For 30 years, the community of Bordertown in South Australia needed a dog park – the local Rotary Club made it happen.
“There’s a real need in the community,” says Jeffrey Wiese, a Regional Community Leader from the Rotary Club of Bordertown. Local dog parks encourage community members and their furry friends to get outdoors, exercise and socialise. Bordertown’s dog parks (yes there’s two of them!) do just that, welcoming community members and travellers to play and exercise with their dogs.
“We actually built the whole thing ourselves, physically” says Wiese. In addition to building the park, The Rotary Club of Bordertown also provided funding through fundraising and grants to get this project up and running. “Rotary has made a huge contribution.”
“The project has created important partnerships” between Rotary and the local district council, says Chris Mackereth, Secretary of Rotary Club of Bordertown. Partnerships like these encourage further conversations about serving the community.
The parks include public barbeques, benches and plenty of space for dogs to run around. Bordertown is a common stop for travellers who drive long distances between Adelaide and Melbourne—making this the “pawfect” spot for families and their four-legged friends to stretch their legs.
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