Dicky Beach Precinct Plan

The Dicky Beach precinct plan (PDF, 3040KB) is a multiple stage project which will occur over several years subject to available funding.

Purpose

The Dicky Beach precinct plan was developed in response to the partial removal of the SS Dicky wreck in 2015. The plan references the wreck’s significance to the local area and includes open space, interpretive elements and a range of new and improved community facilities to help enhance the experience of the area.

The plan also seeks to better connect the park with the adjacent commercial area, holiday park, beach and surf lifesaving club house.

Key design outcomes

Define the long term vision for the foreshore
Develop the precinct's identity to support and distinguish this important local centre
Maximise the recreation, social, cultural and economic opportunities within the Dicky Beach precinct
Create a safe and usable precinct area that is high quality, comfortable, safe, accessible and inviting
Incorporating interpretive initiatives that reference the SS Dicky along with the holiday making and recreational heritage of the site
Improve the connectivity, open space, recreation and play, social gatherings and arrival experience.

View the Dicky Beach precinct plan design report (PDF, 3040KB).

View the Dicky Beach precinct plan (PDF, 3040KB).

Project update

The project will run across several stages.

Stage 1 construction March-September 2021

Stage 1 construction is now complete. Stage one components included:

a new public amenities building
a new skate park
a new picnic shelter
new pathways
new beach shower
new park lighting and electrical infrastructure
improved PWD (disability) parking space
new furniture such as seating, drinking fountain, bike parking, bins
landscaping
reinstatement of the SS Dicky propeller feature.

View the extent of Stage 1 works (PDF, 6651KB).

Artist impression: New public amenities building (PDF, 1778KB).

Community engagement

When council adopted the Dicky Beach precinct plan, it included the Dicky Beach Skate Park. It was determined that the skate park would be retained in Dicky Beach park and upgraded, in line with the original Dicky Beach precinct plan design.

Council invited the community to have their say on the three proposed design options of the skate park by participating in an online survey. The survey closed on 14 June 2019. In October 2019 the final design (PDF, 7029KB) was determined.

Plan for the new skate park (PDF, 2442KB).

Background

Contacts

For more information, please contact council (please quote Dicky Beach precinct) or email the project team directly.