Welcome to Friends of Caulfield Park
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CONCERTS
Come along with your picnic rugs
at 2pm on Sunday 1st February to hear once again:

SWEET ADE
(playing their own special jazz)
and
BAYSIDE SWING

Don't forget to pencil in

Sunday March 1st at 2.00
  • THE GLEN EIRA BAND
  • BAYSIDE SWING SOUL SONG
Sunday April 5th at 2.00
  • THE GLEN EIRA BAND
  • BAYSIDE SWING

Summer at last!
At the end of winter, Council undertook some tree removal and trimming of dead wood.  In general, this was notionally an integral part of a renewal program.  We had therefore expected to see significant new tree-planting in the spring. 
This did not happen and so we are now back yet another season awaiting new plantings of imaginative species to enrich the arboretum.
The fountain in the lake is still struggling on but until new equipment arrives and is fitted it will just be a gurgle of water.  The problem was caused by goose down clooging the pipes.  Council has gone part way to address this problem by reducing the number of geese in the lake. We are looking forward to our Summer Concert Season and thank the member for Caulfield, David Southwick for his support for our program. 
Although councillors personally acknowledge the success of the program, other than making the venue available, the Council is not supportive in providing help with publicity ot helping cover the outgoing cost for this community service. 
We congratulate Councillor Jim McGee on his mayoralty and look forward to building a sensible cooperative relationship with him during his period in office.


Friends of Caulfield Park
Friends of Caulfield Park was formed in 2007 to monitor and advise Glen Eira Council on how to best manage Caulfield Park on behalf of all its users.  The Friends have created this site to centralise all information relating to the park.  We welcome your suggestions for additions and improvements. This site contains information about activities in the park organised by the Friends, information about the trees in the park and some history of the park. It is also a site for sharing ideas and concerns for the park and we welcome your input. For information regarding uses of the park and regulations please go to the Glen Eira Council Website or contact the council directly.www.gleneira.vic.gov.au
  

 Friends of Caulfield Park 
Values with respect to the Park

 The Environment

Caulfield Park is a very large open park space in south-east Melbourne. It provides recreational opportunities for a wide range of users. These include casual users as well as tennis,bowls, soccer, cricket, lacrosse, recreational walking on a surrounding walking track and a leash-free area for dogs. The park contains pavilions, a conservatory, childrens' play areas. and a heritage-listed arboretum for those who simply like to meander through its unstructured, non-enclosed vistas.

Principal Value Statement

The value of Caulfield Park is that of a multi-functional ‘PARK’.  

This includes the maintenance of the present diversity of Caulfield Park, together with a balanced respect for the recreational values of all users including all those listed above. 

The principal values of Caulfield Park include the retention and maintenance of:

Green space and uninterrupted vistas by ensuring that all future building and parking developments are park-sympathetic, in colour, shape, and location.

Historic and significant artefacts such as the rotunda, conservatory, bronze statues and heritage-listed arboretum at the west of the Park

Sporting amenity including the principle cricket ground, the grassed sports pitches at the east end of the park, and adequate sporting facilities

Children’s play areas 

Preservation of the park’s values and options for future generations (employing the precautionary principle – don’t waste what you can’t get back) 

Park integrity 

Relates to the retention of the existing park ambiance and includes:

Minimal loss of Green Space including:

 No further extension of car parking that results in the loss of Green Space.

 No further construction of excessively large buildings that encroach on Green Space.

 Minimal loss of Vista

No compromise of the uninterrupted soft green views from inside or outside the park by either multi-story or landscape-intrusive buildings      

Non-severance of space due to roads crossing the walk path around Caulfield Park

Non-severance of park concept by the inappropriate positioning of large buildings (e.g. across its centre).

Park Users

FoCP acknowledges the needs of all park user types including:

Recreational Walkers and Dog Walkers

Casual Users from near and far, including those who appreciate the “existence value” of the park in its current form.

Sports People

Children

Residents of multi-unit developments in the immediate area who rely on the park for outdoor activities (their de-facto backyard)

Car parking 

FoCP resists the use of park land in an area recognised as deficient in open space for any new car parks

Management and Amenity 

FoCP is concerned about the impacts of:Noise – impact on surrounding residents
Lighting – impact on surrounding residents

People in park at night – safety issues

Existence Values vs. Usage Values

Many people use the park from a large regional catchment.   Many others value the existence of this large area of green space even if they do not use it.

This site is prepared and maintained by the Friends of Caulfield Park and is currently undergoing some changes. Our apologies if you cannot locate the information you are after.