Horrie Long Reserve Play Upgrade

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It’s time for a new playground at Horrie Long Reserve – tell us what you’d like to see.

Horrie Long is a beloved community space that combines natural beauty with recreational facilities. Surrounded by a canopy of Tuart trees, it offers a peaceful environment for relaxation and play. The park features a play area, basketball hoop, nature play, seating, public toilets, and a picnic area with a BBQ, making it perfect for families, locals, and visitors to enjoy both active and leisurely activities.

We’re planning a playground renewal for equipment which is over 20 years old and would love to hear your ideas. Community feedback will guide the new design and style of the new playground. This project will promote physical and cognitive development, creativity, and a connection to the environment.

The scope of work for this park project includes:

  • Refreshing the old playground in the south-east corner of the reserve to include nature-based and sensory play elements.
  • Adding winter native plantings around habitat logs and play areas to help define pathways and play zones, support local wildlife, and complement existing green space.

The City is committed to engaging with the community and stakeholders to ensure the new playground at Horrie Long Reserve reflects local needs and priorities. A design will be developed based on community feedback, practical considerations, and available budget, with installation planned for completion in the 2025/26 financial year.

How can the community influence the project?

We are asking the public to:

  • Learn more about the scope of the Horrie Long play renewal project by exploring the Frequently Asked Questions and explainer documents listed below.
  • Share what you currently love about the park and what replacement play designs are most suitable by completing the Horrie Long Play Renewal Survey.
  • View the associated materials, talk to City officers and provide feedback in person at the Horrie Long Drop-In-Session (details below)

How can you meet with City Officers to discuss the park upgrade and your feedback?

  • Attend the drop-in session: Drop-in sessions allow the public to meet with City staff to ask questions about the project, seek clarification and guidance on how to best submit feedback. These are informal sessions that allow the public to come and go during the time period provided. To learn more, visit our How We Engage page here.
  • Request a 1:1 or group meeting with city staff to discuss your thoughts.

Join the Horrie Long drop-in session at the following date and time:

  • When: Saturday 19 July 2025
  • Where: Horrie Long Reserve (next to the eastern playground)
  • Time: 9:00 am - 10:30am

City Officers aim to:

  • Work with the community on the design of replacement play equipment for Horrie Long that best suits their needs.
  • Collect feedback on current park amenity and key elements where further improvements could be made if more funding becomes available.
  • Keep you informed, listen to and acknowledge concerns and provide feedback on how public input influenced the project.
  • Work with you to ensure that your concerns and aspirations are noted; provide clarity on questions that may arise.

How can you make your submission?
Submissions can be submitted online via the submission form below, or:

A hard copy of the survey can be sent or picked up upon request by emailing the Community Engagement team here: communityengagement@fremantle.wa.gov.au.

Submissions close 5pm AWST, 12 August 2025.

It’s time for a new playground at Horrie Long Reserve – tell us what you’d like to see.

Horrie Long is a beloved community space that combines natural beauty with recreational facilities. Surrounded by a canopy of Tuart trees, it offers a peaceful environment for relaxation and play. The park features a play area, basketball hoop, nature play, seating, public toilets, and a picnic area with a BBQ, making it perfect for families, locals, and visitors to enjoy both active and leisurely activities.

We’re planning a playground renewal for equipment which is over 20 years old and would love to hear your ideas. Community feedback will guide the new design and style of the new playground. This project will promote physical and cognitive development, creativity, and a connection to the environment.

The scope of work for this park project includes:

  • Refreshing the old playground in the south-east corner of the reserve to include nature-based and sensory play elements.
  • Adding winter native plantings around habitat logs and play areas to help define pathways and play zones, support local wildlife, and complement existing green space.

The City is committed to engaging with the community and stakeholders to ensure the new playground at Horrie Long Reserve reflects local needs and priorities. A design will be developed based on community feedback, practical considerations, and available budget, with installation planned for completion in the 2025/26 financial year.

How can the community influence the project?

