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Current Events

WA Parkour Webinar: Design, Management and Activation
8 February 2022 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

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QLD Technical Site Tour The Mill Playspace
10 February 2022 8:00 am - 10:00 am

PLA Queensland in partnership with Moreton Bay Regional Council, O2LA, and Playscape Creations are pleased to host our members, industry stakeholders and guests at Technical Site Tour of multi-award-winning playspace at The Mill Parkland, Petrie.

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QLD WEBINAR Why you must enter the PLA QLD 2022 Awards of Excellence
15 February 2022 11:00 am - 12:00 pm

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VIC/TAS 2021 Region Conference IN22
18 February 2022 9:00 am - 4:30 pm
QLD Technical Site Tour - Mitchelton Football Club Field
24 February 2022 8:00 am - 10:00 am
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Parks Week 2022
5 March 2022 - 13 March 2022
NSWACT Honeysuckle Park, Newcastle Habour foreshore redevelopment
9 March 2022 10:30 am - 2:00 pm
QLD PLA+AILA+APAF Parks Forum
10 March 2022 7:30 am - 10:00 am
VIC/TAS industry Talk
23 March 2022 10:00 am - 11:00 am

NSWACT 2022 Region Conference - Lismore
10 May 2022 - 12 May 2022 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
QLD 2022 Region Conference - Gladstone
17 May 2022 - 19 May 2022 12:00 pm - 10:30 pm

PLA National Conference 2022, Melbourne
16 October 2022 - 19 October 2022 9:00 am - 5:00 pm

QLD Irrigation Design for Fields of Play and their Surrounds
6 October 2021 11:00 am - 12:00 pm

What are the key factors for creating and delivering successful irrigation design? Does local climate matter and how is it considered in the design for fields of play and their surrounds? Come learn about what makes an irrigation system perform at its best, under local site conditions, and what other options are available. Troy's presentation will be followed by 20 minutes for Q&A.
VIC/TAS Industry Talk - Developing and Managing Multipurpose Courts
20 October 2021 10:00 am - 11:00 am

WA Playspace Technical Tour - North East
12 November 2021 9:30 am - 3:00 pm
VIC/TAS Industry Talk - Metropolitan Regional Parks: back on the agenda!
17 November 2021 10:00 am - 11:00 am
QLD Transforming Spaces for Australian Sport & Recreation Areas
18 November 2021 11:00 am - 12:00 pm

Increasing demand for sport and recreation infrastructure brings challenges in providing sport and recreation areas where there seems to be limited spaces available. This webinar may help you reconsider existing opportunities and support provision of new infrastructure, and includes a 20-minute Q&A session with Patrick about the opportunities, challenges, and potential solutions for transforming spaces for sport and recreation areas.
VIC/TAS Parks Field Day
30 November 2021 8:00 am - 1:30 pm

VIC/TAS Thomas Street Playground Redevelopment Seminar
2 December 2021 8:45 am - 12:30 pm
VIC/TAS Multipurpose Facilities on Show - Monash University
7 December 2021 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
QLD Pests in Our Greenspaces - Winning the Battle with Fire Ants
8 December 2021 11:00 am - 12:00 pm

Fire Ants are rapidly becoming a major issue for greenspace managers and landscape contractors in Queensland. This webinar may help you gain a clear understanding of what to look-out for and when detected, how to treat for them, is essential to ensure the response is undertaken in the most effective, environmentally responsible, and economical manner. It includes a 20-minute Q&A session with Peter about the opportunities, challenges, and potential solutions for transforming spaces for managing Fire Ants in our public greenspace areas.
NSWACT Around our PLAce: Pests, diseases and biosecurity; how the Royal Botanic Gardens is at the frontline of survelliance
9 December 2021 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm