Do your kids love the jumps, bumps and turns of a BMX track? Adelaide has some great tracks all over the city. Some are attached to BMX clubs you can join and compete with and others are public parks in big open spaces. Very easy to spend a few hours at any of these and a great way to burn off some energy.
Happy Valley BMX Club
Happy Valley BMX is at Happy Valley Sports Park, Taylor Road West
The track is open to the general public on non race days.
No scooters, bikes only.
Blue Gum Park Kurrangga
Blue Gum Park, or Kurangga, is one of the parks of the Adelaide Parklands located just south of the city. It is home to many different sporting and outdoor activities such as petanque, biking, netball and basketball. The BMX track looks like great fun!
Brighton Pump Track
This seriously cool clay Pump Track is a series of small dirt mounds and banked turns over a 1350sq m site, located right near the Brighton Train Station. Cyclists travel around the track using their own momentum rather than pedalling – so the kids will love it even more than usual!
The track closes periodically after severe weather to preserve the surface.
Bower Road Bike Park
We found it particularly good for advanced riders as we haven’t seen many other bike parks of this level in SA. If you want something to compare it against and you’re familiar with the track off Greenhill/Unley roads in the CBD then this Bower Road Bike Park is more suited to riders of the CBD’s intermediate and (often closed) advanced tracks.
Gawler BMX Track
BMX Kids in the North are well catered for with the awesome Gawler BMX Track. A large racing track, with starting gate open during official track training and races, the Gawler BMX Track is a great public space for beginner, developing and racing riders.
Hallett Cove BMX Club
Image Credit: Hallett Cove BMX Club Facebook Page
The track is open to the general public on non race days.
No scooters, bikes only.
Elliston Reserve Highbury
Elliston Reserve has a full sized BMX track with a wide variety of jumps, corners and mounds. Appropriate for ages 5+ however best suited to ages 10 and above to experience everything that this space has to offer. Check out the track, situated under the pine trees, open during daylight hours.
St Agnes Recreation Area
The track is open to the public for general community use during daylight hours, when not being used by the Tea Tree Gully BMX Club.
#rideburnside
12 month pump track rotating across a number of locations in the Burnside area, please check their website for the pump tracks current location
Open from sunrise to sunset every day! The pump track is a free recreational facility for bikes, skateboard, roller skates, scooters, balance bikes (BYO)
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