long-term recreational opportunities for the reserves.

Members of the community are invited to drop-in to Yarramundi Reserve or Navua Reserve on Saturday, 6 March to meet Council staff and the consultant team developing the Plan of Management.

As part of its community consultation, Council recently invited community members to complete questionnaires about the Plan of Management for Yarramundi Reserve and the Navua Reserve. Preliminary results from the recent community surveys and a site analysis will be available at the community drop ins. Council staff and the consultant team will also be seeking feedback on potential solutions to the issues raised.

Community drop ins:

• Yarramundi Reserve, Saturday, 6 March, 10am-midday at the picnic area

Springwood Road, Yarramundi, northern side

• Navua Reserve, Saturday, 6 March, 1pm-2pm, 271 Grose River Road, Grose Wold.

Preliminary results showed that survey respondents think that both reserves are beautiful, natural, quiet and safe recreation areas and ‘beaches’ for the local and wider community to swim, picnic, walk, canoe/kayak, fish, and to take their dogs and horses to exercise and swim. 258 submissions were received for Yarramundi Reserve and 163 submissions for Navua Reserve.

The top issues and suggestions for both reserves include:

• increased, better parking
• more bins, empty bins more often
• more picnic and barbecue facilities, shelters
• clean up fallen trees and other flood debris
• increased and improved paths and walking tracks
• weed management.

For Yarramundi Reserve, respondents also frequently raised the need to improve carpark entries, fix potholes, provide parking spaces for horse floats and trailers, more/better toilets, and better ways to share the space between people, dogs and horses.

Respondents who use Navua Reserve also frequently suggested a play space for children, a shower/tap to rinse off sand, planting and revegetation.

More information about the Plan of Management is available on Council’s website www.hawkesbury.nsw.gov.au via the Have Your say tab or the link www.yourhawkesbury-yoursay.com.au For any enquiries about Yarramundi Reserve and Navua Reserve, please contact Council’s Parks and Recreation Manager on (02) 4560 4444 or email enquiries to council@hawkesbury.nsw.gov.au

Members of the community are invited to drop-in to Yarramundi Reserve or Navua Reserve on Saturday 6 March to meet Council staff and the consultant team developing the Plan of Management for the reserves.

Information will be available on the preliminary results from the recent community survey and site analysis. Feedback on potential solutions to issues raised will be sought.

Drop in to:

Yarramundi Reserve, Saturday 6 March, 10am – 12pm, picnic area on the northern side

Navua Reserve, Saturday 6 March, 1pm – 2pm

Please note that the plans will be guiding documents, their main purpose is to ensure that any future works within the park will be consistent with the overall vision for the park. It is not anticipated that development of the park will be completed in the short to medium term.

For more information please contact Council’s Parks and Recreation Manager on (02) 4560 4444.

Hawkesbury City Council is developing a joint Plan of Management for Yarramundi Reserve and Navua Reserve, located at the confluence of the Grose, Nepean and Hawkesbury Rivers. . This plan will guide how the reserves may be used, managed and developed in the future. Community consultation is a vital part of the planning process and your contribution is welcomed.

Have your say about how you use Yarramundi and/or Navua Reserve, how you would like to use them in future, and any changes you’d like to see to the parks.

Fill out an online survey by completing the questionnaire found under the Survey tab.

Alternatively you can have your say by any of the following methods:

• Email: council@hawkesbury.nsw.gov.au
• Mail: PO Box 146, Windsor NSW 2756

The last day for the receipt of submissions is Monday, 15 February 2021.

For more information please contact Council’s Parks and Recreation Manager on (02) 4560 4444.