forms a prominent urban environment when viewed from within and across from vantage points such as and . The Special Requirements of Amendment 29, the National Capital Plan, was to retain a ‘working boat and achieve this, future development is to follow the harbour’ ‘lake maintenance facility’. To ‘aesthetic in the Amendment 29. Currently, the land area is partially developed, and is largely principles’ outlined bare. The landscape character is proposed to be of open parkland character consistent with and ‘an should permit views into development through informal tree planting and allow for pedestrian and cycleway movement through the area’. is an open grassed area with established trees. The park has a dedicated parking area which is accessible from , and is popular area for feeding ducks and swans and with model boat enthusiasts. It continues the parkland which is characteristic of the northern lake edge in and of most of the southern lake edge. A pathway for pedestrian and cyclists exists along the southern lake edge from in through , where it terminates at . On the northern lake edge, a pathway for pedestrian and cyclists exists from , around , through to . 2.5 Conclusions As the Lake Burley Griffin Study Area is a complex one, with an even more complex relationship to its surrounding foreshores and adjacent lands, this section has provided a brief introduction and description for all the components to be discussed in more detail in subsequent chapters. Lake Burley Griffin is a central component of the key designed, symbolic landscape within the National Capital. This nation’s landscape is therefore rich in features with a wide array of cultural, political and symbolic associations. This is not a landscape which has evolved organically through the ebbs and flows of history, but through a dynamic intellectual process which has both shaped, and been shaped by, changing perceptions of what the Australian nation is now or should become in the future. The highly intellectual and aspirational character of this landscape has indeed incorporated and responded to the environment and society within which it is sited. The subsequent sections of this Assessment will explore this ongoing and developing relationship between people and place. 2.6 Endnotes
forms a prominent urban environment when viewed from within and across from vantage points such as and . The Special Requirements of Amendment 29, the National Capital Plan, was to retain a ‘working boat harbour’ and ‘lake maintenance facility’. To achieve this, future development is to follow the ‘aesthetic principles’ outlined in the Amendment 29. Currently, the land area is partially developed, and is largely bare. The landscape character is proposed to be of ‘an open parkland character consistent with and should permit views into development through informal tree planting and allow for pedestrian and cycleway movement through the area’. is an open grassed area with established trees. The park has a dedicated parking area which is accessible from , and is popular area for feeding ducks and swans and with model boat enthusiasts. It continues the parkland which is characteristic of the northern lake edge in and of most of the southern lake edge. A pathway for pedestrian and cyclists exists along the southern lake edge from in through , where it terminates at . On the northern lake edge, a pathway for pedestrian and cyclists exists from , around , through to . 2.5 Conclusions As the Lake Burley Griffin Study Area is a complex one, with an even more complex relationship to its surrounding foreshores and adjacent lands, this section has provided a brief introduction and description for all the components to be discussed in more detail in subsequent chapters. Lake Burley Griffin is a central component of the nation’s key designed, symbolic landscape within the National Capital. This landscape is therefore rich in features with a wide array of cultural, political and symbolic associations. This is not a landscape which has evolved organically through the ebbs and flows of history, but through a dynamic intellectual process which has both shaped, and been shaped by, changing perceptions of what the Australian nation is now or should become in the future. The highly intellectual and aspirational character of this landscape has indeed incorporated and responded to the environment and society within which it is sited. The subsequent sections of this Assessment will explore this ongoing and developing relationship between people and place. 2.6 Endnotes