Tolosa Park is a regional park, located in , Tasmania, Australia, located on the site of a decommissioned embankment dam. The park was opened on 3 March 2025.
Former dam The former earth-filled dam was built across the Humphrey Rivulet in 1890 for the purposes of supplying potable water for Glenorchy. The facility was used by TasWater until 2017. In September 2023, the Glenorchy City Council issued an 6.3 million contract to demolish the dam wall and convert the former reservoir into an urban park.
Until its 2023 partial destruction, the dam wall was high and long. When full, the former reservoir had capacity of and covered just , drawn from a small catchment area of . The former uncontrolled spillway had a flow capacity of . The dam was decommissioned between 2016 and 2024.
Regional park Following the decommissioning of the former dam and other capital works completed during 2023 and 2024, the first stage of the new park was opened to the public on 3 March 2025. The park facilities include: play areascater to a wide variety of ages and abilities, with accessible equipment community areassuch as BBQ areas, hydration stations and fully accessible amenities environmental areasincluding native landscaping and constructed wetlands facilities for young peopleincluding a multi-use games arena and a pump track recreational and competitive cycling infrastructure. A second stage of the park is planned, subject to attracting approximately A$9 million in funding.
Tolosa Park has hosted outdoor concerts, and was the venue for the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra's Symphony Under the Stars until 2018.
See also
List of reservoirs and dams in Tasmania
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