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Kestrel Park fully reopens after two-year restoration of its lake and woodland

The fences are down at Kestrel Park, where a two-year restoration has cleared decades of silt from the boating lake, added 600 trees and given the city's largest green space a new play area and café.

World

Volunteer crews race to repair 900 km of Alpine hiking trails before snow

Hundreds of volunteers have spent the season rebuilding storm-damaged footpaths across the Alps, clearing rockfall and replacing waymarks before winter closes the high routes.

Technology

Volunteer-built app maps step-free routes for wheelchair users

More than 300 volunteers have surveyed kerbs, ramps and slopes across central Wrenhaven, and the free app now plans routes that avoid steps and steep hills.