For a full recap of our year’s activities, including links to individual event recaps, download our 2024/25 Annual Report below.
Our region offers a dedicated place for members to receive support, engage, learn, mentor, and network. We provide an immersive program of events and initiatives, both in-person and online, year-round.
This year we delivered more than 14 events to over 1,000 attendees including:
- AUGUST 2024: AusPlay Data Webinar
- AUGUST 2024: Leadership Program
- SEPTEMBER 2024: Melbourne Park Managers Forum
- OCTOBER 2024: Urban October Regional Seminars – Gippsland + Grampians
- OCTOBER 2024: Nature Play and Child Wellbeing Webinar
- DECEMBER 2024: Designing and Maintaining Grass Sports Fields Webinar
- DECEMBER 2024: Tree-friendly Pavements Webinar
- FEBRUARY 2025: Fair Access Summit
- MARCH 2025: Open Space Planners Network – Ruffey Lake Park Site Tour
- MARCH 2025: Costs with Designing + Building a Field of Play Webinar
- MARCH 2025: How to Become a Nature Stewards Host Webinar
- APRIL 2025: Melbourne Park Managers Forum – Bayside
- MAY 2025: Region Conference
- MAY 2025: Awards of Excellence Gala
It takes a collective effort to deliver this exciting calendar of events and we thank all of the presenters for volunteering their time to showcase the best our industry has to offer, and of course our program partners and sponsors who without them we couldn’t host this many events!
Parks and Leisure Australia VIC/TAS partners with like-minded organisations who are equally committed to strengthening communities and improving the lives of people through quality recreational places, facilities and programs. We were excited to announce our Region Partners for 2025:
- SPORTENG
- Green By Nature
- Marsupial Landscape Management
- Terrain Group
- Furphy Infrastructure Group
None of this was possible without our Region Council’s incredible leadership. I’m grateful for your unwavering dedication and selfless voluntary support of our industry. I’d like to extend a huge thanks to former Vice President Sam Taylor who finished his term this year and stepped away from the Region Council.
Andrea Szymanski, PLA Vic/Tas President