Play Australia Board, staff and membership congratulate Cathy Kiss on receipt of the Frank Stewart Distinguished Service Award, the most prestigious individual award bestowed by Parks and Leisure Australia for the significant contribution she has made to the development, promotion and advocacy of the parks and leisure industry in Australia.

Wes Fleming is best known for winning the top gong at the prestigious Chelsea Flower Show in London, but the third-generation nurseryman now wants to green pastures much closer to home. Read the article at The AGE.

Joey Boothby and Doug Fargher talk about the Westgarth Bush Kinder program in this fairfax new story...

Better out than in: Westgarth bush kindergarten plunges kids back into nature Read more:

Now we know that the internet is loaded up with silly cat videos and we don't want to waist your time - but take a quick peak at this clever play idea - for goats!

This interview is part of a very special interview series with some of the world’s leading advocates and practitioners who help connect children and families with and in nature, along with researchers, educators, emotional intelligence specialists, environmental champions, relationship experts, parenting experts, and health practitioners.

Watch here.

With a program of participatory experiences and conversations, Forecast is designed to inspire and engage by re-imagining the way we meet and celebrate the profession, share our stories and learn through discourse and debate.

Forecast is taking place in Brisbane from Thursday 16 - Saturday 18 October 2014.

Over three days on the banks of the Brisbane River, the inaugural Festival of Landscape Architecture will prototype a new approach for Landscape Architecture, reflecting the way we work as designers – transparently, collaboratively and iteratively.

THE Venny adventure playground in Kensington will be saved from having to slash its services under a Melbourne Council plan to provide emergency support. As previously reported, The Venny was one of five staffed adventure playgrounds that had its Federal Government funding axed, putting its programs in jeopardy. Read the full story in the Melbourne Herald Sun here.

You might already know about this fabulous Welsh play initiative, but it's well worth taking a look at the very clear explanation in the YouTube video. Wrexham has deeply embedded play into its policies and practice - in fact into all its thinking. And here in the banana republic of Oz, our Federal government decides that adventure playgrounds for marginalised children aren't worth funding anymore!

Channel 10's 'The Project' has also featured a news story about saving Cubbies...

Watch this news story about Cubbies Adventure Playground in Fitzroy on The 7.30 Report