
Babinda Skatepark
Cairns regional
The site is not great but not bad to spend a (short if possible) time. The entire park is built of smooth concrete, and basically consists of a couple of quarters at the sides, a pyramid in the center right next to a small flat rail and a drawer two levels.
Basically we talk about a small, old and dilapidated bowl built several years ago, with a height of about two feet without much charm to say. If you're in the area and want to come to see it may be an option but it seems a waste of time more than anything else.
The street orientated skate park at James Freney Park went in around the start of the new boom of skateboarding in the mid ninties, but was relatively unknown as a skate park for quite a while. It has a very plain layout, and a little too much bitumen in between ramps. At one end, there is a big mellow lumpy concrete quarter that has replaced the metal quarter that was originally the main feature. The quarter faces onto a low bank fun box arrangement, with a slappy grind rail going down one side. Running round most of the place is a shaped quarter that starts at about 1ft and ends in nothing but gets up to about 4ft in the main section, with hips, bends and whip arounds built into it. In the middle of the park, there is a low grind block 1ft, just right for anyone to skate. From time to time, there are brought in obstacles, which make for a little more fun. The place is sometimes not so good with a lot of dirt and broken glass and in some areas repairs are constantly being done as the bitumen has sunk, making a bit of a bump between ramps and flat. There is little in the way of shade and the seats, bins and drink fountain are often vandalised so bring all you need.
A skatepark that despite his seniority got hold up well over the years as it is a park to the old school, two levels with the typical soil with separations, but has almost all the available modules: quarter corner, planters, hubba downhill stairs with handrail in the middle, and some other things.
With a great pint, and an almost unbeatable line, this cement skatepark garbear coping allows curves in a huge corner-kind pool and dunes that forms throughout the park.