State award for Wulanda Centre

Wulanda Recreation and Convention Centre has won the SA/NT award for Community Facility of the Year at the 2023 Parks and Leisure Australia Regional Awards of Excellence.

The Parks and Leisure Australia Regional Awards of Excellence celebrate the outstanding initiatives and innovative efforts of ‘the people behind the places’ which promote good use of leisure time for a number of social, environmental and economic benefits to the community.

The Community Facility of the Year award recognises facilities that demonstrate innovative features of design, development and operation.

“We’re very proud of this fantastic community facility and those who work hard to make Wulanda a place for all,” said Mayor of Mount Gambier Lynette Martin. “Wulanda is a game changer for our city. It is the result of an enormous amount of campaigning, design, and construction over many years by many people.”

Member for Barker Tony Pasin was equally thrilled that a project for which he so strongly advocated is receiving such strong endorsements from not just the community, but visitors and now at an industry level. “Exciting but not surprising,” Mr Pasin said. “Wulanda was a bold vision, delivered with conviction and all three levels of government funding the project.

Great things happen when we work together for the benefit of regional communities.” The award nomination was submitted by project architects DesignInc.

“We are extremely proud to see the contribution that Wulanda brings to the community be recognised by the Parks and Leisure Association,” DesignInc associate director Ben Luppino said. “We again thank the City of Mount Gambier council for enabling us to be part of the collaborative journey throughout the project, it is great to see such a positive response from the community.”

Wulanda Recreation and Convention Centre is now up for the National Awards of Excellence, which will be announced by Parks and Leisure Australia later this year. For all the latest Wulanda news and information, visit: www. wulanda.com.au