Community
22 March, 2024
New place to shoot hoops
VISITORS to Lake Pertobe will soon be able to ‘shoot hoops’ on a new basketball half-court.
Work is about to start on the construction of a new playing space, with completion anticipated to be by the end of May, depending on the weather.
The court will be located at the south-western end of Lake Pertobe, near an existing cricket pitch and mini golf course.
The project was identified in the Lake Pertobe Masterplan and is being funded by Warrnambool City Council.
Warrnambool mayor Cr Ben Blain said the half-court would add a new dimension to Lake Pertobe.
“Lake Pertobe is just about the best place on earth if you’re a kid, and what this new basketball court aims to do is to provide an option for perhaps older kids or even adults to be able to enjoy the precinct more,” he said.
“As a council, we want to encourage people to lead healthy and active lives. Formal sporting facilities are a big part of that, but places to engage in casual sport such as half-court basketball are important as well.”
The opportunity to incorporate half-court basketball into Lake Pertobe was identified in the area’s master plan.
“While the new adventure playground was the crown jewel of the plan, there are lots of other elements included in there that we will continue to work on, with the basketball court being one of them,” Cr Blain said.
