History
The New Rouse Hill has a rich history as well as a vibrant future.
Both the original Darug people and the European settlers shaped the landscape. Now, The New Rouse Hill will welcome new generations.
The New Rouse Hill
The New Rouse Hill is set to be one of Sydney’s most vibrant and liveable communities. The community will include a cosmopolitan town centre, up to 1,800 modern homes, over 32 hectares of parks and open space and extensive community facilities. Regeneration of the banks of tranquil Caddies Creek have inspired the landscaping of The New Rouse Hill with species native to the local Cumberland Plain landscape.
Approximately 30% of The New Rouse Hill will be devoted to open space and will include Caddies Creek Recreation Area, 11 parks, playing fields and sports courts and meandering throughout The New Rouse Hill and following Caddies Creek is a vast network of over 5km of hike and bike trails
Carefully planned open spaces are designed to encourage interaction and community activities and, wherever you choose to live, you’ll be only a three-minute walk from your local parkland or open space.
You’ll find opportunities to work, live and play close to your home. Leave the car behind and take the kids along the network of cycle paths or take a picnic by Caddies Creek or just relax with family and friends in your own green space.
Southern Residential Neighbourhood
This neighbourhood of family homes, featuring an original grove of melaleuca trees, is just a short walk from the T-Way bus station. You’ll also be close to Mungerie House, the Community Association facilities and the large surrounding parkland. Caddies Creek is right at your back door, providing open spaces for you to enjoy. Already, the shores of the creek are being regenerated (using plants native to the area) to restore this waterway to its former natural state. The reserve directly adjacent to the creek will house the environment centre and amphitheatre.
Environment Centre
The environment centre will provide a key activity and learning venue for Caddies Creek, with an emphasis on community use and local participation. Head for the centre where you can start an exciting trail which will give you all the information you need about the local environment, history, flora or fauna.
Bike & Hike Trails
The New Rouse Hill has a network of over 5 km of cycling and walking paths. The path network also links in with the shared path located alongside the T-way and connects to an extensive network of cycle-ways being developed across western Sydney and the greater metropolitan area, making it ideal to enjoy an environmental way of transport.
Sustainability
Continuing The New Rouse Hill’s commitment to sustainability, all homes will be encouraged to incorporate environmentally friendly practices.
Homes will be oriented to draw natural light into living areas and maximise thermal performance, ceiling fans in the bedrooms and living space reduce the need for air-conditioning and money saving water and energy efficient fixtures are championed. As well as meeting or exceeding BASIX requirements The New Rouse Hill is also connected to recycled water for non-potable uses such as toilet flushing and garden irrigation.
This environmentally friendly philosophy will be continued across the new community through initiatives such as the planting of native species in public spaces to reduce water consumption and the installation of ponds and wetlands to improve water flows to Caddies Creek.
An ongoing management plan is also in place as part of the $10 million rejuvenation of Caddies Creek, designed to conserve existing trees and shrubs and protect the area as it matures to its natural vegetative state.
The New Rouse Hill will incorporate a range of solutions designed to keep the community eco-friendly and sustainable:
- Gas-boosted solar hot water to the majority of homes.
- Recycled water for gardens and toilet flushing.
- Passive solar orientation of homes and buildings to maximise light and airflow and reduce the need for excessive heating or cooling, saving you money.
- Extensive use of recycled materials
- Extensive use of energy-efficient lighting
- Water conservation measures
- Regeneration of Caddies Creek and plantings using drought-tolerant flora native to your community.
- Building streets, roads and parks designed to return cleaner, high-quality water into the natural drainage and creek systems.
Water Sensitive Urban Design Features
A stormwater management strategy has been implemented throughout The New Rouse Hill to improve stormwater quality and improve the water quality of Caddies Creek These water quality improvement applications include bio-retention systems which remove pollutants typically found in urban runoff. The bio-retention systems implemented throughout the site include:
- Bio-retention swales along roadways,
- Gross pollutant traps to capture litter coarse sediment and some nutrients,
- Rain gardens which collect runoff directly from adjacent roads for at source treatment,
- Tree pits located intermittently along local roads to capture and filter runoff,
- Buffer strips in the form of grassed verges and
- Constructed wetlands or water quality control ponds.
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