Supporters of the Lake Wendouree Lighting Project

21/06/2024

I hate saying it ~ but we told you so !

This is the first winter with track lighting at Lake Wendouree.

09/11/2023

How good does this look 👀 Just the best outcome for Ballarat Community and all future tourist that come and visit our city. No more safety issues. Congratulaions to everyone who supported and backed this project. Ballarat Council

26/08/2022

In today’s paper our Mayor Daniel Maloney has written a fantastic open honest view on the Light Project for Lake Wendouree. If you want a summary of all the facts and the costs to us as rate payers from those in apposition to this project, take the time and have a read.

03/05/2022

Just imagine the Steve Moneghetti track around Lake Wendouree looking as good as this?? Same lights being proposed . Just fantastic for everyone

23/03/2022

Let there be lights 💡 ~ commonsense prevails 🙏👏😁

City of Ballarat councillors moved to crush any efforts to prevent the lake lighting project going ahead following an extraordinary council meeting. Councillo...

23/03/2022

The Lake Wendouree Master Plan was released in November 2017. This is what is states:
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Lake Wendouree Lighting Project
Support and implement with the following
recommendations:
• Lighting be pole mounted, low energy consumption and spaced at regular intervals to provide a consistent level of energy efficient lighting to standards that address public safety.

• Lighting be low spill with controlled hours of operation to minimise the impact on birdlife and wildlife and discourage anti-social behavior.

• Lighting options consider the best outcomes in terms of visual and environmental impacts, and costs to install and maintain.

• Lighting of the Steve Moneghetti Track be considered a priority project within the Master Plan given its overwhelming community support.
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The purpose of this FB Group was to engage the community, local stakeholders, support from government and secure funding to deliver lights around Lake Wendouree.

We achieved this successfully.

Clearly the whole project has now been stumped by Heritage Victoria Interim Protection Order.

Both the City of Ballarat staff and Councillors need to be accountable for the non delivery of this project and the mess we now find ourselves in with this IPO!

22/03/2022

Once again a few minority rule the world ~ So So Frustrated that personal agendas and politics get in the way of progress for our City. How many reviews? How many meetings? How many consultants? does it take to get a FULLY Funded Project up an running? The community voiced what they wanted ~ Lights Around Lake Wendouree.
Now we face the loss of funding and a heritage ban that could potentially impact ALL Activities we enjoy around the lake!!
Is this a failure of Council Staff and/or Councillors not working through the best solution that meets the community requirements?

23/02/2022

Last night at the Ballarat city council the contract for the lights were award although not a Ballarat company it is so good that we are now so very close to getting this over due project done.😁

27/10/2021

“YES YES YES”

Lake Wendouree will soon be lit up at night after City of Ballarat councillors approved the installation of lighting around the Steve Moneghetti Track.

28/09/2021

We have progressed another step forward in our Community Project in having lights around the Steve Moneghetti Track.

Heritage Victoria has approved a plan install lighting at Lake Wendouree. The approval is a major step forward for the project, which aims to insta...

26/08/2021

A little article in this weeks BALLARAT Times News Group. I just had to defend our position in getting this project up and running.