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What's happening?

What's happening?

Dunbar Park is a key location for the Avalon Beach community.

We committed to several actions to improve some of the amenity of Dunbar Park and surrounds in the Avalon Beach Place Plan. The improvements for the park are intended to make it more appealing and useable for a range of activities, including comfortable places for people to meet, gather and play, improved lighting, and space for performances and events.

  • Coming soon: Outdoor fitness equipment

    We asked for your feedback on improvements to Dunabr Park, and received strong support for creating an active recreation space and installing outdoor fitness equipment.

    The fitness equipment will be installed near the Avalon Recreation Centre Annexe (see the plan for the active recreation space below).

    Work will begin in September, and we anticipate completion by mid-October, weather permitting.

Download the plan

  • Works will be carried out Monday to Friday, between 7am and 4pm. No works are scheduled at night or on weekends.
  • The site will be secured and closed to public access, however, there will be little to no impact on pedestrian access to the remainder of the Park, including the footpath.
  • A small number of parking spaces will be unavailable to the public during the works.

Project history

Consultation

We consulted with the community on concept plans for Dunbar Park from 29 May and 26 June 2024. We received 127 responses, most indicating support. Read the Community Engagement Report to learn more about the consultation outcomes, including all comments received.

The implementation of improvements to Dunbar Park will be staged in accordance with funding and scheduled to minimise disturbance to the community. Improvements proposed included:

  • lighting to provide a sense of liveliness and safety
  • providing pop-up play spaces and active play elements
  • increasing public seating, picnic benches and tables
  • increasing footpath widths where required
  • providing shelter for shade and weather protection
  • opportunities for arts and performance spaces
  • installing new bike parking.

Our concept plan was preliminary, which means, where appropriate, we take your feedback into account as we progress to detailed design.

Design concepts follow our public space design guidelines - you can read Public Space Vision and Design Guidelines - Northern Beaches for more information.

Resources

Timeline

  • Timeline item 1 - complete

    May-Jun 2024: Open and listening

    Tell us what you think of the concept plan

  • Timeline item 2 - complete

    Jul 2024: Reviewing feedback

    Understanding what we heard

  • Timeline item 3 - complete

    Late 2024: Design update

    Updating designs to incorporate feedback

  • Timeline item 4 - complete

    Apr 2025: Outcomes of engagement

    Sharing what we heard and providing the updated concept plan

  • Timeline item 5 - active

    Sep-Oct 2025: Installing fitness equipment

    Equipment will be installed near the Recreation Centre Annexe building

Have an enquiry?

Contact Information
Name Park Assets - Planning, Design & Delivery Team
Phone 1300 434 434 (during business hours)
Email council@northernbeaches.nsw.gov.au
In writing

marked 'Dunbar Park, Avalon Beach', Northern Beaches Council, PO Box 82, Manly NSW 1655.



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