Andrew Laming (Bowman, Liberal Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The adventure sports facility for Redlands Coast could be an incredible piece in the Olympics 2032 puzzle. I'm delighted that my city is leading the way with this canoe slalom proposal, including a FINA-standard 50-metre Olympic pool. But Redlands can do even more.

The famous Leslie Harrison Dam can also be a rowing precinct. I know Rowing Queensland are currently deciding where rowing and still-water canoeing should go; I reckon right next to each other, and I reckon at Redland Coast. Well done to Mayor Karen Williams for making sure that we are a slice in the pie of a potential positive decision by the OIC come July this year.

I'll tell you what this brings: it brings legacy benefits for my city and it offers what is an important sport that's been offered since 1932. It was originally on flat water and is now on white water. Of course, you mix with that the emergency services requirements for swiftwater rescue, all of which can be provided. It's a fabulous opportunity for our important Moreton Bay city. It means that we're part of the area that includes Chandler, which obviously has the cycling facility, and we have the opportunity to use the Leslie Harrison Dam, which has a two-kilometre Olympic option, in both directions, to make it almost weatherproof. So I encourage Rowing Queensland, when it comes to digging up and creating a new rowing facility from scratch, to think about Tingalpa Reservoir and Leslie Harrison Dam.