By TANIA PHILLIPS
Pic: Tweed Mayor Barry Longland, tests the new Jack Bayliss exercise equipment with Kingscliff’s Erin Roesmal.
A $75,000 project to upgrade Kingscliff’s Jack Bayliss Park is almost complete with residents and visitors now able to take advantage of three brand new exercise stations.
The new stations, which replace a less formal timber exercise trail, have been installed in the 900-metre stretch of parkland of the foreshore park between Beach Street and the northern caravan park.
The major work, including the three stations and seating, has been completed with only new trees yet to go in to finally finish the beautification project.
Tweed Mayor Councillor Barry Longland said if well patronised and treated the new exercise equipment could be rolled out to other areas in the Tweed as money became available.
“Council will look at how the equipment is used and treated before we look at installing elsewhere,” he said.
Kingscliff was considered an ideal location to trial the installation of a number of stations, after the old timber exercise trail was removed last year.
“As the other equipment was taken away and locals had been used to exercising along this stretch of park, it was the obvious location to trial some of the more modern equipment available these days for public spaces,” Councillor Longland said.
“The three stations all feature equipment with moving parts and offer a number of activities at each station, so friends or walking groups can have fun exercising together.
“The equipment will particularly appeal to seniors and council consulted with walking groups at Kingscliff about both the placement and choice of equipment to ensure it was suitable,” he said.
