Koolinda Crescent, Karama - Local Area Traffic Management and Liveability Project

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Do you live in Alawa, Jingili, Moil, Wagaman, Wulagi, Anula, Malak, Karama or Marrara?

These suburbs form part of Darwin’s Green Belt and Recreational neighbourhood under the Place and Liveability Plan 2050 – and we’d love to hear from you!







Explore Darwin Neighbourhoods — Data Insights Platform 


About The Project 

 City of Darwin will be upgrading Koolinda Crescent, Karama and its surrounding area. Our objective make this area safer for all road users and improve the liveability of the area. We would also like to invite the community to co-design the improvements.

To reduce vehicle speeds and improve safety along Koolinda Crescent, the project proposes:

• Painting parking lanes along Koolinda Crescent
• Three pedestrian refuges located near the Karama Shopping Centre site, Robyn Lesley Park, and the Koolinda Crescent/Mueller Street intersection
• Reconstruction of the children’s crossing and footpath
• Widening the road intersection at Koolinda crescent/ Kalymnos Drive

Community feedback collected between Monday 9 February and Sunday 8 March 2026 will help us determine the liveability improvements included in the project.

 What are “liveability improvements”?

Liveability improvements are features we add to projects to help make neighbourhoods safer, easier to get around and more enjoyable to spend time in.  

When we spoke with the community when developing the Place and Liveability Plan 2050, people told us that safety and security, physical connectivity, open space and recreation, and art and culture are important elements making areas better places to live.  

We’re using this feedback to guide how the area is being designed, and the community will continue to help shape the final outcome. Liveability elements may include things like better footpaths, more shading and seating, safer road crossings, traffic calming measures, improved accessibility, or other features like spaces for art and community use that enhance day‑to‑day use of public spaces. 

Our goal

Instead of using the same design everywhere, City of Darwin is taking a local, neighbourhood-based approach. That means listening to the people who live, work and spend time here, and designing improvements that reflect how the area is actually used, now and into the future. 

Have your say

The final liveability features will be shaped by community feedback.

If you live nearby, run a business, use the park, or travel through the area, we’d love to hear from you.

You can get involved by:

  • Completing the online survey
  • Taking part in the kids’ art competition
  • Sharing your ideas about what would make the area safer and more enjoyable

 The engagement period runs from: Monday 9 February to Sunday 8 March 2026 

Your feedback will help guide what improvements are included in the final design.

 Have Your Say 


What we’re asking about

We’re especially keen to hear your thoughts on ideas related to:

  • Safety and security
  • Open space and recreation
  • Getting around (walking, cycling, driving)
  • Art and culture

 Please check the map below to see the survey area.

How to share your feedback

If you have questions or want more information, you can also contact us at engage@darwin.nt.gov.au.


 Kids Art Competition 

This competition closed Sunday 8 March 2026. 

Calling all artists!  

 Well... all artists between ages 5-12.  Your artwork could be turned into real public art as part of our road safety upgrades in Malak! 

Theme: “My neighbourhood is the Park and Play Village” 

Kids living in the “Green Belt and Recreational” neighbourhood (Alawa, Jingili, Moil, Wagaman, Wulagi, Anula, Malak, Karama or Marrara) are encouraged to create one original drawing showing what a great park-and-play neighbourhood looks like to them. 

You might like to draw: 

  • Your favourite local park or playground 

  • Places where kids play, ride bikes or kick a ball 

  • Trees, grass, wetlands or bushland 

  • Picnic areas, walking tracks or sporting fields 

  • What you’d like your neighbourhood to look like in the future 

The theme is inspired by Darwin’s Place and Liveability Plan 2050, which describes this area as a Green Belt and Recreational neighbourhood. 

Learn more: 

What’s in it for kids?   

  • One overall winner will receive an iPad! 

  •  Selected finalists artworks will be transformed into colourful streetlight art at the Malak Markets carpark and at Robyn Lesley Park at Karama.


Winners
Ten winning artworks were selected and the highest scoring artists from each age group being were Mali from Marrara (age 12) and Amara from Karama (Age 8), as shown below. The eight other finalists have been highlighted in the table of all submissions. 

 Mali, Age 12, Marrara                                                                                                                                                                      Amara, Age 8, Karama

  









Submissions

 Abigail, Age 8, Ada, Age 9, Wulagi (Finalist) Aiden, Age 6, Karama

 Aislin, Age 9, Alawa

Amara, Age 8, Karama (Winner) 

Amihan, Age 9, Jingli

Arlo, Age7, Moil (Finalist) 

Arya, Age 7, Moil

Athena, Age 9, Wulagi

Belva, Age 10, Karama (Finalist) 

Chloe, Age 10, Karama

David, Age 9, Karama (Finalist) 

Elliot, Age 8, Jingili (Finalist) 

Finn, Age 10, Moil

Henry, Age 11, Moil (Finalist) 

Irene, Age 9, Karama

Isobel, Age 5, Wulagi

Joshua, Age 7, Moil (Finalist) 

Khaleesi, Age 9, Wulagi

Maddison, Age 5, Karama

Malcolm, Age 8, Karama (Finalist) 

Mali, Age 12, Marrarra (Winner) 

Marion, Age 9, Jingili

Mashael, Age 8, Karama

Meerab, Age 10, Karama

Nuha, Age 10, Malak

Reshma, Age 6

River, Age 12, Alawa

Ruben, Age 10, Alawa

Seth, Age 5, Alawa

Tate, Age 8, Alawa

Xavier, Age 9, Moil



Do you live in Alawa, Jingili, Moil, Wagaman, Wulagi, Anula, Malak, Karama or Marrara?

