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Sporting Fields and Skate Parks

Great Lakes offers a wide range of recreational facilities such as skateparks and sporting fields. All our recreational facilities are now smoke free. This means you cannot smoke within 10m of sports buildings, courts and playing fields, park furniture and park buildings. Please refer to the Policy Smoke Free Recreation Areas for more information.

Skate Parks

A skate park is a purpose-built recreational environment for skateboarders, roller skaters, inline skaters, scooter riders and BMX riders to ride and develop their technique. A skatepark may contain half pipes, quarter pipes, spine transfers, handrails, banked ramps, full pipes, pools, bowls, and any number of other objects. Skate Parks are designed specifically to provide unique challenges to its users. In a well designed park a skater can pump around the parks curved walls such as quarter pipes, pump bumps and bowl corners without taking their feet off to push. They can use that speed to hit street obstacles such as stairs, railings and benches.

If you are into skating, we have a range of skate parks for you. There are currently 7 skateparks offering users a range of activities and are suitable the most beginner to the more advanced rider.

Skate parks range from beginner parks at Tea Gardens, Bulahdelah, Stroud, Nabiac , Pindimar and Green Point through to the more challenging parks at Smiths Lake and Tuncurry.

Tuncurry Skate Park

Smiths Lake Skate Park

Sporting Fields

Great Lakes offers 11 sporting complexes through out the area catering for a variety of sports. Below is a table showing what sports are played at each sporting complex. For more information on each sporting complex such as the names of the fields, address, clubs, opening hours and facilities, simply click on the name and the information will be displayed.

	League	Football (Soccer)	Union	Netball	Cricket	Touch	Croquet	Tennis	Athletics
North Tuncurry Sports Complex
Tuncurry Sports Complex
Forster Sports Complex
Boronia Park - Forster
Pacific Palms Sports Complex
Jack Ireland Sports Complex - Bulahdelah
Aub Ferris Sports Complex - Nabiac
Nabiac Oval
Memorial Park - Tea Gardens
Myall Park - Hawks Nest
Stroud Sports Ground

How do I find out if a sporting field is open for use?

Council has a responsibility to ensure all sporting fields are maintained to a standard that will hold up to expected use during the course of the playing season. At times during inclement weather we have to close the fields to ensure they are in the best playing conditions for the remainder of the season. Fields can also be closed for maintenance.

The decision to close a field is not taken lightly. The responsible officer takes into consideration the soil structure, drainage, how far into the season we are, and how the field will stand up under play if they are to remain open. All sporting clubs are considered at the time of closure, however Council cannot be held responsible for any loss of competition or training days.

Council offers a Sports Field Status Page as well as a Sports Field Hotline with a recorded message that will advise which fields are closed. The HOTLINE NUMBER IS 02 6555 9200.

How do I make a booking for a sporting field? There are numerous sporting fields throughout the area. Seasonal or casual bookings to use these fields can be made through Parks and Recreation Services. To book a field, complete the Sporting Field Booking Form.pdf

Guide for use of Council Facilities

A Guide for the use of Council Facilities has been produced by Council in partnership with the Mid North Coast Regional Risk Management Group in the interest of community safety. If used appropriately the Guide will help to ensure the safety, health and well being of all users of, and visitors to the facility.

It is expected that hirers will ensure compliance with the compulsory requirements of the guidelines and by signing the Application for use of Sporting Facilities Form acknowledges and accepts its role and responsibilities in ensuring compliance with the relevant legislation, policy, code or standard applicable to its use and purpose of occupation.

Contact Details:

council@greatlakes.nsw.gov.au