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Sydney Olympic Park

Visiting The Park





Northern Water Feature

Location: Haslams Pier at the northern end of Olympic Boulevard
Description: Water fountain
Artist/Designer: Hargreaves Associates (Architecs), Sydney Fountains Waterforms and Abigroup Contractors (Design and construction)
Commissioned by: Olympic Coordination Authority
Installed: 2000

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The northern end of Olympic Boulevard is home to one of the Park's most significant landscape design elements - The Northern Water Feature, an impressive ten metre high fountain that cascades water down granite terraces to the man-made wetland at the edge of Haslams Creek.

It is comprised of a series of paved terraces leading down to a 500 sqm pool with a water depth ranging from 200-300mm, and includes three rows of water plumes, with two located in the terraces and one in the pool. The water plumes shoot from jets mounted at angles ranging from 60 degrees to the horizontal, up to 12m in distance and 8m in height.

The water feature is a visual representation of the cleansing of the Park's stormwater run-off, and has become emblematic of the water management and ESD principles that underpin Sydney Olympic Park.

The water feature is illuminated during the night.