Central Park Skate Park

Queensland, Australia

LA3 worked with CONVIC on the redevelopment plan for
Central Park Skate Park in Bundaberg in 2020. The Walla
Steet Skate Park opened on 25th June 2022. The team
undertook public consultation in the form of a workshop
with key stakeholders and park users and online consultation
during the difficult COVID-19 restrictions. Project theming
took inspiration from the local agricultural industry and its
influence on the region’s landscape character which was
symbolically represented in the design through shapes,
forms, materiality and layout. This approach has created
a space that is site specific and provides the Bundaberg
community with a truly unique skate park.

The new design provides: A beginner bowl, a street area,
skate stairs and an advanced/ intermediate bowl. The design
also provides landscape and shade and provision for universal
access around the top of the bowl, a future amenities block,
universal access shelter and seating, a drinking fountain,
bike racks and feature tree planting in the form of the iconic
Queensland Bottle Tree among other hardy plantings and
retention of all existing trees. Some of the specifics of the
Skate Bowl Works include: A double set stair with kink skate
rails, taco corner with pool coping, central island and main
bowl, escalator and extension, steep bank, pocket with pool
coping, vert extension with platform QP, quarter pipe with
tight pocket, pole jam, long flat ledge, flat bar round, china
bank with kerb, doorway + stenciled concrete, euro manual
pad, hubba ledge with upper kicker and a 4 set skate stair.
Bundaberg Regional Council expect the new park to be a
drawcard for the town while creating an overdue upgrade to
the locally loved Walla Street Skate Park.