We notify our members of updates through a regular e-newsletter. We also plan to publish regular updates on this website.
03 December 2020
Red bows on Dunrossil Drive
The Governor-General has joined in the Yarralumla festive spirit and adorned the 1918 Heritage listed Elm trees on either side of Dunrossil Drive – from the entrance to the Cotter Road.
03 December 2020
Yarralumla Shops
Yarralumla Shops After the success of Floriade:Reimagined at the Yarralumla Shops, YRA now has approval to continue to maintain a flower bed at the shops.
30 November 2020
Derelict site - 39 Bentham and 33 Hutchins
The blocks 39 Bentham and 33 Hutchins Street opposite Yarralumla Shops were part of early 1920's Canberra Brickworks Housing Precinct but are now a derelict site.
18 October 2020
Tree maintenance group meeting times
The Yarralumla volunteer tree maintenance group will meet every Tuesday at 9.00am until the middle of December to work on the ridge from Denman Street near the Uniting Church.
23 September 2020
Floriade in Yarralumla
The tulips and annuals at the shops and in the pocket park on the corner of Novar and Hooker are coming into bloom thanks to those residents who have watered and cared for them over recent months. Sad to see that one of the wheelbarrows of blooms vanished one night.
22 September 2020
Blue Gum Point project
The ACT Government has awarded an Environment Grant of $20,856 to Friends of Grasslands to restore grassy woodlands at Blue Gum Point (east) in Yarralumla. The site contains populations of the nationally endangered Button Wrinklewort and Golden Sun Moth.
01 September 2020
2020 ACT Election - YRA Priorities
YRA wrote to all the known candidates for the electorate of Murrumbidgee in the forthcoming ACT election, seeking their views on a number of issues affecting Yarralumla. Read more to see the YRA's list of key priorities and the responses we've received.
25 July 2020
Yarralumla Community Garden Proposal
TheYarralumla Community Garden Group (YCG) seeks your support in establishing a community garden on the corner of Loftus and Mueller Streets.
14 July 2020
Brickworks Update
YRA started out in 1988 because of opposition to the then proposed plans for the Canberra Brickworks. After more than 30 years of hard work by many people we were represented on the community panel that was consulted as part of the tender process and in 2019 Doma were confirmed by the ACT Government (Suburban Land Agency “SLA”) as the successful tenderer.
13 July 2020
Planning and development updates
Summaries of the recent planning and development updates
