Those brick walls in the parks. Just what are they for?

johnboy said :

And I kind of assumed for squash, but in 30ish years hanging around in Canberra I’VE NEVER SEEM THEM BE USED AS ANYTHING BUT A WHOLY INADEQUATE SHELTER FOR UNDERAGE SEX!!!!!

So you’ve witnessed or participated in said underage sex?

There’s one in much better condition in Kambah: https://maps.google.com.au/maps?q=Boddington+Crescent,+Kambah,+Australian+Capital+Territory&hl=en&ll=-35.383408,149.052585&spn=0.00068,0.001032&sll=-35.358635,149.10482&sspn=0.984463,2.113495&oq=boddington+cre&hnear=Boddington+Crescent,+Kambah+Australian+Capital+Territory+2902&t=h&z=21

It’s still has the surrounding concrete plate and could be used for basketball, cricket, tennis, etc.

00davist said :

Are you angered by the public sex, or by the fact that it is not adequately protected from the elements?

More that he wasn’t invited?

troll-sniffer said :

The wall at the tennis courts in Reid gets used…

As does Campbell

johnboy said :

And I kind of assumed for squash, but in 30ish years hanging around in Canberra I’VE NEVER SEEM THEM BE USED AS ANYTHING BUT A WHOLY INADEQUATE SHELTER FOR UNDERAGE SEX!!!!!

Are you angered by the public sex, or by the fact that it is not adequately protected from the elements?

“We don’t need no education … “

I’ve seen kids use them to kick a soccer ball against.

I’ve also seen them use them for a strange form of brandy in which a few kids stand against the wall and the other kids peg tennis balls at them.

Football/Soccer. Probably some of the best practice techniques for young kids playing soccer is to kick a ball against a wall and work on them.

Yes – they are hitting walls for tennis practice. Excepting the dead of winter (i.e the next couple of weeks) there are always solo tennis players practicing on those particular walls almost every weekend.
Any other residents willing to get together and paint over the foul graffitti? (I notice the Turner Tennis Club practice walls have some expletives painted on them that would be fun to remove)

For anything that you can practice bouncing a ball off of a wall for: Soccer, cricket, tennis, baseball, softball, volleyball… the list goes on. For tennis you would expect the wall to be attached to the end of a court so the ball wouldn’t bounce around unpredictably.

It’s for kicking a soccer ball against.

The wall at the tennis courts in Reid gets used…

Bogan magnets?

poetix said :

I thought they were for solitary tennis.

+1.

There used to be two of these walls next to the tennis courts at Haig Park in Turner. I spent many hours as a youngster in front of one of them (the closest to the courts themselves). It had a surface similar to the tennis courts and was used by a lot of people in the area. The other wall had grass growing over the playing area making it difficult to play solo – and so was rarely used.

There were similar walls at the back of the ovals at Kaleen High. Rarely used for tennis, but provided excellent cover for smoking all kinds of things during school hours.

johnboy said :

And I kind of assumed for squash, but in 30ish years hanging around in Canberra I’VE NEVER SEEM THEM BE USED AS ANYTHING BUT A WHOLY INADEQUATE SHELTER FOR UNDERAGE SEX!!!!!

And that’s why Australia is so bad at tennis these days.

Although I think we’re quite good at squash, strangely.

Maybe they lie there in the vain hope that vandals will expend their efforts on these all-too-convenient canvasses and leave actual walls, fences and buildings alone?

NFI, but they would be perfect to make into those public urinals that you see in Europe (not sure if you have them anywhere in Oz).

I thought they were for solitary tennis.