Warralily links both sides of estate with shared pathway

PEOPLE can now walk or cycle from one side of the Warralily development to the other with the completion of a 4.9-kilometre shared pathway.

The pathway, from Barwon Heads Road through to the Surf Coast Highway, is part of nearly $2 million invested by Warralily in a path network to connect the estate’s open spaces, playgrounds and creek corridor to homes, schools, community facilities, sport ovals and shopping precincts.

South Barwon MP Darren Cheeseman and City of Greater Geelong mayor Bruce Harwood joined Warralily representatives on Tuesday morning for an e-bike ride along the length of the shared pathway.

Warralily urban design manager Jeremy Minter said the network promoted the concept of Green transport in a bid to further protect the environment and create sustainable transport across the region.

“The pathway, complete with boardwalks and viewing platforms, winds its way through the rejuvenated creek corridor where more than one million plants have now grown and matured into an established thriving ecosystem rich in birdlife, frogs and the like.

“It is also a journey rich in cultural heritage, celebrated through public artworks peppered along the landscape to create a unique setting for our residents who are enthusiastically natureloving and community-minded.”

Warralily director Mark Casey said the pathway link was a milestone in achieving the estate’s vision of creating a modern and liveable community that lived in harmony with nature.

“From the lower reaches of the rejuvenated Armstrong Creek wetland system through to the ancient River Red Gums along the Surf Coast Hwy, the recently completed pathway opens up a range of experiences and connections for the community.

“On completion, Warralily and surrounding areas will provide more than 25 kilometres of pathways to create a walkable relationship across the wider Armstrong Creek and Mt Duneed area.”

RobertsDay’s Mike Day, an urban design consultant associated with the Warralily development team, said Warralily was keen to promote bike and e-bike use among its residents, and its pathway network could be connected to other important places across the Geelong region.

“We think it’s all coalescing nicely – walkable neighbourhoods, embed the e-bikes… just imagine if everyone in a new community gets one of these electric bikes, how different it would be, and how much more mobile they would be.”