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Yoga is a favourite exercise that millions of people have incorporated into their fitness routine. Why? Yoga is not only good for the body, but your mental and spiritual health as well. Yoga is a practice that originated hundreds of years ago, and is considered a total body experience. You can do yoga anywhere today. […]

The wonderful people at Nature Play WA have compiled a brilliant checklist of nature play activities perfectly suited to the chillier months. Their Top 10 things to do during the winter school holidays is full of great ideas to help families make the most of the season, and have the very best nature play experiences. […]

Nature knows no boundaries and neither should park visitors. People and Parks Foundation proudly supports the introduction of accessible equipment, facilities and programs into parks for visitors with disabilities. However, with one in five people in Australia living with disability, there’s still so much we need to achieve. In order to enable all Australians, regardless […]

Exercise and staying active are so important for all of us – we all know it’s true. But sometimes we just can’t find the motivation to get up and get going. Adventure Personal Training is here to help us all get up, get outside, and get active in the glorious natural settings we’re so lucky […]

People and Parks Foundation is celebrating another coup for our award-winning program Active in Parks. The program has been recognised for its contribution to the community, winning the Victorian Government’s 2015 Community Sport and Recreation Award for Outdoor Active Recreation Initiative! We were so proud to be considered among an outstanding group of finalists, thank you to everyone […]

People and Parks Foundation’s flagship program Active in Parks has a fantastic website, which has already taken home the blue ribbon for Parks and Leisure Vic/Tas Region’s Awards of Excellence: Use of Technology. While we didn’t take out the National award at the Parks and Leisure Australian National Conference in Sydney this October, we still think this has […]

We’ve decided it’s high time we stepped away from our desks, stored away our laptops and took some time out to go exploring! We’re heading off into the wide, blue yonder for a spell, but don’t worry, it’s just an August thing. We’ll be back in September with a host of wonderful outdoor activities, new […]

Active in Parks and Parks Victoria co-hosted two very special events over the course of Kids in Nature Network’s Nature Play Week 2015, running from 11-19 April. Brimbank Park Welcome Day actually fell outside Nature Play Week’s date, but a mere technicality wasn’t going to stop children, their parents and carers turning up in droves […]

It’s official! Nature Play Week 2016 has launched and it’s an amazing programme! From the 6th to the 17th of April, activities and events supporting kids and families to get active outdoors will be held all over Victoria, thanks to the fantastic coordinating efforts of Kids in Nature Network. The Nature Play Week 2016 calendar is bursting at […]

There was more than a rustle of excitement at Parks Victoria in September 2013, when a particularly elusive species of Quoll was caught on film by remote camera in the Grampians National Park in Victoria. Prior to the camera pick-up, this particularly bashful creature hadn’t been seen in the Grampians since 1872, and was long […]