Pizzey Park

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Coordinates: 28°03′49″S 153°25′35″E / 28.06350°S 153.42634°E / -28.06350; 153.42634
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Pizzey Park
Gold Coast City Council
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Tenants
Burleigh Bears (
Gold Coast Soccer)
Bond Pirates Rugby Club (GCDRU
)

Pizzey Park is an open-air sports and recreation precinct in

Gold Coast City Council.[1][2]

History

The Pizzey Park sporting complex was established on a 60 hectares (150 acres) site in 1969. It was named after the former

Queensland Premier Jack Pizzey.[3] It was previously a garbage dump.[4]

The

Mermaid Waters.[5][6]

Facilities

Pizzey Park has sports fields for a wide variety of sports including:

athletics.[1][7]

Skateboard and BMX facilities are available. The site also provides a network of tracks for walking, jogging and cycling, around a number of lakes as well as an off-leash dog park.[1]

The site includes the Miami Aquatic Centre featuring two outdoor heated 50-metre (160 ft) swimming pools and one indoor 15-metre (49 ft) teaching pool.[8]

See also

References

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  1. ^
    Gold Coast City Council. Archived
    from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
  2. Gold Coast City Council. Archived
    (PDF) from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
  3. Gold Coast City Council. 28°03′39″S 153°25′47″E / 28.0607°S 153.4297°E / -28.0607; 153.4297 (Pizzey Park Sporting Complex plaque)
  4. Gold Coast City Council
    . p. 11. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  5. Australian Canoeing. 17 September 2004. Archived
    from the original on 24 April 2018. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
  6. Gold Coast City Council
    . 27 September 1990.
  7. Gold Coast City Council. Archived
    (PDF) from the original on 13 February 2014. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
  8. Gold Coast City Council. Archived
    from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
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