Sunshine Coast Council is committed to providing high quality open space that supports active and healthy communities. Following three rounds of community engagement in 2016, 2022 and 2023, a community led landscape plan for Lions Park and Norrie Job Park has been finalised.

The first stage of works for the Landscape Plan for Lions and Norrie Job Park is now completed and included replacing the existing shelter, new barbecues and furniture, new fitness equipment and softfall, new pathways and pedestrian bridge, inground services, electrical infrastructure, drainage works, landscape works and signage.

The timing of future stages two and three is still to be confirmed.

As part of the future stages and as one of the standout ideas from the landscape plan, Council is planning a pump track for the park.

The landscape plan aims to enhance what people already love about the parks and address some of the challenges currently facing each park.

The new landscape plan includes:

• Major drainage upgrade works – installing an underground culvert (a concrete tunnel structure) to improve drainage capacity in the park
• Increasing open green space – reshaping the land previously occupied by the open grassed drain so that it is more usable. This will increase the total useable area of the park by approximately 2000 square metres and link the western and eastern areas of the parks.
• New accessible pedestrian pathway - looping through and connecting all areas of the park.
• New public amenities building (including a PWD toilet and hand washing facilities)
• New picnic and barbecue shelters and seating
• New outdoor exercise stations, drinking fountain and bike racks
• An upgrade to 240 linear metres of the Coastal Pathway – continuation of the three metre wide shared pedestrian and cycle path
• New park entry signage, landscaping and shade trees
• An upgrade to the existing beach shower and bus shelter
• Investigations for a potential Pump Track* area for younger people (teenagers and young adults).

*A Pump Track is a hard track for wheeled sports equipment (bicycles, scooters, skateboards, rollerskates/blades etc) that does not require pedalling or pushing. Users “pump” up and down using their body weight to maintain momentum around the track. This activity would complement the recently installed basketball half court, further accommodating active, youth play.

From 13 March to 3 April 2023, the final stage of community engagement sought our community’s feedback on the draft landscape plan. Most survey respondents were local residents who walked or ran to the park. The parks’ popularity was confirmed with many people visiting daily or two to three times per week.

The responses identified that most people supported the proposed activities and elements within the parks. Some respondents referring to the ‘classic’ local character and undeveloped nature of the park space and their appreciation of the natural environment including existing trees, the adjacent beach and nearby Stumers Creek area.

With all stages of community engagement completed, we assessed which items could be delivered as part of Stage One works. We're pleased that Stage One works are now complete as of December 2024.

We will continue planning and funding investigations for Stage Two works.

Council’s 2021-2031 Sunshine Coast Recreation Parks Plan (RPP) provides a framework for the delivery and management of functional and affordable recreation parks over a 10 year period.

For the purposes of the landscape plan, Lions Park and Norrie Job Park are considered one land parcel with the two parks separated by an open, grassed drain.

The parks, together with Tickle Park at Coolum Beach provide a council-wide recreation function, supported by other district level recreation parks such as Jack Morgan Park in Coolum and others in Marcoola, Mudjimba and Peregian Springs.

For further information, please contact the project team on: lionsnorriejobpark@sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au

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