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NSW Minister for Tourism, Sport and Recreation Sandra Nori unveiled a new aerial walkway that has transformed the historic Brickpit at Sydney Olympic Park into an ecological attraction.
The new-elevated circular walkway, which sits more than 18 metres above ground, encourages visitors to access the Brickpit from above while preserving the habitat of the endangered Green and Golden Bell frog.
“The aerial circular walkway is the best way of combining public access while at the same time complying with the many ecological and public safety constraints within the Brickpit,” Minister Nori said.
“The Brickpit Ring Walk opens up one of the last remaining restricted sections of Sydney Olympic Park to the public and provides visitors with a close-up view of the connections between the past, present and future of this historic site,” she said
Built nearly a century ago, the Brickpit employed hundreds of skilled labourers and produced some three billion bricks during its operational years, providing the raw building materials for much of Sydney’s suburban housing as well as many of the city’s public buildings including hospitals, schools and civic centres.
Plans to develop the Brickpit site as a tennis centre for the 2000 Olympic Games were abandoned after the discovery of an endangered Green and Golden Bell frog on the site. On the threatened species list, the Green and Golden Bell frog had established a natural habitat in the Brickpit, and thrived.
The new Ring Walk, which has a circumference of 550 metres, provides visitors with interpretive material linking the history of the Brickpit with the evolution of the Green and Golden Bell frog’s habitat along with the unique geology and the innovative water recycling initiatives at Sydney Olympic Park.
Work on the aerial Ring Walk was carried out by GMW Urban and was designed by award winning team of Durbach Block Architects, and Sue Barnsley Design, Landscape Architects.
Chief Executive Officer for Sydney Olympic Park Authority, Brian Newman says, “the Brickpit Ring will prove to be an iconic structure, enabling visitors to experience a unique ecological and historical part of Sydney as well as providing a genuine connection between Sydney Olympic Park’s new town centre and the parklands.”
“The new Ring Walk will also act as yet another enhancement of the many educational opportunities available to NSW school children at the Park,” he said.
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