General News
27 May, 2024
Stickers show footpath fitness
SEATS and footpath stickers in Pyramid Hill and Inglewood are part of a new push encouraging fitness in local communities. The first stickers appeared around a new walking loop in Inglewood for last week’s launch of Walk This Way and the last...
SEATS and footpath stickers in Pyramid Hill and Inglewood are part of a new push encouraging fitness in local communities.
The first stickers appeared around a new walking loop in Inglewood for last week’s launch of Walk This Way and the last signs are expected to be in place at Pyramid Hill by tomorrow.
The launch saw students from Inglewood and St Mary’s Primary Schools set off from Inglewood and District’s Health Service last Thursday.
Loddon Shire’s community wellbeing director Wendy Gladman said: “Loddon Shire is delighted to be supporting Healthy Loddon Campaspe on the Walk This Way project.
“The installation of new seating and fun footpath activities in Inglewood and Pyramid Hill will encourage locals of all abilities and fitness levels to be more active, more often in the towns.”
The footpath stickers in front of schools and kindergartens in Inglewood and Pyramid Hill encourage local children to undertake activities such as hopscotch, jump from square to square, and balance along the line to increase their incidental activity while out and about.
New accessible seating has also been installed along footpaths in both towns to provide rest stops for residents while they are walking.
The project also includes the creation of a mapped walking loop around Inglewood. Healthy Loddon Campaspe and Loddon Shire worked together with Victoria Walks to develop the most appropriate and accessible walking loop, taking into account footpath access, road crossings and traffic.