Ingamells Reserve, Prospect, Tas

It's been 2 and a half years since I last posted on this site, and in between the last post and this one our book Community Green has been published, including a lot of material from this blog. You'd think the book would finally scratch the itch but no, and a few Launceston examples from this week have cried out to be recorded.

Launceston has a lot of IRs, for reasons not thoroughly obvious to me, although its general hilliness might go some way to explaining - leads to (1) topographically-sensitive road patterns (2) space in residential areas unsuitable for building. I have yet to find any outright overt discussion by Launceston parks or governance people expressing a particular preference in this regard. But there clearly is one and I would say of the many, many cities around the world I have visited looking at IRs, per capita Launceston wins. 

Here are some images from the Ingamells Reserve which can be viewed here though I note the map this links to actually doesn't show the reserve at all! It is a bushland reserve with what look to me like some pretty decisive desire lines from one end to the other, though if they're on a map, maybe they were actually designated as such by original designers - don't know. 

Signposted entrance at Summer Rise.

As you can see the house above definitely 'uses' the space as something to look into passively. I noted this building does not have any gateway access into the reserve, however. So it's look but don't touch. 

Pedestrian way into Pamela Court. 

Entrance to Ingamells St which as you can see from the map is rather absurdly three streets. So this is Ingamells St near the intersection with Ingamells St - !  

Looking south-east from the southern end of the reserve. 

There's another, unnamed, reserve very close to this one which is very different. I will post about that tomorrow. Tomorrow! Not in two-and-a-half years.