Laverton Cycling Project: April Update

Laverton Cycling Project coordinator Sabine Bird checks in with the latest from Laverton, with April shaped by school holidays, shifting rhythms in town, and early groundwork for a busy period ahead.

“School holidays are in full swing, and we encountered a seemingly empty town at first,” Sabine noted. With fewer people around initially, the focus turned to planning, connecting with community members, and mapping out the coming months, including the program’s first Health and Wellbeing seminar in May, alongside NAIDOC Week and Laverfest.

That quiet didn’t last long.

“Word about our arrival in town spread fast, and soon we had a big group of kids asking for bike riding sessions.”

What followed was a return to what the project does best: simple, high-energy sessions that evolve naturally out of the environment.

Rides quickly turned into longer excursions, heading out to the local racecourse where “some horses were curiously engaging with the kids,” alongside time spent riding through leftover flood waters nearby. This kind of stuff is not structured in a traditional sense, but that’s the point: sessions shaped by place, conditions, and what the kids are drawn to on the day.

April leaned more toward presence and connection than formal delivery, but it sets up an important next phase. With big engagement periods ahead and new initiatives about to launch, the groundwork Sabine laid this month is essential.

A photo selection from Sabine can be viewed below.