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Recreation for youth

 Quick Summary

Tasmania has many opportunities for young people to get involved in recreation, like cycling and walking paths and trails, exploring the bush, and playing at the beach, public playgrounds and skate parks. If you or your child are teenagers, keeping active is especially important. If you do 60 minutes of physical activity or recreation every day this will help you physically and mentally. Healthy choices as a young person will mean you are more likely to develop healthy habits and grow up to be a healthy adult. Recreation includes all activity that involves physical movement. Recreation is a great, fun and relaxing way to keep healthy.

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There are all kinds of physical activity. Getting started with a recreation activity does not mean doing something really energetic, you can choose whatever activity you enjoy the most. The important thing is to do something and to do it regularly.

There are a lot of options for recreation activity. Remember it is all about keeping physically active. There is something for everyone!

Try free activity, like regular walking, bike riding, beach, skate parks, surfing and bush reserves.

There are lots of great websites to check out. Here’s a few to get you started.

– Walks

– Skate Parks

– Mountain Biking

– Cycling

Find out what council area you live in and the contact number. (See Service Providers).

Multicultural Youth Tasmania, who are a part of the Migrant Resource Centre Tasmania have a southern sport and recreation program for newly arrived young people. For more information visit their website.

If you have a few dollars to spend you could try Police and Citizen Youth Clubs or Surf Life Saving Tasmania.

If you are a parent or carer and would like to read more have a look at the great articles on the Raising Children’s Network website.

For more information and opportunities for recreation for young people across Tasmania, visit the Service Section on this page.

ACTION STEPS

Here you can find a simple list of the best actions to take if you are interested in this topic:

1 . Think about what physical activities you enjoy doing the most. Is there something you would like to try or are interested in?

2 . Think about what times of the day are you most likely to do a physical activity and if you want to do your chosen activity with others.

3 . Decide if you want the activity to be free or if you can afford to spend money on it. Find out where and when activities are held.

4 . Do some research. Go online to find local recreation organisations and ideas for activities. Talk to mates and family or ask people from your network of support. Contact your local council to find out what is available for youth in your council area and what events or opportunities the council is aware of.

5 . Decide what you want to do and then if needed make contact with your chosen recreation organisation or organiser to find out more.

6 . If you need transport, look at your transport options (bus, lift from friends/ family, taxi, walk, riding a bike etc).

7 . Put your new activity in your diary or calendar, and if you really enjoy it make it a regular part of your routine. Get started and enjoy your new recreation activity.