Community Benefits

Recreation

The White Water Park will provide exciting recreational opportunities in white water body boarding, rafting and canoeing. A Spray Park is planned for younger children This will have jets of water for children to play in but with a porous base so there will be no surplus water lying on the ground.

The Park will be open during summer evenings, probably have an amphitheatre for performances and be a great place for a BBQ while watching the action. It will have a restaurant/café that overlooks the major rapids and gives a commanding view of the best action.

School use

The White Water Park will attract participation from a large number of High Schools in the metropolitan area.

Community health

Did you know?

• Physical inactivity is the second leading contributor to disease in Australia.
• The annual direct health care cost to Australia of physical inactivity is over $350 million per year.
• The annual direct health care cost to Western Australia of physical inactivity is over $36 million per year.
• Currently only 55% of Western Australians are sufficiently active to gain a health benefit.
• 31.8% of WA population has insufficient levels of physical activity.
• 34.7% of WA population is classified as overweight.

A Community Paddle Centre

that would address key community issues is proposed for the White Water Park. It would offer:

• programs that are designed specifically to address local community health issues. These would be participation programs in both flat and white water. Flat water programs would include basic skill development, paddling tours on interesting waterways and coaching in the sports of Sprint, Marathon and Canoe Polo. White water coaching will include Canoe Slalom, Freestyle and Wildwater racing;
• programs in white water canoeing, rafting and body boarding aimed at providing an exciting and enjoyable way of improving health and fitness;
• coaching for those wishing to continue further with canoe sports and aspiring to elite levels.

It will have a major focus on youth.

Training and preparation for employment

• Canoeing Western Australia will provide training for employment in the outdoor recreation industry using the nationally accredited Australian Canoeing Award Scheme programs for both flat and whitewater. The Guide and Instructor qualifications are the national standard for employment in the water-based sections of the rapidly growing outdoor recreation industry.

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