This year’s Light Up Lyneham promises to be the best so far. All your favourites return, along with more entertainment, more stalls, and a whole bunch of new activities to try. So grab your gloves and coat, bring your neighbours and friends, and enjoy the Lantern Walk, extraordinary live performances,…
DPA-12 Update The consultation period for the Draft Territory Plan Amendment DPA-12 closed in April. The proposed amendment to the Territory Plan would legitimize the car park illegally developed by the Brindabella Christian College by permitting that part of Lyneham Neighbourhood Oval to be used as a car park despite…
Draft Territory Plan Amendment DPA-12 We’ve been very pleased with the response to our previous mail out to members, and to the wider leaflet delivering to all letterboxes in Lyneham and north O’Connor. At the time of writing, over 250 people have made a submission from the web…
Car Park Appeal Background: In 2023, the LCA took the ACT Government to ACAT (the ACT Civil and Administrative Tribunal) due to its failure to uphold its own laws in regard to the car park used by Brindabella Christian College (BCC). The car park was built without development approval, breached…
Funding Boost We’re pleased to report that the LCA has been successful in its application for a grant from Events ACT to help run next year’s Light Up Lyneham. We had a similar grant for 2025. We will still need to rely on our supportive sponsors to bring an even better…
25 Trees Registered The Conservator of Flora and Fauna, Bren Burkevics, has fully registered 25 tree located in the Urban Open Space parkland at the end of Wongoola Close in O’Connor. The conservator noted the trees “are all native Eucalypt species with a large portion of them containing hollows.…
Bluebell Sustainable Business AwardsLight Up Lyneham was nominated in the Sustainable Event category of the Bluebell Sustainable Business Awards sponsored by the ACT Government, announced on Thursday 11 September. Although Light Up Lyneham didn’t win the category, the LCA is extremely grateful to Julie Evans, the SEE Change Wasteless team,…
Congratulations to Sandra Graefenstein, winner of the Light Up Lyneham 2025 Photo Competition, with the photo Floating sunset jellyfish congregation. The judging panel awarded Highly Commended to Julian Humphrey’s Touching! and Alan Hajek’s Don’t try this at home – try it at someone else’s home! You can view all the entries at…
Bring your gloves and coats, family, friends and neighbours, and enjoy the Sunset Lantern Walk, extraordinary performances, delightful entertainment, wonderful stalls, illuminated wetlands displays, and the fantastic community spirit. See tiny.cc/lul25 for details. If you’d like to help with any of tasks below email contact@lyneham.org.au. Letterbox deliveries (about…
Many thanks to David Pope who again has delivered a fantastic image for the front of our leaflet. We’re in the process of printing the leaflets, to be delivered to your letterboxes in July. Start organising your friends, family and neighbours. Bring your gloves and coats, and enjoy the Sunset…
