Livvi’s Place Ryde barely needs an introduction if you live nearby, every local family seems to know it, but I keep talking to families from other suburbs who’ve never been, so I’m going to say it anyway, it’s my favourite of the Livvi’s Place playgrounds we’ve tried! We’ve been to four of them now, Ryde, […]
Victoria Park Kew Reviews – Playground Layered With History
I often wonder, years from now, will the parks and buildings we know today still be standing. The playground I’m writing about today gave me something of an answer, in its own way. Victoria Park sits in Kew, on what many people might not realise is actually elevated ground. That position is part of why […]
Billubera Park Yarrabilba Reviews
Took the kids to Billubera Park in Yarrabilba today. It’s south of Brisbane, about half an hour’s drive from the south side. The name comes from the Yugambeh language and means a clear sky or fine day. It was a clear day, so that worked out. It feels like walking into a forest. Big trees […]
Semaphore Foreshore North Crab Playground – What’s There
New sea life playground at Semaphore, right by the beach, built around a big blue swimmer crab. Lots of local families on the day we went, and I didn’t spot many other Chinese families, which is partly why I’m writing this one up. The crab Big blue climbable crab in the middle of the whole […]
Marie Wallace Bayswater Park Review
Marie Wallace Bayswater Park, better known locally as the Train Park, has a full-size red steam locomotive sitting in the middle of it. Not a plastic replica. Kids can climb up into the cab, touch the controls, and get as close to a real old-fashioned train as most of them ever will outside a museum. […]
Peninsula Playground Southport Reviews
We were heading to Sea World that day, and just before we got there a stretch of impossibly blue sea stopped us in our tracks. We turned off on a whim and walked into a little world called Peninsula Playground, as if we’d stumbled onto a hidden Easter egg. It’s less a playground and more […]
Lorikeet Park Reviews
Lorikeet Park in Worongary is a super cool parrot playground on top of the Skyridge hill. The Park is at Skyridge Boulevard, Worongary QLD 4213. The big lorikeet is built from timber, with a blue head, a red beak and stripes of green, yellow, orange and red running down its body. A green slide runs […]
Quarries Park Playground Reviews
A timber fort near the city, with a long slide hidden on the hillside. In Clifton Hill there’s a timber adventure playground tucked away where you can see the city skyline. In front of you are slides, a wooden fort and trees, and in the distance there are Melbourne’s tall buildings. It’s a pretty odd […]
George Kendall Riverside Park Reviews
If you’re after somewhere with fewer people, decent scenery, and enough space to properly tire the kids out, this one’s worth bookmarking. George Kendall Riverside Park sits right on the Parramatta River, the grass stretches out forever, and the whole place feels open in a way that most popular parks don’t. Good for a walk, […]
Paradise Point Parklands (Upgrade) Reviews
Found somewhere new to add to the Gold Coast rotation! Just reopened after an upgrade, so we went to check it out. Slides, climbing, water play… kids played till they didn’t want to go home, parents finally got to breathe. The Big Blue Dome — Hard to Miss First thing you see walking in. Tall, […]