HORSE ARENA PREPARATION — GOLD COAST, BRISBANE & SCENIC RIM

We prepare horse arena pads, bases and sand profiles across the Gold Coast, hinterland and Scenic Rim, working to your supplied design and agreed earthmoving scope.

Standard sizes we work to: 20m × 40m dressage, 20m × 60m competition dressage, 30m × 60m jumping arena, plus custom sizes for round yards (15–20m diameter) and lunge rings. We GPS-set out the corners on day one so the finished pad matches the planned dimensions exactly — no creep, no off-square corners.

The base is where the budget goes. After the cut we lay 100–150mm of compacted road base or recycled concrete aggregate (RCA), rolled to a smooth, square pad. On rocky hinterland blocks (Tallai, Bonogin, Tamborine, Canungra) we often hit basalt during the cut — that gets broken with the hydraulic breaker and rolled into the base, saving on imported material.

Sand profile sits on top: typically 80–120mm of washed river sand or arena-spec silica sand depending on discipline. Dressage prefers a slightly deeper sand for cushion; jumping and barrel work runs shallower and firmer. We coordinate sand supply through Gold Coast quarries and can deliver/spread to your spec, or work to a sand profile your trainer or arena consultant has specified.

Where specified, geotextile separates the subgrade and base to help keep the material layers stable. We confirm the materials and installation scope in your quote.

Acreage suitability: most of our arena work is on 1–10 acre hobby blocks through the Gold Coast hinterland and Scenic Rim. Tamborine, Canungra, Mount Nathan, Beechmont, Mudgeeraba acreage and Bonogin all have the space. We bring 5T excavators, a Positrack for fine grading, GPS levels for the cut, and tipper trucks to import or remove material. Most arenas are completed in 5–10 days from first cut to handover.