These suburbs form part of Darwin’s Green Belt and Recreational neighbourhood under the Place and Liveability Plan 2050 – and we’d love to hear from you!







Explore Darwin Neighbourhoods — Data Insights Platform 


About The Project 

 City of Darwin will be upgrading Koolinda Crescent, Karama and its surrounding area. Our objective make this area safer for all road users and improve the liveability of the area. We would also like to invite the community to co-design the improvements.

To reduce vehicle speeds and improve safety along Koolinda Crescent, the project proposes:

• Painting parking lanes along Koolinda Crescent
• Three pedestrian refuges located near the Karama Shopping Centre site, Robyn Lesley Park, and the Koolinda Crescent/Mueller Street intersection
• Reconstruction of the children’s crossing and footpath
• Widening the road intersection at Koolinda crescent/ Kalymnos Drive

Community feedback collected between Monday 9 February and Sunday 8 March 2026 will help us determine the liveability improvements included in the project.

 What are “liveability improvements”?

Liveability improvements are features we add to projects to help make neighbourhoods safer, easier to get around and more enjoyable to spend time in.  

When we spoke with the community when developing the Place and Liveability Plan 2050, people told us that safety and security, physical connectivity, open space and recreation, and art and culture are important elements making areas better places to live.  

We’re using this feedback to guide how the area is being designed, and the community will continue to help shape the final outcome. Liveability elements may include things like better footpaths, more shading and seating, safer road crossings, traffic calming measures, improved accessibility, or other features like spaces for art and community use that enhance day‑to‑day use of public spaces. 

Our goal

Instead of using the same design everywhere, City of Darwin is taking a local, neighbourhood-based approach. That means listening to the people who live, work and spend time here, and designing improvements that reflect how the area is actually used, now and into the future. 

Have your say

The final liveability features will be shaped by community feedback.

If you live nearby, run a business, use the park, or travel through the area, we’d love to hear from you.

You can get involved by:

  • Completing the online survey
  • Taking part in the kids’ art competition
  • Sharing your ideas about what would make the area safer and more enjoyable

 The engagement period runs from: Monday 9 February to Sunday 8 March 2026 

Your feedback will help guide what improvements are included in the final design.

 Have Your Say 


What we’re asking about

We’re especially keen to hear your thoughts on ideas related to:

  • Safety and security
  • Open space and recreation
  • Getting around (walking, cycling, driving)
  • Art and culture

 Please check the map below to see the survey area.

How to share your feedback

If you have questions or want more information, you can also contact us at engage@darwin.nt.gov.au.


 Kids Art Competition 

This competition closed Sunday 8 March 2026. 

Calling all artists!  

 Well... all artists between ages 5-12.  Your artwork could be turned into real public art as part of our road safety upgrades in Malak! 

Theme: “My neighbourhood is the Park and Play Village” 

Kids living in the “Green Belt and Recreational” neighbourhood (Alawa, Jingili, Moil, Wagaman, Wulagi, Anula, Malak, Karama or Marrara) are encouraged to create one original drawing showing what a great park-and-play neighbourhood looks like to them. 

You might like to draw: 

  • Your favourite local park or playground 

  • Places where kids play, ride bikes or kick a ball 

  • Trees, grass, wetlands or bushland 

  • Picnic areas, walking tracks or sporting fields 

  • What you’d like your neighbourhood to look like in the future 

The theme is inspired by Darwin’s Place and Liveability Plan 2050, which describes this area as a Green Belt and Recreational neighbourhood. 

Learn more: 

What’s in it for kids?   

  • One overall winner will receive an iPad! 

  •  Selected finalists artworks will be transformed into colourful streetlight art at the Malak Markets carpark and at Robyn Lesley Park at Karama.


Winners
Ten winning artworks were selected and the highest scoring artists from each age group being were Mali from Marrara (age 12) and Amara from Karama (Age 8), as shown below. The eight other finalists have been highlighted in the table of all submissions. 

 Mali, Age 12, Marrara                                                                                                                                                                      Amara, Age 8, Karama

  









Submissions

 Abigail, Age 8, Ada, Age 9, Wulagi (Finalist) Aiden, Age 6, Karama

 Aislin, Age 9, Alawa

Amara, Age 8, Karama (Winner) 

Amihan, Age 9, Jingli

Arlo, Age7, Moil (Finalist) 

Arya, Age 7, Moil

Athena, Age 9, Wulagi

Belva, Age 10, Karama (Finalist) 

Chloe, Age 10, Karama

David, Age 9, Karama (Finalist) 

Elliot, Age 8, Jingili (Finalist) 

Finn, Age 10, Moil

Henry, Age 11, Moil (Finalist) 

Irene, Age 9, Karama

Isobel, Age 5, Wulagi

Joshua, Age 7, Moil (Finalist) 

Khaleesi, Age 9, Wulagi

Maddison, Age 5, Karama

Malcolm, Age 8, Karama (Finalist) 

Mali, Age 12, Marrarra (Winner) 

Marion, Age 9, Jingili

Mashael, Age 8, Karama

Meerab, Age 10, Karama

Nuha, Age 10, Malak

Reshma, Age 6

River, Age 12, Alawa

Ruben, Age 10, Alawa

Seth, Age 5, Alawa

Tate, Age 8, Alawa

Xavier, Age 9, Moil