North Head Viewing Platforms Shortlisted in 2024 National Trust (NSW) Heritage Awards

17/04/2024

We are delighted to announce that North Head Viewing Platforms has been shortlisted for the 2024 National Trust (NSW) Heritage Awards, in the Aboriginal Heritage category.

This is a wonderful recognition of the collaboration between our client NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service, architect and designers CHROFI and Bangawarra, Glascott Landscape and Civil’s Sydney delivery team and our delivery partners.

Project Submission Overview: 

For thousands of years, Car-rang gel – the Country now known as North Head – has been important ceremonial grounds for local peoples. The sandstone promontory offered a place to gather and celebrate stories like those of Gawura, the whale, and Car-rang, the pelican; a sacred animal to the Gai-mariagal people. These stories have been passed down through generations and played an important role in establishing Songlines that connect to a vast kinship system. 

CHROFI and Bangawarra designed two new viewing platforms for North Head – Burragula and Yiningma – offering breathtaking views of Sydney Harbour to hundreds of thousands of visitors each year. In addition to improving the safety and viewing experience of the existing lookouts, the project intends to be a catalyst for the future identity of the precinct, as an environmentally, socially, and economically sustainable place that celebrates Country and continues the cultural traditions of local peoples for future generations.

Click here for the full shortlist for the 2024 National Trust (NSW) Heritage Awards.

Click here for the Project details.

Images courtesy of CHROFI.