EXCITING WATER PLAY SPLASHPARK IN BROOME

On a warm day, Broome’s Town Beach echoes with the sounds of excited children playing in the recently refurbished water park. It’s the sort of project Natureworks loves getting involved with. The Natureworks team provided marine themed sculptures for a beachside splash park that encourages kids to play outside, get wet and have fun.

Reflecting the local marine environment

As envisaged by the project’s landscape architect firm Josh Byrne & Associates, the Broome water splashpark reflects its immediate surroundings. The natural rocks and sculptures of marine animals combined with colourful water features helps create an exciting experience for children and families to enjoy.

“The Broome Water Park depicts the local Kimberly marine environment, in particular the junction between the iron rich land, sandstone cliffs and turquoise ocean. Located at the newly upgraded Broome Town Beach it offers a bespoke water play experience for children of all ages and abilities.”

Josh Byrne & Associates

Safe, strong playground sculptures

For the Broome splash park, Natureworks provided a set of fibreglass sculptures designed to survive in the harsh environment of an outdoor splash park full of lively children.

All the water play sculptures Natureworks provided comply with Australian Playground Standards. To increase longevity, the sculptures were finished with pre-pigmented gel coat over a heavy-duty fibreglass laminate. Where supporting armatures or fittings were needed, Natureworks used marine grade stainless steel.

The Natureworks team has many years’ experiences designing sculptures for playgrounds and water parks, and have extensive knowledge of how to design and make play items that are safe, long-lasting and fit for purpose.

Project scope

For this project, Natureworks supplied the following:

Giant crab | claws and face set into rock surrounds as part of a water feature

Sawfish | stainless steel armature, pressurised water reservoir and water spouts in the bill. Embedded on a solid base for stability

Spotted Eagle Ray | 1.6m long, nested in bed of sand (a solid resin base)

Banded sea snake | head of snake ‘swallowing’ a pole, designed to fit in with hooped water feature

Turtle hatchlings | 10 lifelike baby turtles, embedded on a bed of concrete on site

Marine creatures | 30 small Nudibranchs, embedded in concrete on site

Delivery of all items to Broome, WA

Project details

Client | Josh Byrne & Associates for Shire of Broome

Project | Splash Pad for Broome town beach

Date | 2020