Australia Park - Proposed Improvements

About this project

Australia Park is located on the corner of Wodonga Place and Ebden Street, South Albury adjacent to Oddies Creek Park and the historic Turks Head Building.

This project is in response to feedback from community consultation in 2017 for improved facilities, parking and pedestrian connectivity between Australia Park, Oddies Creek Play Space and the other riverside park areas.

The proposed works at Australia Park will improve the visitor experience to the riverside parks and involve the following elements:

• Construction of a 65 space car park with four disabled car parks (originally 80 car spaces)
• include lighter coloured coating to the car park to reduce the heat sink effect
• Oddies Creek Park/Australia Park linking pedestrian bridge
• Realignment and upgrade of the South Albury levee bank through Australia Park
• Reconstruction of Ebden Street with improved parking
• Landscaping including picnic shelter with provision for future barbecue, linking pathways and tree planting (18 trees)
• Converting existing gravel car parks (Oddies Creek Park and Wodonga Place) and temporary access road back to green space
• New service vehicle creek crossing
• Removal of 21 predominately exotic trees (prior to design amendments 24 trees were identified for removal)
• Revegetation of section of Oddies Creek with 70 native trees and 120 native shrubs to improve biodiversity and the riparian habitat for a range of native animals
• identify and progress additional tree planting opportunities that won’t encroach or impact the integrity of the levee bank

South Albury Levee bank project

Historically, Albury has experienced periodic flooding events due to significant rainfall and/or high river levels. A series of flooding events in the 1970s prompted the construction of the existing South Albury Levee (commissioned in 1976). Smaller events have occurred more recently in 2010 and 2016 and are estimated to be approximately a 20% Annual Exceedance Probability (AEP) and 10% AEP respectively.

Council completed a series of flood studies and following this developed the Albury Floodplain Risk Management Study and Plan. The study recommended a number of initiatives/actions to be undertaken to improve the flood resilience of the community while improving environmental outcomes.

This project involves the increasing the height and realignment of the South Albury Levee that traverses through Australia Park in order to allow the proposed car park to be constructed.

Oddies Creek Park/ Australia Park Linking footbridge

A new pedestrian bridge linking Australia Park Carpark to Oddies Creek Park play space is required enabling pedestrians and cycles to cross Oddies Creek. The 17m bridge with a concrete deck, timber posts and steel rails will improve access to the popular play space.

Key Documents

The key documents associated with the project are listed below:

• Review of Environmental Factors [173.29 MB | PDF] (Updated May 2025)
• Australia Park Project - Civil designs [18.63 MB | PDF] (Rev H)
• Australia Park Project - Flood Levee civil designs [6.21 MB | PDF]
• Australia Park Project - Flood Levee structural designs [889.63 KB | PDF]
• Australia Park Project - Pedestrian bridge designs [5.05 MB | PDF] (updated May 2025)
• Australia Park Project - Electrical designs [806.07 KB | PDF] (Updated May 2025)
• Australia Park Project - Shelter designs [1.8 MB | PDF]
• Australia Park Project - Biodiversity Assessment [4.53 MB | PDF]
• Australia Park Project - Arborcultural Impact Assessment [5.83 MB | PDF] (Notes added May 2025)
• Australia Park Project - Aboriginal Due Diligence Assessment [84.97 MB | PDF]
• Australia Park Project - Landscape design [1.92 MB | PDF] (Updated May 2025)
• Australia Park Project - Erosion and Sediment Control Plan [1.8 MB | PDF]
• Australia Park Project - Tree assessment plan [2.07 MB | PDF]
• Australia Park Project - Oddies Creek Revegetation Plan [4.53 MB | PDF]

Project Updates

31 October 2025

Site fencing has been erected and tree protection zones established.  Tree removal is also underway.

27 October 2025

Works have begun on the Australia Park redevelopment. Please note, Ebden St from Wodonga Place to Noreuil Parade is closed for duration of the works. Entry and parking for the foreshore and Oddies Creek Play Space is via Noreuil Parade and the bridge west of the playground.

26 September 2025

At the Council meeting held on 22 September 2025 Council resolved to accept the tender from Excell Gray Bruni Pty Ltd for the construction phase of the project. On-ground works are scheduled to commence at the end of October

5 July 2025

The designs have been amended to meet Councils resolution below. The construction tender was advertised this week and closes 31 July. Below is the outline the amendments to the car park layout.

10 December 2024

At Last night's Council meeting, Council considered the feedback received through the public exhibition period and resolved to:

a. receive and note the feedback received through the Australia Park Car Park, Pedestrian Bridge and Levee Bank Upgrade project public exhibition process;

b. amend the designs of the Australia Park Car Park, Pedestrian Bridge and Levee Bank Upgrade project to include a maximum of 65 car spaces including 4 disabled car spaces, a commensurate reduction in paved area, and lighter coloured coating to the car park to reduce the heat sink effect;

c. at the conclusion of the construction phase, identify and progress additional tree planting opportunities that won’t encroach or impact the integrity of the levee bank; and,

d. recommence the tender process with a view to awarding a contract for the Australia Park Car Park, Pedestrian Bridge and Levee Bank Upgrade project.

Investigations into the options to reduce the car space number has commenced. Once an agreed reduced layout is known modifications to the detailed designs can commence.

26 February 2024

At the Council meeting held on 26 February 2024, Council resolved:

That Council endorse the Stakeholder Engagement Plan for the ‘Australia Park car park, pedestrian bridge, and levee bank reconstruction’ project, and move into public exhibition for 28 days to seek further community feedback on the project.

Council report and Stakeholder engagement plan [1.38 MB | PDF]

28 November 2023

The Construction tender was present to Council at the Council meeting held on the 27 November 2023.  Council resolved the following:

a. in accordance with Clause 178(3) Local Government (General) Regulations 2021, not accept any of the tender submissions for Contract No. 21/02476 Australia Park Car Park and Levee Construction Works;

b. places the Australia Park Car Park and Levee Construction Concept Plan on public exhibition for 28 days;

c. considers a concept plan for endorsement in 2024 prior to recommencing the tender process for the project contract; and

d. invite, in accordance with section 167, 168 or 169 Local Government (General) Regulations 2021, fresh tender submissions based on the same or different details.

6 October 2023

Construction tender has been advertised and closes on 17 October.

27 January 2023

Detailed design is complete and awaiting determination of the Review of Environmental Factors.

29 April 2022

Finalisation of the detailed design and  Review of Environmental Factors continues.

25 March 2022

Detail designs are being finalised with the Review of Environmental Factors nearing completion.