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Ched Towns Reserve (RESERVE), NSW Details
Description
A reserve in Glenmore Park bounded by Glenmore Parkway Davison Avenue Morrison Street Bulu Drive and Glenmore Park High School. It occupies Lot 1 DP833308 and Lot 1410 DP865950.
Origin
Named in honour of visually impaired paralympian the late Ched Towns. A keen water skier bushwalker mountain-bike rider and champion cyclist triathlete and ironman. Competed in 1988 Seoul Paralympics in javelin. Was selected to carry the Sydney Olympic torch but died on a mountaineering trip to the Himalayas in January 2000 aged 48 years.
Ched Towns Reserve (RESERVE), NSW
| title | Ched Towns Reserve (RESERVE) |
| additional | |
| state | NSW |
| reference | 80732 |
| placename | Ched Towns Reserve |
| designation | RESERVE |
| geographical name | |
| previous names | |
| lga | PENRITH |
| description | A reserve in Glenmore Park bounded by Glenmore Parkway Davison Avenue Morrison Street Bulu Drive and Glenmore Park High School. It occupies Lot 1 DP833308 and Lot 1410 DP865950. |
| meaning | |
| origin | Named in honour of visually impaired paralympian the late Ched Towns. A keen water skier bushwalker mountain-bike rider and champion cyclist triathlete and ironman. Competed in 1988 Seoul Paralympics in javelin. Was selected to carry the Sydney Olympic torch but died on a mountaineering trip to the Himalayas in January 2000 aged 48 years. |
| history |
