The Streets Eats & Beats festival is a joint initiative between Port Stephens Council and Tomaree Youth Community Action (TYCA), and will feature a youth market, stalls, music and entertainment, a barbecue and refreshments.

The highlight of the day, however, will be a skating and scooter demonstration open to the public from 1pm-4pm.

Youngsters are being encouraged to bring along their skateboard or scooter and publicly display their styles and techniques.

TYCA's young members will act as DJs for the afternoon, which the whole family is encouraged to attend. Nelson Bay Rotary will conduct a sausage sizzle.

All goods and services offered through the youth stalls have made or produced by the young person/people, and council has indicated that it would be able to assist with marquee space, tables and chairs.

A spokesperson said that the council's youth advisory panel would be participating on the day, and urged families from right across the Port looking for some fun and excitement to make the most of one of the final events to be held at Robinson Reserve before the area undergoes a major upgrade.

Brock Lamont, community and recreational coordinator, said that the council was currently working closely with the successful landscape designers to produce detailed designs for Robinson Reserve.

"The detailed designs then feed into the environmental approvals process. These detailed designs should be made available soon on the council's website," he said.

"We have also engaged specialist skate park designers and builders who are currently preparing their own designs for the new skate park. We are still working towards late 2019 as the start date for this important project for Anna Bay."

Port Stephens Council had successfully secured $1.35m in funding from the NSW Government through the Stronger Country Communities Fund, and will contribute a further $320,000 to the project which includes a new skate park, children's playground and parking.

As the park is within a declared Aboriginal Place, the council was also working closely with registered Aboriginal parties to understand the cultural significance of the site and how to appropriately manage any potential impacts.