Projects

The Williams Reserve in Boddington is poised to become a premier destination for mountain biking enthusiasts, thanks to a substantial grant of $959,947 under the Australian Government’s Priority Community Infrastructure Program. This significant funding will be used to design and construct a series of mountain bike trails of varying lengths, styles, and classifications within Williams Reserve. 

Providing high quality aged care accommodation for residents from the Shire of Boddington and surrounding areas has been identified as a critical issue by the community. 

Through the development of the Council Plan 2022-2032, Council resolved to progress a business plan to determine the need and viability for the upgrade of the Boddington Caravan Park. This planning for this project encompassed three stages, being a needs assessment, concept plan development, and business case.

This project, the Boddington Community Yarning Circle, initiated by Elder Greg Thorn, seeks to bring back the song-line of this area, a song-line that extends back thousands of years. Greg states that “by bringing back the song-line it can once again take its rightful place in our shared living history. It can be sung upon and walked on into our shared future."

The Shire is planning the future of two important community places in the town centre, the Old School site and the Town Hall. Both have deep local history and pride of place. Both also need a clear, sustainable plan for safe use, maintenance, and activation so they remain valued community assets for years to come.

The Tullis Bridge Rail Trail makes use of the Hotham Valley Railway Line from the Boddington Rodeo Grounds to Tullis Bridge. The 16km return trip travels through urban bushland, parallel to the light industrial area, into farmland with two small areas of remnant conservation, and into bushland for the final approach to Tullis Bridge on the picturesque bank of the Hotham River.

The Boddington Swimming Pool is an important community recreation facility that supports aquatic recreation, learn-to-swim programs, swimming club activities, family use and community wellbeing during the summer season.

The Shire has prepared the Boddington Swimming Pool Enhancement Plan 2026–2036 to guide future improvements to the facility over the next 10 years. The plan provides a staged approach to improving the Swimming Pool precinct, with a focus on usability, safety, security, amenity and long-term planning.

The Town Centre Revitalisation Masterplan, released in 2023, proposes improvements for the vacant block at 32 Bannister Road. Community input was collected in early 2025 to shape the draft designs, to create a focal point on the main street with landscaping, public art, and space for community events and temporary retail.

The Shire sought community input on the plans to enhance Central Park and gather information on how the community would like to see the future use of this space. Feedback was collected online and in person from Tuesday, 18 February 2025 until Monday, 3 March 2025, with a community stall hosted outside the IGA on Friday, 21 February from 2-4pm.