Wanju Welcome Queens Park

The Let’s Roll Neighbourhood Discovery on Bikes series is a five-part, weekly bike ride for new and novice riders, where we seek to discover the hidden gems in our neighbourhood and beyond, whilst developing our bike riding knowledge and skills.

Each week, riders will be taken on a journey with a given theme. Along the way, visiting various sites around the City of Canning, learning a little about the theme of the week. At each stop, riders will also take part in a bike activity – a game, a skills session or learn from our bike instructor.

Participants are free to choose which rides to attend – come to one, or come to all of them!

Riders require their own bike in working order, a helmet, suitable clothing and shoes. Kids 8 or over are welcome, to be accompanied by a parent/guardian if under 16. Rides will go for approximately 2 hours including all stops. Do you need to be a resident of Canning? No! We welcome people from all over.

Welcome Aboard is an initiative of Wanju Welcome Queens Park to generate ideas and inspiration for making a vibrant, welcoming community hub under and around the elevated rail soon to be delivered through Queens Park and Cannington.

We want to hear our communities vision for ‘what makes a welcoming neighbourhood?’ and how to introduce a celebrated level of community amenity. By understanding the neigbourhood’s aspirations we can work together to imagine, program and activate a platform for the future!

Get aboard, everyone is welcome!

WELCOME EVENTS

WED 9 MARCH: Pop-Up Skate Park Installation

Cannington Leisureplex

MON 14 - FRI 18 MARCH: Pop-Up Welcome Pod Installation

Mural Installation by Kim Mintz

Cnr George Street & Railway Parade

MON 14 & 21 MARCH 5pm – 6pm: Skateboard Sessions (Pop-Up Skate Park)

Cannington Leisureplex

FRI 25 MARCH 3pm – 7pm: Open Street Welcome Day

Queens Park Station | Help us celebrate the neighbourhood with street football, local talent live performances, footpath art and street play.

WED 30 MARCH 6pm-7pm: Neighbourhood Cycle

Queens Park Welcome Pod

Is a skate park a good idea for the local area?

The #cityofcanning has installed a pop-up skate park at Cannington Leisureplex to help generate ideas and inspiration for making a vibrant, welcoming community hub under and around the elevated rail soon to be delivered through Queens Park and Cannington.

Welcome Aboard is an initiative of Wanju Welcome Queens Park to hear our communities vision for ‘what makes a welcoming neighbourhood?’ and how to introduce a celebrated level of community amenity. We believe by understanding the neighbourhood’s aspirations we can work together to imagine, program and activate a platform for the future! Head to www.canning.wa.gov.au/WanjuWelcomeQP to find out more!

Drop-in to our skateboard session on Monday 14 & 21 March from 5pm – 6pm.

We’re proud to reveal our new Welcome Pod next to Queens Park Station!

This new neighbourhood gathering place is an initiative of Welcome Aboard to help generate ideas and inspiration for making a vibrant, welcoming community hub under and around the elevated rail soon to be delivered through Queens Park and Cannington.

Thank you to artist Kim Mintz (website at www.kim-mintz-art.com Instagram at @kim_mints) and the team at Respoke for collaborating with #cityofcanning to bring this project to life.

Does this type of community amenity help create a welcoming neighbourhood? Let us know by heading to https://culturecounts.cc/s/58aNPa

The City believes a space doesn’t become a place until you get people in it so we’re hosting a community event at the Welcome Pod next Friday, 3pm-7pm.Join us to enjoy local talent, live performances, footpath art, street football and balance bikes!

Open Street Welcome Day

Queens Park Welcome Pod, opposite Queens Park Station

FRIDAY 25 MARCH, 3pm – 7pm

We’re opening George Street and Railway Parade to welcome the community and nurture connections between people in the local neighbourhood. Join us to celebrate the diversity of our community, support local businesses and enliven Queens Park.

01 / Leave your mark with footpath art

02/ Kickit with street football

03/ Catch a ride with Cycling Without Age

04/ Play Mahjong with a Queens Park senior

05/ Be treated to a didgeridoo performance by Michael Spratt

06/ Get a henna tattoo by Gentle Hair n Beauty

07/ Streetplay by Goodstart Learning

08/ Balance Bikes by Bikewise

09 /Enjoy local talent live performances

10/ Share your ideas and inspiration for making a vibrant, welcoming community hub under and around the elevated rail soon to be delivered through Queens Park and Cannington - https://culturecounts.cc/s/58aNPa

Open Streets Welcome Day is an initiative of the City of Canning along with Town Team Movement, WestCycle and WA Department of Transport to encourage a more bikeable, walkable and rollable Perth.

EVERYONE IS WELCOME

Roll out the welcome mat!

The Wanju Welcome Queens Park team hosted our very first Community Welcome Dinner.

More than 100 people gathered to enjoy a community soccer match with the Naija Football Club, followed by delicious Turkish dishes generously provided by @fountaincollege and @ihswomensplatform.

Everyone celebrated the generosity, friendliness and fantastic community spirit of the neighbourhood.

Several activities throughout October created a connected, vibrant Queens Park Neighbouhood. Several seniors enjoyed a water colour workshop and a fun afternoon as part of a Grandparents Day held at the Queens Park Seniors Club.

The Footpath Art, together with the significant tree planting in Mary Mackillop Park has helped breathe new life and vitality into the Park. Artist, Mel McVee worked with the community to paint some fantastic designs. These disparate elements help improve street connections and create a story of interest for the local neighbourhood.

Amazing colourful fish are being displayed on rotating projectors in Queens Park Reserve, installed as part of the Art in Queens Park series of events last year. The projector art is a partnership with Queens Park Primary School, showcasing winning artwork from the school’s Annual Art Exhibition.

In partnership with Sister Kate's Home Kids Aboriginal Corporation the City of Canning is proud to reveal the Queens Park Reserve Mural.

Mayor Patrick Hall - City of Canning said Queens Park is a place that holds a strong sense of connection for many people in the Aboriginal community. Being the area of the former Sister Kate’s home it is a place that is connected to many stories of separation and loss. However, it has also become a symbol of resilience, courage, and cultural strength.

Special thanks go to CEO of SKHKAC Tjalaminu Mia and local artists Deanne Tann and Brenton See for their breathtaking mural depicting the cultural story of country, regenerating not only the focus of caring for land within the Noongar Six Seasons but all-inclusive nurturing community connectedness and social harmony between people.

"We hope that this space becomes a place of welcome, where people in the local community can gather and share stories together. This Wall Mural is one of many welcome actions being implemented in partnership with the community as part of Wanju Welcome Queens Park."

Four local primary schools joined the City of Canning to name and welcome 537 new street trees recently planted in Queens Park, as part of the City’s efforts to cool the suburb.

Students from St Norbert’s College and St Josephs, Gibbs Street and Queens Park primary schools named and wrote welcome messages for trees which they can track on a map on the City’s website.

The planting program is part of the City’s Urban Forest Strategy that aims to increase the tree canopy in suburbs to provide shade and cooling.

City of Canning’s Mayor Patrick Hall says he is pleased the schools became involved with a very important cause.

“As Queens Park has been identified as having a high heat island and low tree canopy, trees serve an important function in cooling down our neighbourhoods and improving our streetscapes.

“With summer now upon us more trees mean more shade.

“The students’ efforts in naming the new trees was a great way to welcome them into Queens Park,” Mr Hall said.

Did you name a Street Tree? Find out where your street tree is growing on our Welcome a Street Tree Map