Where Nature Meets Community
Golf Links Estate
Weipa | Queensland | Australia
enhancing community living through landscape design
Golf Links Estate, a residential subdivision in Weipa, North Queensland, was developed by Rio Tinto with a strong emphasis on landscape integration. The estate’s landscape design serves both practical and recreational purposes – managing storm water overland flow while creating inviting outdoor spaces for residents.
The key landscape objectives included:
- Enhancing the streetscape with strategically planted street trees, aligning with local authority guidelines.
- Stabilizing drainage corridors through grassing and seeding techniques.
- Providing durable and engaging playground facilities within the local park.
- Beautifying the site frontage with a natural arrangement of trees.
- Improving pedestrian connectivity by incorporating walking circuits throughout the park and subdivision.
This carefully planned landscape design fosters a sustainable, functional, and aesthetically pleasing environment for the community.
streetscape character and performance
Properly designed streetscapes make a significant difference to the communities we live in. This development is no different. Street trees provide shade and enhance streetscape character – beautifying the community and providing distinct visual edges to the road.
Further to this, street trees soften built form in sprawling suburbs and provide shelter and food for fauna. The environmental, social and economic benefits of street trees if implemented correctly is of great value to our communities.
managing our water resources
Stormwater is a notable consideration in the design of subdivisions. Drainage, filtration and protection of infrastructure are all important aspects that need to be considered.
Stabilising large expanses of drainage corridors using cost effective stabilisation methods such as grassing and seeding were implemented on this project.
outdoor recreation, parks and connectivity
Parks play an important role in our communities. Not only do they allow the directing of significant overland flows, they also protect natural ecosystems and provide outdoor recreation opportunities.
In addition to this, often they are the centre of a community, allowing residents to interact with one another. Circuit footpaths provide all important safe linkages within a community and improve connectivity with surrounding facilities.