There’s a new place to play in Bulleen! Manningham’s newest sporting and recreation facility, Powerful Owl Park, is now open for enthusiastic local soccer players and community.

It features:

• three soccer fields (two natural turf and one synthetic pitch) 
• a sports pavilion with tiered seating and player change rooms, umpire and first aid amenities 
• 176 car park spaces
• a nature play area; and, 
• walking and cycling connections to the Yarra River. 

The new facility adds to our thriving network of local places where people of all ages, genders and skill levels can participate in soccer and other activities.

Participation in sports is important for a healthy, vibrant and connected community. For young people, it can provide the opportunity to develop valuable lifelong skills like resilience, teamwork, leadership and communication. Adults often find camaraderie and exercise through sport. 

We negotiated a commitment from State Government to deliver this facility in response to the North East Link Program’s impact to our community facilities at Bulleen Park.

The project was delivered by the Victorian Government’s Project Delivery Agency, Development Victoria, with construction contractor 2Construct. Our Recreation and Leisure team will manage usage of the new facilities. 

Powerful Owl Park is located at 27-59 Templestowe Road in Bulleen. 

For North East Link construction information and updates, call 1800 105 105 or visit the Big Build website.

We’re inviting Expressions of Interest to join the Manningham Flooding and Stormwater Management Community Reference Panel, for its second two-year term.

This is your chance to make an impact on how we sustainably manage our water resources, care for our environment and manage flood risk into the future.

All Manningham residents and property owners are welcome to apply.

Learn more and submit an expression of interest via our Flooding and Stormwater Management Your Say Manningham page.

The expression of interest process will close at 11.59pm on Friday 29 November 2024. 

Since declaring a Climate Emergency in 2020, we’ve been working hard to reach our zero emission targets for Council by 2028 and the community by 2035.

Now, we’re proud to release an implementation update on our Climate Emergency Response Plan, which details the progress we’ve made, what’s next and how you can get involved.

Our big wins

From electrifying our facilities to decreasing landfill waste, we’ve accelerated our climate action in the past four years.

In turn, we’re enhancing the liveability of Manningham and promoting community health and wellbeing. We’re also boosting the resilience of our natural and built environments, as well as the local economy.  

We’re proud to have: 

• reduced landfill waste by more than 50 per cent since introducing Food Organics Garden Organics (FOGO) bins
• converted all Council-owned facilities and street lighting to 100 per cent renewable energy from regional Victorian wind farms 
• begun transitioning our vehicles and plant equipment to be fully electric
• planted more than 2,000 advanced trees and over 15,000 shrubs and grasses each year in our parks, reserves and bushland areas.

How you can help

Climate action is something everyone can do at home, work, school – or in your community.

Whether it’s electrifying your home, growing your own food, joining a community group or attending one of our Inspired Living Series events, there’s something for everyone.

Need more ideas?

Download our Climate Emergency Response Plan - Implementation Update below for more ways to act on climate in Manningham.

Next steps for Council

We have 10 years to reduce emissions to net zero. This ambitious goal will require a collective effort to secure a safer, healthier climate for our generation – and every one after.  

To realise our net zero target by 2035, we’re implementing changes across the following themes:

• energy transition
• sustainable transport
• climate resilient communities
• natural systems
• sustainable water
• circular economy

You can see a detailed breakdown of what this looks like in our Climate Emergency Response Plan - Implementation Update.

We’re currently seeking community input on our proposed upgrade of Larnoo Playground to improve facilities for the community. 

We have created a concept plan and are inviting community members to share their thoughts via Your Say Manningham by Friday 20 December 2024.

The proposed upgrade will include new play equipment, new park furniture, new shade sail, and new tree and garden bed planting.

This project is part of our Parks Improvement Program and will be delivered under our 2024/25 open space capital works program.