NBL has been involved in the new Wedderburn Bridge project, which was jointly funded by the federal government and Campbelltown Council. The new bridge which allows residents to enter and exit their small suburb during times of heavy rain, when in previous years they would have been stranded by flooding. NBL were engaged to design, fabricate and install signage, as well as sculptural hardwood totem poles. Hardwood posts from the original bridge were retained and incorporated into the final design. The totem poles had motifs carved onto the face and topped with laser cut corten sculptures that depict Australian flora and fauna, native to the area.
About the author
Nicholas Bray, Registered Landscape Architect (RILA 958, AILA)
Nicholas Bray is the principal of Nicholas Bray Landscapes, a landscape architecture and construction business based in Moss Vale in the Southern Highlands. With 25 years of experience across landscape architecture, horticulture and environmental planning, he designs and builds gardens for large acreage estates, rural properties, vineyards, schools and commercial sites throughout the Southern Highlands, Central and Southern New South Wales.
Nicholas studied landscape architecture in Australia and Canada, and horticulture at the Royal Horticultural Society’s garden at Wisley in the United Kingdom. He has worked at the Hanbury Botanical Gardens in La Mortola, Italy, and completed projects in Spain, the United Kingdom, Singapore and Canada.
His work balances the built and natural environments with site specific planting, stonework, pools and water features, and he is well known for guiding complex landscape plans through council approval.