Tumbarumba Skatepark & Playground (Creekscape) Upgrades
The project was officially opened on Wednesday 27 March 2023 and the park was abuzz with the sounds of children playing and people chatting. A big thank you to Cycle Tumbarumba members for putting on a delicious afternoon tea. Council worked closely with Cycle Tumbarumba to integrate the bicycle playground into the parks upgrades, resulting in a fantastic outcome.
Stage one included:
- New amenities building – wheelchair accessible and raised above flood level for cleaning cost-saving
- Landscaping and concrete terrace seating facing the skatepark and turf mound facing the oval
- Cycle Playground – new playground incorporating cycle and nature play. Cycle Tumbarumba secured a NSW Government grant and oversaw the building
- Low maintenance plantings and more seating and picnic tables
- New playground equipment
- Sculptures – designed and installed by Snowy Valleys Sculpture Trail
Funding
Through the NSW Government's Public Spaces Legacy Program Council received $650,000 for Tumbarumba Skatepark & Playground (Creekscape) Masterplanning and Upgrade Project.
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Official opening
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28 March 2024
Thanks to everyone who came along to the celebrations in Goldfields Park. It was a wonderful Autumn afternoon, and the park was full of children playing and people chatting. A big thank you to Cycle Tumbarumba members for putting on a delicious afternoon tea. Council worked closely with Cycle Tumbarumba to integrate the bicycle playground into the parks upgrades, resulting in a fantastic outcome. -
Opening Celebration
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11 March 2024
Community members are invited to join Snowy Valleys Council, Cycle Tumbarumba, and Mr Justin Clancy MP for an official ceremony in Tumbarumba’s Goldfields Heritage Park on Wednesday 27 March 2024, to officially mark the successful completion of the $650,000 park upgrade project funded by the NSW Government’s Public Spaces Legacy Program.
Everyone is welcome to join in the festivities which will include a plaque unveiling, cake-cutting and a BBQ hosted by Cycle Tumbarumba.
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Project Wrapping Up
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5 February 2024
Work on the new nature play area is nearing completion. Final works to be delivered under the project scope include landscaping and the installation of new playground equipment.
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New Amenities Open
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14 September 2023
The finishing steps to stage one upgrades at Goldfields Park, Tumbarumba are almost complete. The old toilet block has been demolished and the new amenities are open. More beautification works are being planned for the demolition area in the coming weeks.
We have already had positive community feedback that the sightlines to the sports oval have been dramatically improved and that there is a general feeling of more openness in the park now.
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Amenities Build Underway
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17 July 2023Construction of the amenities building in Goldfields Park kicked off today. A section of the park, from the pool carpark to the skate park will be closed during construction.Other works to be delivered including: installation of more seating and picnic tables, strategically placed lighting around the new amenities building, low maintenance plantings and demolition of existing (old) amenities building.
With favourable weather conditions, it is anticipated that the new building will be commissioned and opened to the public in the spring. Last month Council received a project timeline extension to December 2023 to accommodate the delays in the delivery of the building.
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Building Delay
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27 March 2023
The manufacture and delivery of the new prefabricated amenities building has been delayed and is now not expected to be delivered before June. In the meantime, the existing amenities remain open for locals and visitors.
Work on the project will pick up again once the prefabricated amenities building is delivered including: low maintenance plantings and more seating and picnic tables and demolishment of existing (old) amenities building.
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Building a Mound!
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13 October 2022Work has started on forming a large, raised mound in preparation for the installation of the new park amenities.
The mound is situated between the existing amenities and the oval and will enable the new amenities to sit above the low flood levels.
Once completed and turfed the raised ground will complement the landscape and feature concrete terrace seating.
The prefabricated new amenities building has been ordered, but due to demand and the battling construction industry delivery is slated for March 2023.
In the meantime, the existing amenities will remain open for locals and visitors.
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Bike Playground Opens
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30 September 2022
The sun came out and the fence came down at the fabulous new Bike Playground in Goldfields Park today.
The weather made construction challenging and the finishing touches; line marking, play equipment and seating will be completed when the park dries out.
Congratulations to Cycle Tumbarumba and everyone involved in the build.
The bike playground is Cycle Tumbarumba project made possible with funding from the NSW Government.
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Amenities Update
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26 August 2022
At their August meeting Council resolved to replace the bespoke amenities block (included in the original masterplan) with an "off the shelf" prefabricated style building. It's estimated the prefabricated building could reduce the amenities build by approximately $150,000, savings that would be put into additional stage one improvements.
Council also resolved to locate the amenities in Goldfield Park at a location to be agreed with the local community and after further discussions with park user groups the new amenities building will remain at the site designated in the Masterplan, in front of the existing amenities.
Negotiations with potential amenities contractors are now underway.
The project completion date has been extended until June 2023
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Bike Playground Underway
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1 August 2022
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Work has begun on Tumbarumba’s new Bike Playground at Goldfields Park. The bike playground will feature a mini play road network, which caters for the youngest cyclists learning to ride, scoot or skate. The final design was developed as part of the Goldfields Park Upgrade masterplan, and seeks to complement the existing skate park, playground and pump track.
Cycle Tumbarumba received $224,000 for the new bike playground in 2019 through Round 3 of the NSW Government’s Stronger Country Communities Fund and is managing the project.
On completion of the Bike Playground work will begin on the rest of the upgrades.
