THE home of sporting groups like the Ballarat Highlanders Rugby Union Club and the VRI Delacombe Cricket Club now has an outdoor gym setup.<\/p>\n
The Doug Dean Reserve\u2019s newest addition called the Delacombe Outdoor Community Gym is aimed at giving people access to free on-site exercise equipment.<\/p>\n
Member for Wendouree, Juliana Addison, opened the facilities and said the equipment will help people keep active while relieving cost of living pressures.<\/p>\n
\u201c[For families] with cost-of-living pressures and interest rates going up you\u2019re looking for spending you can cut and often it\u2019s stuff for yourself,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cGym memberships might go, so to be able to create this for the community is really important.\u201d<\/p>\n
The outdoor gym is made up of three outdoor landings dotted about the reserve\u2019s 1.5-kilometre walking track featuring equipment such as a ladder rack, a multi-bench, gorilla bars pull-up bars, and multiple workout stations.<\/p>\n
The site was funded with $72,000 from the State Government and $325,000 from the City of Ballarat.<\/p>\n
With the facilities installed about two weeks ago, City of Ballarat mayor Cr Des Hudson said the equipment will be a much-used asset for the reserve.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe first one at Vickers Street, the Karen Overington Reserve, that\u2019s now been in for well over 10 years,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat one was hugely successful. We\u2019ve got the ones down at the lake and now Power Park. They do attract people in the space.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
THE home of sporting groups like the Ballarat Highlanders Rugby Union Club and the VRI Delacombe Cricket Club now has an outdoor gym setup. The Doug Dean Reserve\u2019s newest addition called the Delacombe Outdoor Community Gym is aimed at giving people access to free on-site exercise equipment. Member for Wendouree, Juliana Addison, opened the facilities […]<\/p>\n