The Master Plan builds on the Victoria Park Vision and the Victoria Park / Barrambin Draft Master Plan.
The Vision documented the park’s potential to grow, evolve and improve over time.
Victoria Park / Barrambin Master Plan
Discover how Victoria Park / Barrambin is transforming into an iconic destination with unique and revitalised natural areas.
Victoria Park / Barrambin is an iconic parkland, stretching across 64 hectares of open green space.
The parkland is transforming into a premier destination with something for everyone, using the Victoria Park / Barrambin Master Plan as a guide.
We're planning for the future, but there are still plenty of things to see and do at the park right now.
What is the Master Plan?
The Victoria Park / Barrambin Master Plan is a long-term strategy for the park’s future.
The plan outlines how the park will become a natural retreat and urban park for adventure, discovery and reconnection.
The Draft master Plan used community feedback from the vision to set out detailed proposals for the park’s future.
Informed by feedback from both phases, the Master Plan will now guide the park’s future growth and development.
We collaborated with Traditional Custodians, residents, businesses and community groups to create the Master Plan.
More than 80,000 people engaged with the project, from the initial ideas phase through to the release of the Draft Master Plan.
Learn more about the community engagement process.
The Master Plan identifies the priorities community members told us were important to them.
There was significant support to:
- restore the park’s natural landscape
- increase tree canopy cover
- revitalise the park’s wetlands and waterholes
- create unique spaces, including a treehouse and a nature water-play gully.
Read the strategies and guiding principles we’re using to bring these aspirations to life.
Current works include the Victoria Park catalyst works, which will improve the accessibility and quality of park infrastructure.
This project will deliver several elements identified in the Master Plan including:
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an adventure playground with a dedicated amenities block
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The Parkway Loop - a 2-kilometre-long, accessible pathway loop connecting visitors to key features within the park
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upgraded vehicle access into the park off Herston Road, including a signalised intersection and new active travel entry bridge.
Find out more about the projects improving the park.
Download the Master Plan documents to look at what’s planned for the park’s future.
Transforming the park
At the heart of the Victoria Park / Barrambin transformation is the community vision for the parkland.
The venue parkland will provide significant benefits to locals, the environment and wider Brisbane community.
New features, facilities and spaces will be developed over the coming years, including:
- nature-based play areas, a mountain bike track and high ropes course
- improved habitat quality and new landscape spaces to enjoy at York’s Hollow
- new running tracks, riding trails, gardens and amenities offering opportunities to support mental and physical health and wellbeing
- the Tree House, with 360-degree views over the city
- more pathways, bridge links and parking facility upgrades to improve access to the park.
Video: Victoria Park / Barrambin Master Plan flythrough
Discover what's planned by taking a fly-through tour of the future parkland.
Brisbane is Australia’s greenest capital city and Brisbane City Council is transforming a 64-hectare inner-city greenspace into a destination parkland.
The Victoria Park Master Plan is Council’s long-term roadmap for the park’s future, formed by your ideas and feedback.
This expansive inner-city greenspace will encourage visitors to reconnect with the natural environment and the park’s rich cultural heritage.
Rewilding the park is at the heart of the transformation, with tree canopy cover to increase to 60% to enrich our connection with nature.
Revitalised waterholes and wetlands will restore natural cooling and draw native wildlife back to the city.
While community events and unique features within the park will encourage people to create new memories with their loved ones.
Getting to the park will be even easier, with a range of public and active transport options, including new and upgraded bridges, more than 18 kilometres of paths and trails and the nearby Brisbane Metro stations.
With ample greenspace, Victoria Park will remain a place for the community to discover, explore and connect with family and friends in nature.
Victoria Park will become a landmark Brisbane destination with something for everyone.
Video: Victoria Park / Barrambin Master Plan transformation
Get a bird’s-eye view of the park’s long-term transformation.
Victoria Park Master Plan. Transforming into an iconic parkland.
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The fly-through starts by showing Victoria Park today, including its proximity to QUT Kelvin Grove, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital and RNA Showgrounds.
It highlights key features of the site, including the location of the function centre, bistro, putt putt mini golf course, driving range, community tennis courts, York's Hollow, Centenary Pool, dog park, Gundoo Memorial Grove and Old Clubhouse.
The flyover then shows the location of new park features, including the urban pump track, Kelvin Grove busway access, adventure playground, Spring Hill Common and Herston busway access.
The flyover continues by highlighting the transformation's outcomes.
- Outcome: Create easy connections to and through the park. The flyover highlights the inner city pedestrian and cycle bridge, park administration and operations, main car park, main parkland entry, parkway loop and parkland arrival.
