Jarrod Reedie
Seafarers Rest, a 3,500 square metre public park in Docklands has received final approval from the City of Melbourne, with Oculus tasked with designing the park as part of Riverlee’s Seafarers development.
The park – sitting on the northern banks of the Yarra River – will provide more open green spaces to users, residents and visitors of the Northbank precinct, and will become a vital link between the area and the CBD. The park will be the largest outside of Birrarrung Marr that allows connection to the river, and will honour both its First Nation and European maritime history.
The project has been completed in collaboration by Riverlee, the City of Melbourne and the Victorian Government’s Department of Treasury and Finance. Final approval was granted at a Future Melbourne Committee meeting on Tuesday.