Smiths Lake Skatepark

Impressive little skatepark hidden in another Port Stephens holiday village. It features a couple of bowls, one 5ft that is a 3/4 circle and the other a half bowl thats around 6ft and just off vert. The transitions are interesting some lazy and others snap! There’s one other small street section that has a couple of banks and a central funbox with a handrail.

The surface is kind of smooth but also ‘grainy’ which was a little disappointing but certainly didn’t stop us from having a rad session. The coping is decent size but set deep and not very fast.

The overall design of this park is a bit strange, the two bowls meet to make a nice spined section but it’s all pretty tight and the varying sized transitions don’t link that well.

It’s part of a larger public park area that has a basketball court and sporting oval as well as some sheltered seating. Plenty of parking and some of the cleanest public toilets we’ve seen. Right next door is a cute little Bowling Club fort food and other refreshments.