Lake access fears?

clp said :

I mean buzzy cafes where you can get $12 poached eggs* and read the paper and watch people row on the lake and have a grassy area near by where kids can run around.

I agree – watching people argue on the lake is entertaining.

@clp

fine by me, just restrict it to the east basin

Yeah well don’t forget my light rail around barton (a free circle line service to the museums).

I was thinking this morning something along the lines of Vancouver’s Granville Island – and really the Fishwyck markets should have been re-built closer to the bus depot markets (ok parking is the logistical issue with all of this but that shouldn’t be a major impediment). Markets need a soul – they should be connected to cafes.

There also needs to be places like the Bourke St Bakery chain in Sydney – does bread like Silos but much more accessible – easy to eat in and easy to buy bread and cakes from.

And places where you can have a beer or a glass of wine whilst your kids run around kicking balls on the grass (rather than playing in some inside glassed off area next to the skill testers which are merely training grounds for the pokies).

Hells_Bells74 said :

I nominate Thumper and clp to become town lake planners. Brilliant visions!

+1.

I nominate Thumper and clp to become town lake planners. Brilliant visions!

I’m with clp

Thats not really waterfront eating – its just eating places that are close to the lake.

I mean buzzy cafes where you can get $12 poached eggs* and read the paper and watch people row on the lake and have a grassy area near by where kids can run around.

I mean Canberra is full of sophisticated people – it would work a treat. But why have places like this near the Canberra Centre instead of along the lake?

* yes I know

This is the mystery to a newcomer like me

Yes, I care, and I don’t live anywhere near Kingston. Also, I know the Harold Upton referred to and he is not the sort of person to stir up a fuss without good reason.

regatta point, waterfront restaurant, canberra yacht club, the boathouse restaurant, brodburger, national library, national museum, national gallery, to name a few

What’s more important than endless path access is some decent waterfront eating options. I can’t believe that Brodburger is practically the only place to get some food along the lake. I know there are some plans along the Kingston Foreshore development but they seem incredibly slow in progressing.