Lake Burley Griffin and Foreshores

High risk of destruction and devaluation of heritage values

·         integral part of design of Canberra

·         High aesthetic, social, scientific and historic heritage values

·         Important recreation and social site

·         Significant urban landscape

Lake Burley Griffin is as an essential landscape element of the early design of Canberra, the centre-piece for the National Capital and forms the immediate background of the national and parliamentary areas. It is a historically popular site for picnics, recreation and as a water-sport venue.

THREAT:

Inappropriate use and development, including strong pressure to allow a pedestrian/cycle bridge over West Basin which could be a precedent for further encroachment, and subsequent loss of heritage values.

DESIRED OUTCOME/VISION:

No development that impacts on heritage and visual significance of the Lake and shoreline until a comprehensive management plan covering entire foreshores and which considers assessed heritage values is fully developed.

FATE/OUTCOME:

Suffering