Inflatables provide school holiday fun
With the help of youth volunteers, the Western Community Centre provided a day of school holiday fun with the inflatables in the park event.
The Western Community Centre provided school holiday entertainment with Inflatables in the Park on Friday.
Children beamed with excitement at Elliot Park in Nawton, where they enjoyed towering inflatable rides, as well as activities based around the park including face painting, games such as a giant version of connect four, sports, food stalls and a DJ on stage to entertain the crowd.
The event provided all-day enjoyment for the community at a charge of $6 for children to have unlimited rides.
Rides included a giant wave slide and rocket slide, a jurassic adventure where the kids used ropes to climb a volcano and an ironman obstacle challenge where they tackled walls and crawled through tunnels.
The day would not be possible without the approximately 70 youth volunteers on the day.
The Western Community Centre manager, Neil Tolan explained their main focus is to support young people in contributing to their community, as well as keeping their neighbourhood a vibrant and exciting place for local children to grow up.
A popular site on the day was the inflatable defender dome, where children competed against one another in a challenge with a mixture of dodge ball and soccer. Three opponents could compete at one time kicking as many foam balls in each others’ goals while defending their own.
An area for children aged five and under was available, with a Looney Tunes bouncy castle and an inflatable grand prix car obstacle for toddlers to crawl through.
Event co-ordinator and youth development worker, Nathan Morgan said Inflatables in the Park was a fantastic and rewarding day. “It’s always really awesome to see a large amount of youth helping us put together the day and turn up during their holidays to assist.”
