The continuing transformation of Shellharbour's Reddall Reserve into a kids' and adults' play and arts hub is underway, with the ninja warrior course next to Lake Illawarra due to open later this week.
The course includes red team and blue team starting totems, a swinging rope crossing, balance beams, warped walls, monkey bars and side steppers.
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It is designed to build strength, fitness, and agility and will complement the other play and fitness spaces being upgraded at the popular reserve.
"Reddall Reserve is something that attracts people from much further afield than just Shellharbour, so having this additional play area with a ninja circuit will provide a whole different lot of activity for big kids and little kids alike," Shellharbour mayor Marianne Sailba said.
The council's master plan for the area, adopted last year, includes the pirate ship play space for younger children which was opened in 2019, as well as boat ramp upgrades, new amenities and public art.
Another play area, which includes towers, a double flying fox, sensory panels, in ground trampolines, nature play and inclusive equipment is also in development.
"The whole idea of master planning these public spaces can ensure we're catering for all stage and ages of life," Cr Saliba said.
Cr Saliba said the COVID-19 shutdown has meant a number of play spaces across the city had been able to be completed quicker than anticipated.
The council is expected to open the park to the public - with the appropriate restrictions in place - later this week.
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Kate McIlwain
For the past 11 years, I've helped the Illawarra Mercury set the news agenda across the region. In that time I've covered breaking news, education, politics, urban affairs, council, environment, data journalism and development news. More recently, I became the paper's health reporter - covering the stories of Illawarra workers and residents two years into a global pandemic and at a time where our health systems are stretched to the limit.
For the past 11 years, I've helped the Illawarra Mercury set the news agenda across the region. In that time I've covered breaking news, education, politics, urban affairs, council, environment, data journalism and development news. More recently, I became the paper's health reporter - covering the stories of Illawarra workers and residents two years into a global pandemic and at a time where our health systems are stretched to the limit.
