Parks and Leisure Australia to stage Queensland/NSW aquatic play and water features forum

Parks and Leisure Australia is expanding from its usual focus on parks management and recreational planning with the upcoming staging of a Queensland/NSW Recreational Aquatics Industry Forum.

Being held at Brisbane’s Victoria Park on 2nd November, the day-long will educational program will cover the creation of successful and sustainable water features and splash parks.

Aimed at designers, specifier and asset owners, the Forum will explore best practices in design principles, engineering and water safety; explore project case studies and offer a detailed in-person technical tour.

Promotion for the event advises “to highlight the opportunities for use of water within recreational aquatic environments, we have gathered a panel of experts from around the world to discuss everything from sustainable design to best-practise engineering, project execution and the global future of our industry.”

It will cover:

• The resurgence of water features and splash parks within recreational environments and the benefits they give to communities

• Intuitive and biophilic design and the connection of people and nature

• Water sanitation systems overview and water quality considerations

• Structural and hydraulic engineering requirements for water features

• Collaborative design practices across community, asset managers and Local Government Authorities

• Council master planning and creating future-focussed community facilities

• Water sustainability and the use of technology to protect our resources

• Rethinking aquatic centre design in line with community needs ‘is the 50m pool dead?’

• Interactive water features and fountains and their impact on the urban heat island effect

• Australian and Global design trends

Presenters will include:

• David L’Heureux, Crystal Fountains

• Glen Power, URBIS

• Luke Bartlett, Aquatic One

• Wes Mortensen, Moreton Bay Regional Council

• Yuri Dillon, Liquid Blu

• Michelle Nolland, Larcan

• Shane Vardy, Atlantis Liquid Dynamics

The in-person technical tour will be to the Logan Gardens Waterpark.

Delivered in 2020, Logan Gardens Waterpark in the heart of Logan Central, was designed to be the epi-centre of cultural and family activity within the region.

This is a hybrid event with the forum to be livestreamed.

The event is supported by the Australian Institute of Landscape Architect, Atlantis Liquid Dynamics and Aquatics and Recreation Queensland.

Click here for more information in the Australasian Leisure Management industry Calendar.

Image: Logan Gardens Waterpark. Credit: Atlantis Liquid Dynamics/Playscape Creations.