Yawa Aquatic Centre awarded Community Facility of the Year
Otium congratulates the Mornington Peninsula Shire for winning the Community Facility of the Year Award for the Yawa Aquatic Centre at the 2022 Parks and Leisure Australia National Awards of Excellence. Managing Director, Kate Maddock, said, “Yawa Aquatic Centre is a wonderful facility that offers programs for all ages and abilities. The centre aims to improve community health and wellbeing [...]
Otium sponsors Koorie Academy Treaty Basketball Carnival
Otium supports a Treaty for Victoria and is pleased to provide sponsorship to the Koorie Academy in hosting the Treaty Basketball Carnival in partnership with the First Peoples’ Assembly of Victoria. The Treaty Basketball Carnival will feature Team Treaty playing against the Koorie Academy All Stars on Sunday, 18 September from 12.00pm to 5.00pm at the Narrandjeri Basketball Stadium. For [...]
Opening of the Waves Fitness and Aquatic Centre
Otium congratulates The Hills Shire Council on the recent opening of the Waves Fitness and Aquatic Centre. Our team members Bruce Mackay and Brad Billett were thrilled to attend the opening event, and acknowledge the efforts of the planning, design, construction and operational teams to get the facility open. Located in Baulkham Hills, the facility comprises a swimming complex and [...]
Parks and Leisure Australia Regional Awards of Excellence 2022
We congratulate the recipients of the Parks and Leisure Australia David Aldous Young Professional of the Year Award at two regional Awards of Excellence events. In Queensland, the award was presented to Chris Carter of Skyline Landscape Services. In Western Australia, the award was presented to Ieuan Hook of Hook Consulting. Otium is proud to support this award for young [...]
Launching Otium Analytics
Otium Planning Group Director, Jason Leslie, will launch Otium Analytics at the Parks and Leisure Australia Queensland state conference today. Data is key in driving planning directions and decisions in investment. On the back of decades of industry experience, in partnership with Nous Group and with support from the 2021 Victorian Government Technology Adoption and Innovation Program, we have developed [...]
Introducing Aditi Karande
We are pleased to introduce our new Otium team member, Aditi Karande, who has joined our NSW office as a Senior Consultant. Aditi started her career as an architect, studying and working in architectural firms in India and gaining experience across all aspects of the profession. However, she discovered that while architecture focuses on the building itself, her interest developed [...]