SMILE-Support Melba Inclusive Learning Environment

11/10/2024

Over the last few weeks I have been hitting up the candidates for the Melba area and asking about their commitment to the Melba playground. I have just heard back from Peter Cain (Liberals), who sent me this. Please check out the last part of the document involving education and a commitment to an investment in an all inclusive Playspace at the Melba secondary school.

04/10/2024

This is what 23 years of a labour government in Melba looks like.

26/08/2024

Please remember in this upcoming election, every Canberra political party except Labor spoke in the assembly and said 'yes' to an all inclusive playground in Melba. Everyone.... except Labor.

06/02/2023

When you're trying to teach your 4 year old son how to do the right thing and put your rubbish in the bin but the design works against you.

14/11/2022

Found this at the new nature playground at Cootamundra. It's a communication board for children who may have communication issues. There are heaps of them all through the playground specific to each play area. Anyone spotted one of these in Canberra? I haven't. Cootamundra can do it, wonder why the capital city of Australia can't.

18/08/2022

Anyone else get their rates notice and find out that their UV has increased ridiculously over the last 12 months?
Nothing has changed in Melba, services have declined and yet UV has gone up? Really?

25/02/2022

Find this little guy under the slide at the scarlet st playground today. Anyone know if it's an Australian bus rat or just a common rat?

22/02/2022

...and Melba misses out again. Despite our rates constantly increasing.
https://fb.watch/bk7y8cWG5p/

16/02/2022

Brand new Park precinct going into Wagga. $9.5 million for the entire precinct, $2 million for the playground. In conversation with Hector and I, Tara Cheyne MLA estimated $10 million for our idea. I don't think so.

The Riverside project aims to activate the Wagga Beach and Murrumbidgee River precinct and develop the area as a focal point and destination for residents and visitors.

11/02/2022

My son and I went for a walk to the Miranda St playground today. it's covered in offensive graffiti. I have reported it to fix my street (https://www.accesscanberra.act.gov.au/s/fix-my-street), please feel free to do the same.
If we can't get a new playground, lets tell the government that they need to fix the ones we have.

11/02/2022

Hi everyone,
Sorry it has been a bit quiet here lately, we have been waiting on the government response from the submission on our petition. that came in today, thank you Jo clay for passing it on. Basically, it's a big no from the ACT Government. Here is the link to the response:

21/11/2021

Hi Everyone,
Here is the link to the YourSay Play Spaces Strategy survey. Please click on it and let the government know what we want in Melba.
https://yoursayconversations.act.gov.au/play-space-strategy

Thanks
Tim and Hector

Have YourSay on the future management of play spaces in the ACT.