Minister for Planning and Public Spaces Paul Scully and Bradfield Development Authority (BDA) CEO Ken Morrison welcomed the public to Bradfield City Centre’s inaugural Community Open Day on Saturday 28th June, showcasing Australia’s first new city to be built in one hundred years.

The sold-out free event saw 1,000 visitors from the community take guided tours of First Building, the Green Roof viewing platform and the Advanced Manufacturing Readiness Facility Manufacturing Hall (located in First Building) across four guided tour sessions.

Bradfield is set to become a vibrant, global hub, driving industry, innovation and economic development and will have something for everyone, including 20,000 new jobs, 10,000 new homes, and great public spaces.

Activities on Community Open Day included: Tiny Tradies (Bradfield’s civil works provider Western Earth Moving had children pulling on the mini hi-vis vests and operating miniature earth moving machinery; a treasure hunt (the Advanced Manufacturing Readiness Facility (AMRF) experts created 3D-printed native animals for the children to find and ‘tick off’ their treasure hunt passport; an art exhibition by Luddenham Public School, which demonstrated what the future of Bradfield holds for them.

The First Building Visitor Centre (downstairs area of First Building was set up as a visitor centre to welcome business and community visitors and explain the Bradfield project. Dreamfields (asking the community to submit a word that encompasses their dream for Bradfield. Stalls on the day included Western Sydney International Airport, Sydney Water, the Metro, Transport for NSW, Liverpool, Hawkesbury and Camden Councils, Gandangara local Aboriginal Land Council, Blue Mountains Tourism, live entertainment and local food trucks.