Sustainable Water and Playing Field Refurbishment: Tryon Oval

Tryon Oval No 2 is situated at East Lindfield in the Gordon Creek Catchment. Above the catchment is low density residential housing, and down-slope is Council bushland linking to Garigal National Park and Middle Harbour. The bushland around the site contains rare and endangered species and natural features of significance such as “Lindfield Rocks”. There is a network of walking tracks and remnant stonework from the 1930s which is culturally significant.

Ku-ring-gai Council chose ESD Landscape Contractors to do a major reconstruction of Tryon Oval and the surrounding infrastructure. This involved complete stripping of the area down to the subgrade, installing sub surface drainage to the oval, utilising swales and subsoil drainage to pits to harvest all stormwater runoff, which after running through the Gross Pollutant Traps, is then transferred to a 250,000 litre reservoir which was also installed by ESD. A kerbed, bitumen access road to the new tank was also constructed by ESD. A fully automatic sub surface irrigation system was also installed which is fed by the harvested stormwater to keep the turf looking its best. The final result is a fully self-sufficient, environmentally friendly playing field which blends in beautifully with the surrounding bushland.

Project Details

• Client: Ku-ring-gai Council
• Total Value: $900,000