About the most recent strategic initiative in metropolitan open space is The Yarra River Action Plan produced in 2017 and which aims to “recognise the network of parklands along the Yarra as part of the one integrated living whole natural asset; improve community access to, movement along and on the river; increase opportunities to enjoy the river parklands for people of all ages and abilities; and create more destinations and improve visitor experiences – a blueprint designed to keep the Yarra alive.” https://www.planning.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0024/27177/DELWP0032_YarraRiverActionPlan_v27_weba.pdf

Other sources of reference include:

  • Concept Plan: Lower Yarra River (Spencer Street to Punt Road) 1981
  • Upper Yarra Valley and Dandenong Ranges Regional Strategy Plan 1982
  • Upper Yarra River Management Strategy 1985
  • Concept Plan: Lower Yarra River (Punt Road to Dights Falls) 1986
  • Upper Yarra River: Revegetation and Land Management Guidelines 1987
  • Melbourne’s Open Space 1988
  • Lower Yarra River – Landscape Guidelines 1988
  • Lower Yarra River – Punt Road to Dights Falls: Vegetation Management Guidelines 1989
  • Middle Yarra Concept Plan – Dights Falls to Burke Road 1990
  • Yarra River: Use and Development Guidelines (Docklands to Punt Road) 1991
  • Middle Yarra Concept Plan – Burke Road to Watsons Creek 1991 and 1993
  • Melbourne’s Strategic Off-Road Recreational Trail Network 1996
  • Open Space 2000
  • Lower Yarra River Future Directions Plan & Recreation Guidelines – April 2001 (for water based uses between the Bay and Dights Falls)
  • Linking People and Spaces – 2002 and (updated) 2010.