Seniors outdoor fitness equipment at Chittick Park, Seymour

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

Seymour's Chittick Park 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 the Mitchell Shire – the other two sites are The Elms Reserve in Kilmore and Beveridge Recreation Reserve.

Chittick Park, situated at 35 Pollard Street, Seymour, hosts a number of other recreational activities, sporting clubs and community facilities. This co-location will help promote awareness and participation among the different user groups.

View the landscape plan here

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

  • pull-ups
  • balance stool
  • calf raises
  • finger steps
  • core twister
  • balance beam
  • shoulder arch
  • ramp and net climb
  • step ups
  • push ups
  • sit to stand
  • stairs
  • 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, additional seating, new concrete paths, play space fencing and more trees for 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.

Seymour's Chittick Park 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 the Mitchell Shire – the other two sites are The Elms Reserve in Kilmore and Beveridge Recreation Reserve.

Chittick Park, situated at 35 Pollard Street, Seymour, hosts a number of other recreational activities, sporting clubs and community facilities. This co-location will help promote awareness and participation among the different user groups.

View the landscape plan here

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

  • pull-ups
  • balance stool
  • calf raises
  • finger steps
  • core twister
  • balance beam
  • shoulder arch
  • ramp and net climb
  • step ups
  • push ups
  • sit to stand
  • stairs
  • 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, additional seating, new concrete paths, play space fencing and more trees for 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 for Seymour

    17 responses

    The seniors outdoor fitness equipment to be installed at Chittick Park, Seymour, is part of a project that will also see stations installed at The Elms Reserve in Kilmore 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.