Seniors outdoor fitness equipment for Kilmore

Consultation has concluded. For more information on this project, please contact Council on 5734 6200. 

Kilmore's Elms Reserve will soon be home to outdoor fitness equipment specifically designed for seniors. The fitness station is part of a project that will see three seniors outdoor fitness equipment stations installed across Mitchell Shire – the other two sites are Chittick Park in Seymour and Beveridge Recreation Reserve.

The Elms Reserve, a linear park in The Elms Boulevard, Kilmore, is ideally located adjacent a retirement village. The proposed location for the seniors exercise park is across the path from the playground at the east end of the reserve.

See the landscape plan here.

The outdoor fitness station at Elms Reserve has been designed in consultation with the National Ageing Research Institute and will include:

  • pull-ups
  • balance stool
  • calf raises
  • core twister
  • balance beam
  • ramp and net climb
  • step ups
  • push ups
  • sit to stand
  • hip extension
  • toe taps on platform
  • hip abduction

Other proposed elements for the seniors exercise park include information signs on how to use the equipment, new undercover picnic tables, additional seating, paths and additional trees to provide more shade.

Council will contact residents near the proposed site directly, and the wider community is encouraged to provide input to refine the concept plans to help create the most welcoming and comfortable facilities possible.

How to get involved?

To provide input, please complete the survey below.

You can also send us a written submission by email to mitchell@mitchellshire.vic.gov.au or mail to Mitchell Shire Council, Reply Paid 70358, 113 High Street, Broadford, Vic, 3658 (no stamp required)

Alternatively, visit one of our Customer and Library Service Centres to view a hard copy or submit a hard copy submission.

FUNDING PARTNERS

This $300,000 project to install seniors' outdoor fitness equipment across three sites is made possible through $200,000 funding from Sport and Recreation Victoria’s new Facilities for Active Seniors Fund and $100,000 from Council.

MORE INFORMATION

For further information please call us on 5734 6200.

Survey closes 9am, Monday 8 November 2021.

Kilmore's Elms Reserve will soon be home to outdoor fitness equipment specifically designed for seniors. The fitness station is part of a project that will see three seniors outdoor fitness equipment stations installed across Mitchell Shire – the other two sites are Chittick Park in Seymour and Beveridge Recreation Reserve.

The Elms Reserve, a linear park in The Elms Boulevard, Kilmore, is ideally located adjacent a retirement village. The proposed location for the seniors exercise park is across the path from the playground at the east end of the reserve.

See the landscape plan here.

The outdoor fitness station at Elms Reserve has been designed in consultation with the National Ageing Research Institute and will include:

  • pull-ups
  • balance stool
  • calf raises
  • core twister
  • balance beam
  • ramp and net climb
  • step ups
  • push ups
  • sit to stand
  • hip extension
  • toe taps on platform
  • hip abduction

Other proposed elements for the seniors exercise park include information signs on how to use the equipment, new undercover picnic tables, additional seating, paths and additional trees to provide more shade.

Council will contact residents near the proposed site directly, and the wider community is encouraged to provide input to refine the concept plans to help create the most welcoming and comfortable facilities possible.

How to get involved?

To provide input, please complete the survey below.

You can also send us a written submission by email to mitchell@mitchellshire.vic.gov.au or mail to Mitchell Shire Council, Reply Paid 70358, 113 High Street, Broadford, Vic, 3658 (no stamp required)

Alternatively, visit one of our Customer and Library Service Centres to view a hard copy or submit a hard copy submission.

FUNDING PARTNERS

This $300,000 project to install seniors' outdoor fitness equipment across three sites is made possible through $200,000 funding from Sport and Recreation Victoria’s new Facilities for Active Seniors Fund and $100,000 from Council.

MORE INFORMATION

For further information please call us on 5734 6200.

Survey closes 9am, Monday 8 November 2021.

  • CLOSED: This survey has concluded. The responses from the survey and further community consultation and engagement will inform the development of the final designs. For more information on this project, please contact council on 5734 6200.

    Seniors Outdoor Fitness Equipment

    13 responses

    The seniors outdoor fitness equipment to be installed at The Elms Reserve, Kilmore, is part of a project that will also see stations installed at Seymour's Chittick Park and the Beveridge Recreation Reserve.

     The proposed elements include:

    • Pull-ups, balance stool, core twister, balance beam, ramp and net climb, step ups, push ups and hip extensions.

    The equipment will be gender neutral and inclusive and will feature rubber under surfacing.

    Online survey

    You can take part in our online survey here.

    Prefer hard copy?

    • Download and print a hard copy survey form from this website.
    • Pick up a hard copy survey from a Customer and Library Service Centre in Broadford, Kilmore, Seymour or Wallan.
    • Send us a written submission by email to mitchell@mitchellshire.vic.gov.au or mail to Mitchell Shire Council, Reply Paid 70358, 113 High Street, Broadford, Vic, 3658 (no stamp required)
    • Drop a hard copy survey to our Customer and Library Service Centres
    Survey closes 9am, Monday 8 November 2021.



    Consultation has concluded. For more information on this project, please contact Council on 5734 6200.