We are asking the public to:

  • Learn more about the scope of the Horrie Long play renewal project by exploring the Frequently Asked Questions and explainer documents listed below.
  • Share what you currently love about the park and what replacement play designs are most suitable by completing the Horrie Long Play Renewal Survey.
  • View the associated materials, talk to City officers and provide feedback in person at the Horrie Long Drop-In-Session (details below)

How can you meet with City Officers to discuss the park upgrade and your feedback?

  • Attend the drop-in session: Drop-in sessions allow the public to meet with City staff to ask questions about the project, seek clarification and guidance on how to best submit feedback. These are informal sessions that allow the public to come and go during the time period provided. To learn more, visit our How We Engage page here.
  • Request a 1:1 or group meeting with city staff to discuss your thoughts.

Join the Horrie Long drop-in session at the following date and time:

  • When: Saturday 19 July 2025
  • Where: Horrie Long Reserve (next to the eastern playground)
  • Time: 9:00 am - 10:30am

City Officers aim to:

  • Work with the community on the design of replacement play equipment for Horrie Long that best suits their needs.
  • Collect feedback on current park amenity and key elements where further improvements could be made if more funding becomes available.
  • Keep you informed, listen to and acknowledge concerns and provide feedback on how public input influenced the project.
  • Work with you to ensure that your concerns and aspirations are noted; provide clarity on questions that may arise.

How can you make your submission?
Submissions can be submitted online via the submission form below, or:

A hard copy of the survey can be sent or picked up upon request by emailing the Community Engagement team here: communityengagement@fremantle.wa.gov.au.

Submissions close 5pm AWST, 12 August 2025.

  • Sense of Place: Horrie Long Reserve

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    When it comes to the play renewal of a beloved community resource such as Horrie Long Reserve, we start with a thorough internal review, expert input, and community engagement to assess the needs of both the City and its residents. This place process includes an in-depth analysis of the location, its surrounding context, and various factors that may influence the area’s development or improvement

    Click here to view the Horrie Long Reserve Place Process Explainer

  • Frequently Asked Questions

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    What upgrades to Horrie Long Reserve will be covered in this project? When will the playground renewal happen? Check out our Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for more information.

    Read the FAQ here.

  • Sketch: What we are planning for the park

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    Where in the reserve are planned upgrades happening? This handy sketch outlines the main areas of play renewal and planting works planned for the project are within Horrie Long Reserve.

    Click here to view the sketch - What we are planning for the park

  • Key Document: City of Fremantle Public Open Space Strategy 2024 - 2034

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    The Virginia Ryan Park project takes into consideration the aims and directions laid out in the City's Public Open Space Strategy 2024 - 2034.

    In today’s rapidly changing world, public open spaces serve as vital sanctuaries, providing communities with places for recreation, relaxation, social interaction, and connection with nature. As population growth, climate change, and urbanisation pose significant challenges, the value of these spaces becomes increasingly evident.

    The purpose of the City of Fremantle Public Open Space (POS) Strategy is to provide a clear strategic direction and framework for the provision and management of POS within the City. In doing so, the Strategy recognises the challenges presented by the City’s declining POS provision per person and limited opportunities for new POS acquisition. The City’s future directions for public open space is to ensure it continues to serve its purpose to allow the community to participate and connect in a functional, flexible and sustainable environment.

    You can read the Public Open Space Strategy 2024-2034 here.

  • Related: Our Strategic Community Plan

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    The Virginia Ryan Play Renew project aims to implement solutions with strategic, long-term thinking and guidance that speaks to the City of Fremantle’s 2024-2034 Strategic Community Plan, as well as the City’s asset renewal program related to parks, reserves and play equipment.

    The City's 2024-2034 Strategic Community Plan is the City’s most significant guiding document and establishes the community’s long-term aspirations and vision for Fremantle’s future. The Plan drives the City’s planning, budgeting, resource allocation and service delivery over the next decade, and was developed in direct collaboration with people who live, work, and play in Fremantle. This project meets a number of key focus areas set out by the community - most importantly that Fremantle is a "Liveable City that is vibrant, socially connected and desirable" with "sustainably designed and optimised urban and natural environments."

    Read the Strategic Community Plan here.


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