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Landcare and Sustainable Living Centre, umali barai-ku

Announcement

At Landcare, we're passionate about the environment and our community. Events at our facility must align with our goals to educate, engage and inspire environmental sustainability. If your event does not align to these values, Council staff can recommend an alternative venue.
All bookings require a minimum of ten business days' notice for processing.

Located on the shores of Lake Macquarie in Awabakal Country, the Landcare and Sustainable Living Centre, umali barai-ku (‘To do for the earth’ in Awabakal language) is a state-of-the-art facility that educates, engages and inspires the Lake Mac community to take action on environmental and sustainability issues.

It’s a space for the delivery of inspiring sustainable living and environmental programs, events and initiatives to our community. The centre is a community hub and meeting place for a number of the city’s environmental and sustainability community groups, including one of the largest Landcare volunteer networks in Australia.

The centre offers:

A large, modern community gathering space (100m²)
Wi-Fi connectivity
Meeting space for community members
Modern office space
Rainwater harvesting and solar capture systems
Covered outdoor learning area (COLA)
Landcare plant nursery
Community garden
EV chargers

The centre showcases best-practice sustainable building practices and materials, including:

Rainwater harvesting system
Solar panels
Green wall for managing building temperature
Local endemic species used in landscaping
Louvres, fans, inverted truss ceiling and insulation to reduce energy consumption
Recycled pavers reused in office area
Stormwater filtered through wetland before returning to lake

The site is ideally placed, linking into existing roads, public transport and cycle way infrastructure. The site features accessibility elements including an entrance ramp to level access, accessible public toilets and accessible parking.

Facility hire

The community meeting room and gathering space is available for external hire for bookings that align with the facilities goals to educate, engage and inspire environmental sustainability.

To apply to hire the community meeting room, please read the hiring guidelines and complete the online form.

About Landcare and Sustainable Living Centre, umali barai-ku

The words umali barai-ku translates to ‘to do for the earth’ in Awabakal and is a reflection of the important work we do at the Landcare and Sustainable Living Centre. It is also the cultural name given to the centre and helps to embed the stewardship of the land within Aboriginal cultures and the application of this principle by Landcare and Sustainable Neighbourhoods groups.

You can listen to the cultural name of the venue in the player below.