Emerald is a town located in the Central Highlands region of Queensland. It’s situated in the Bowen Basin, which is a major coal-producing area in Australia. The town’s economy is closely tied to mining, and it serves as a hub for both agriculture and resource extraction.
In addition to its mining activities, the Central Highlands region, including Emerald is known for their investments in skatepark infrastructure. The shire appreciates the advantages that skateparks offer to the community and has spent large on a number of skate facilities in the region.
The Emerald Skatepark features a large smooth concrete surface with a bunch of transition features in an open-flow arrangement. Obstacles include banks, a spine, quarters, a 1/4 bowl, a ledge and a mini ramp. A fun park to roll around and streach your legs.
Beenleigh BMX Park
The Beenleigh BMX Park has undergone a huge upgrade to become one of Australia's premier BMX facilities. The skatepark upgrades cost a whopping 3.1 million dollar bills that we presume would not have been paid in cash. The skatepark is absolutely massive and has a lot...
Caboolture Bowl
The infamous Caboolture Bowl in Apex Park, next to the beautiful Centenary Lakes Park, lies some old concrete that is part of Queensland skatepark history. The bowl has a deep end with roll-in and a shallow section that forms some sort of mini ramp. The skate bowl is...
Burpengary Skate Park
The ageing Burpengary Skate Park is medium to average. The concrete slab makes for the surface that lies four prefab feature obstacles. The prefab features include quarters, banks, a euro gap and some rails. A basic skatepark that is good to learn on and roll around....
