Award Year: 2023

The National Finalists showcase the excellent work of parks and leisure professionals who deliver enormous benefit to our communities. Finalists have been announced at events held across the country and national winners will be announced at the prestigious Awards of Excellence Gala dinner on Tuesday, 24 October 2023 in the magnificent William Magarey Room of Adelaide Oval

Utilising Artificial Intelligence to accurate compare changes in tree canopy health to enable accurate specific specimen physical analysis in reaction to health and other concerns.

Maali Borduck-Yen (Swan Active) Indigenous uniform. Our team recognised an opportunity to represent what it stands for, the diversity of cultures in our community and to celebrate Indigenous culture with […]

Collective Leisure – a business for good. Collective Leisure is Australia’s first social enterprise leisure management company. Pioneering as a certified social enterprise ‘business for good’ in the sport and […]

Innovation in Engaging with CALD. Council has collaborated with WBCF to deliver 10 week health and wellbeing programs comprising health education and physical activity 2 hours per week for Vitenamese […]

Bay Pavilions Arts and Aquatic Centre. Eurobodalla Shire Council (ESC) is a regional council on the New South Wales coastline, attracting more than 1.4 million tourists annually. In 2021, the […]

The Brimbank Aquatic and Wellness Centre is a brave new and exemplar regional facility approach that challenges the status quo of building and operating leisure centres and provides an exciting […]

Pimpama Sports Hub is a leading integrated sporting and community precinct. Featuring a world class aquatic centre, fitness centre, community centre, tennis and netball courts, event space and walking trail, […]

The City of Melville’s $9.6m Shirley Strickland Reserve Redevelopment, located in Ardross, completed and open to the community from June 2022, is home to an association of 5 sporting clubs […]

Wulanda Recreation + Convention Centre is a gathering place for all. Wulanda means ‘enjoy or cherish’ in Bunganditj language. The centre provides a large indoor aquatic space, community meeting and […]

Ebonee Armistead, a proud Wadawurrung woman and Community Engagement Ranger with Parks Victoria, is passionate about sharing her experience and knowledge about Wadawurrung culture and the importance of caring for […]