The Orange Adventure Playground ‘Picket Pickup’ will be held over four days at the end of July.
Residents who tagged commemorative fence pickets at the playground will be able to pick them up from the West Room at the Orange Regional Gallery from Thursday 25 July to Sunday 28 July.
Orange City Council’s Sport and Recreation Committee Chair Tammy Greenhalgh said more than 200 fence pickets were tagged by members of the public late in May ahead of the playground’s closure for upgrades.
“We were blown away by the amount of interest from residents wishing to take their personalised pickets home as a memento of the playground, which has entertained thousands of families over the past two decades,” Cr Greenhalgh said.
“These will be the only designated pick-up days that will be held for people to grab their pickets, so I encourage everyone to get down to the collection point and pick up their pickets or arrange a friend or relative to pick them up instead.”
The Picket Pick-up will be held from:
- 2pm to 5pm, Thursday 25 July
- 2pm to 4pm, Friday 26 July10am to 2pm, Saturday 27 July
- 10am to 2pm, Sunday 28 July
Pickets that were not tagged have been taken to the contractor’s warehouse where they will be restored and reused in the new playground.
The $2.4 million upgrade of the Orange Adventure Playground is being carried out by Daracon Landscaping and will include the construction of a new playground and splash park, as well as upgrades to the main play areas and central meeting area. The project is funded by the NSW Government and Orange City Council.
