An Albion park is undergoing a makeover.
Brimbank council is spending $400,000 improving the historic Selwyn Park. The money is being spent installing more play equipment, outdoor gym equipment, new park furniture and a large outdoor shelter.
Mayor John Hedditch said the works were in line with the council’s Selwyn Park master plan, which was adopted in 2012.
Cr Hedditch said the gym equipment would be installed at three points along a concrete circuit path that was built last year, while the new play equipment included structures designed for climbing, a tower with a 2.8-metre slide and an arch bridge.
“In addition, we’ll be planting about 130 semi-mature trees around the park,” he said.
The new additions to the four-hectare park come five years after play equipment was first installed.
The park was originally part of Hugh Victor McKay’s Sunshine Estate, linking the Sunshine Harvester Works with staff housing.
It was named Selwyn Park after H.V. McKay and wife Sarah McKay’s eldest son Selwyn, who died in Sunshine in 1913.
The park is home to a number of significant trees planted between 1910 and 1920.