- Outcome: Bring wildlife back to the city and enrich our connection with nature. The flyover highlights the elevated connection to land bridge, parkway loop and kiosk, York's Hollow revitalisation, and lower wetlands and boardwalk.
- Outcome: Provide sweeping views from the lookout across the city and to distant mountain ranges, with the flyover highlighting the Tree House and parkway loop.
- Outcome: Have more room for water and places to explore. The flyover highlights the nature water-play gully and education hub, rewilding and trails, active transport connection, sports field, tennis courts and cricket nets.
- Outcome: Restore natural cooling through revitalised wetlands and waterholes. The flyover highlights the upper wetlands, naturalised waterholes, upgraded carpark and community edible garden.
- Outcome: Provide a natural retreat in the heart of the city. The flyover highlights the location of Adventure Valley, high ropes course and mountain bike track, lift to elevated walkway, upgraded pedestrian and cycle bridge, active transport connection and dog park.
The flyover concludes with the following text: Transforming into a natural retreat urban park for adventure, discovery and reconnection.
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Engaging with the community
The Victoria Park / Barrambin Master Plan was guided by the people of Brisbane through extensive community engagement.
Traditional Custodians, residents, businesses and community groups all provided insights and input via polls, surveys and local events.
Plans were updated based on the feedback received throughout the entire process, from initial ideas to the final version.
Engaging with Traditional Custodians
We engaged extensively with Traditional Custodians on the park’s transformation and how to recognise its rich cultural history.
Throughout the process, recurring key themes included language, truth telling and celebrating culture. These themes will be reflected in the park’s cultural landscape.
We’ll continue to consult with Traditional Custodians throughout the project and beyond.
Download the community engagement reports to find out more.
Bringing the Master Plan to life
Feedback and ideas from the community have helped create the vision for a unique retreat.
This vision inspired the Master Plan’s design framework, which is guided by 3 core principles.
Recognition
Create a place that honours and celebrates the connections between Country, culture and history across the past, present and future generations.
Restoration
Heal the landscape by reinstating and reintroducing the interconnected ecosystems unique to our region.
Reconnection
Create transformational connections that weave the park into Brisbane’s city fabric.
Strategies
These key principles guide our 8 strategies for achieving our shared vision for the park.
Each strategy sets out the specific actions we are proposing to put it into practice.
A natural space that celebrates Country, and Brisbane’s shared European and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heritage.
Reestablished wetlands, waterholes and waterways will create wildlife habitat and restore natural cooling, cleansing and drainage.
Restoring the traditional landscape will revitalise ecosystems, draw wildlife back to the city and help preserve the park for future generations.
A natural retreat in the heart of the city that promotes healing, wellness and a strong connection to nature.
Improved travel connections will make getting to, from and around the park easier for everyone, regardless of age or ability.
Creating drawcard destinations and experiences for locals and visitors and promoting Brisbane’s distinctive outdoor lifestyle.
Community events and unique spaces will create opportunities for visitors to share their own special stories in the parkland.
Well-located links to neighbours and future partnerships will invite people into the park, adopting its spaces and places as their own.
Delivery of local infrastructure
To facilitate the implementation of the Master Plan, Council endorsed the lodgement of application to seek a Local Government Infrastructure Designation (LGID) for Victoria Park / Barrambin in June 2023.
An LGID is a statutory planning process under the Planning Act 2016 and enables local infrastructure to be delivered more efficiently.
Statutory consultation on the LGID closed on Friday 15 September 2023. Council will consider all submissions and will publish a report summarising matters raised and how they have been addressed, as part of any decision to make a designation.
Read the LGID Environmental Assessment Report and supporting technical documents that were prepared to support the park-wide planning designation.
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Frequently asked questions
Council released the Victoria Park / Barrambin Master Plan on 14 June 2023.
The Draft Master Plan was released to the community in September 2022.
Both versions of the Master Plan incorporate community feedback on the initial Victoria Park Vision, which was released in December 2020.
The community was extensively consulted as part of the process that led to the Master Plan.
More than 80,000 people have engaged directly with the project since its initial ideas phase in 2019 and 2020.
The Draft Master Plan was then open for feedback from 27 September to 30 October 2022.
The Master Plan incorporates feedback from the Draft Master Plan, as well as technical site investigations, to bring the shared park vision to life.
Learn more about community engagement with the Master Plan.
Council has no authority or plans to sell any land on which Victoria Park / Barrambin sits for housing development.
The land is mainly owned by the Queensland Government and Council is the trustee under a Deed of Grant in Trust (DOGIT). The primary purpose of the trust is for park and recreation.
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You can also contact the project team by email, phone or mail.