00:00But this DIY skate park is a refuge for these skaters.
00:07With nowhere else to go, they skated the streets of Darwin for years before finding this abandoned
00:13lot, the site of a burned down building.
00:16We thought we may as well use it and make our own skate park and build something we
00:21don't have.
00:22The secret location now attracts dozens of skaters, like Nicholas, who recently moved
00:27to Darwin and was shocked by the state of the public skate parks.
00:31At first, it felt like I was probably just going to have to give it up for the duration
00:35that I'm here.
00:37And then, yeah, I sort of met Man U.
00:40Compared to facilities in other parts of Australia, skaters here say local parks are outdated and
00:46virtually unusable, a wasted opportunity according to this roller skating coach.
00:52Across Australia right now, councils are investing in skate parks and that's not replicated in
00:57the Northern Territory.
00:58And Darwin is just so far behind.
01:00We haven't had a skate park investment since 2016.
01:02Back in the days they were great, but that was 30 years ago.
01:06So now the design has changed and the requirements have changed.
01:10And with youth crime rates climbing, some experts want a focus on ways to keep them busy.
01:17To develop themselves, to also move away from these kinds of antisocial behaviour that we
01:22have been seeing in the Northern Territory.
01:24So I think that to solve the problem, it is not only about policy development.
01:29One community near Alice Springs, Santa Teresa, which funded its own skate park, already proving
01:35it can make a difference.
01:37Young people are there, not running amok and causing havoc.
01:42The NT government and Darwin City Council both insist they maintain the skate parks they
01:48own.
01:49And while the NT government says it knows how important it is for young people to have safe
01:53places to be active, it doesn't believe skate parks are a proven crime prevention strategy
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