Belconnen Skate Park

AMENITIES There are toilets, a drinking fountain and one rubbish bin located at the top end of the park adjoining pay parking on what's called Soundy Close. There is one bin at the other end of the park closest to Lake Ginninderra College. There is also parking at the school out of school hours. There is a shade structure and tiered seating around the big keyhole bowl at the top end of the park. The whole park is lit at night until approximately 10pm. SHOPS McDonalds is at the Lake G College end of the park. Subway, another take away shop and Crust pizza are on Soundy Close. The Lighthouse bar and bottle shop is on the other side of these shops. Further up Emu Bank is a range of restaurants and food shops. MORE DETAILS Old Park: http://www.skateboard.com.au/v2/index.cfm?id=13&smithgrind=view New Park: http://www.skateboard.com.au/v2/index.cfm?smithgrind=view&id=2052 HISTORY Belconnen Skate Park was first opened in 1990. At it's time it was world class including an 11ft keyhole bowl, a 10ft vert ramp, a doughnut bowl, snake run, jump ramps, crater and mini ramp. It was host to a range of huge events and demo's, including one of Australia's longest running bowl comps, the infamous Belco Bowl Jam. In 2011, under combined local and federal government monies, the park underwent a $2 million upgrade with the old park being demolished. The only iconic feature retained was the keyhole bowl. Convic Design facilitated the consultation process in conjunction with ACT Government. The Canberra Skateboarding Association was a massive part of the design process in conjunction with the Backbone BMX crew. The park was built by skateboarders, the Concrete Skate Parks crew, and was re-opened in July 2011. At its opening the skatepark is the largest in the Southern Hemisphere at 2860m2. There is over 500 m3 and approximately 1000 tonnes of concrete.