We are pleased to introduce our new Otium team member, Aditi Karande, who has joined our NSW office as a Senior Consultant. Aditi started her career as an architect, studying and working in architectural firms in India and gaining experience across all aspects of the profession. However, she discovered that while architecture focuses on the [...]
Otium Planning Group is a supporter of the Koorie Academy, who deliver Deadly Sports and Culture Camps to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island children and young people led by an inspiring group of Aboriginal coaches, leaders and elders. The Koorie Academy is hosting the first annual All Stars Basketball Charity Game on Sunday, 20 March 2022 at the [...]
We congratulate the Darwin Waterfront Corporation on the release of its plan to redevelop the Darwin Waterfront precinct centred on the development of a saltwater surf wave lagoon, additional aquatic spaces, parklands, adventure playgrounds, multipurpose spaces, hospitality facilities and future potential integrated resort. Otium Planning Group is very proud to have prepared the Preliminary Business [...]
Our Community Partner, Trek2Health, is running the Trek On 96km Team Challenge on Sunday, 27 March 2022 at the Enoggera Reservoir Circuit, The Gap, Brisbane. Trek On 96km is a team challenge in remembrance of one of the most important battles for Australians in WWII at the Kokoda Trail. You can create your own team [...]
Congratulations to the Toowoomba Regional Council on the progression of the very exciting Toowoomba Region Sports Precinct project. Otium Planning Group has been the lead consultant throughout the project, and together with our project partners Greenedge Design, Open Architecture Studio and GHD, we are very proud of this wonderful opportunity being provided to the Toowoomba community. Detailed [...]
Our WA team of Dave Lanfear and Wayne Stuart recently won the contract to partner with Parks and Leisure Australia (WA) to develop and deliver its Leisure and Recreation Planners Course. The course curriculum and syllabus will support competency measurement and include recommendations for a strategy for delivery, including potential partnerships and business scenarios. In [...]
The Mildura Sporting Precinct (formerly known as the Mildura South Regional Sporting Precinct) was officially opened on Friday, 10 December 2021. The opening now sees Stage One facilities operational, including a six-court indoor stadium with multi-purpose rooms, function spaces and café. Next to the new indoor centre is a regional standard outdoor playing field with [...]
We are currently working with the City of Melville on a Tennis Strategy, which will guide the current and future provision of the City’s tennis facilities and infrastructure over the next 20 years. The City of Melville will be the first local government in Western Australia to prepare a standalone Tennis Strategy. Our role has [...]
Otium Planning Group Director Jason Leslie has contributed an article to the current issue of the Australasian Leisure Management Magazine on the importance of maximising legacy outcomes for the post-Games use of facilities built for the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The current issue of the Australasian Leisure Management magazine can be viewed here: [...]
We congratulate Lake Macquarie City Council on their success in securing $10M through the Building Better Regions Fund for the Hunter Region Sports Centre Expansion project. Otium Planning Group has more than four years project support history having originally been engaged by Council in 2017 to undertake a business feasibility study and prepare a capital [...]
