THE weather on Sunday was wet, cold and verging on wild, but it did nothing to dampen the enthusiasm of the handful of dedicated skaters who made their way into Donnybrook for the official opening of the Donnybrook Skate Park.
While the concrete was too wet for wheels later in the day, groups of kids were able to participate in skateboarding workshops in the morning, before an official ceremony at lunchtime when Donnybrook-Balingup Shire President declared the Park open.
“It took five years, but we finally got here,” Cr Dilley said.
He paid tribute Cr Leith Crowley, whose work on behalf of local youth got the project kickstarted.
“We had a few fun and games trying to find the perfect site,” Cr Dilley said.
“In the end there is no perfect site, but this one ticks most of the boxes.”
He said the design was a `streetscape’ style, able to be used by younger skaters and users of scooters as well as the older, more experienced skaters.
The Skate Park received $250,000 in funding from Lotterywest, and the Shire put in $100,000.
Cr Dilley said the Shire works and services crew had done a lot of the site works and landscaping, and Earthmac’s Rob Alford had put in a lot of free time and labour constructing earthworks and retaining walls. The design and construction was done by Convic.