"Work is set to begin on Australia's first surf park, after Urbnsurf - the company driving the plans - secured AU$28.3m (US$18, ?15m, ?13m) in funding to develop a site in the city of Melbourne.

The firm has already secured planning consent for a site adjacent to Melbourne Airport and now expects construction work to begin during April 2018.

Described as a "sports, leisure and entertainment facility", Urbnsurf Melbourne will be centered around the surfing lagoon.

Covering 21,000sq m (226,000sq ft), the Wavegarden Cove surfing lagoon will host up to 90 surfers every hour across six different surfing zones.

Expected to open in April 2019, the surf park will be able to create up to 1,000 "surf-quality", 2m high ocean-like surfing waves every hour. "


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