Walker Reserve, Doncaster — Just Reopened After Its Upgrade How new is it? The little triangular survey flags on the grass next to it haven’t even been taken out yet. Walker Reserve in Doncaster has just finished its expansion and upgrade. This small park in a residential pocket has a lot more worth stopping for […]
10 Best Playgrounds in Brisbane
Brisbane heat and small children are not a great combination once the clock ticks past ten in the morning, so a water play park with somewhere shady to sit has become our non-negotiable for school holidays. We’ve spent the past few months driving out to parks across the south side, the bay and up towards […]
Hidden World Playground Fitzgibbon Reviews
Hidden World Playground Fitzgibbon: The Rainbow Sand Park in Brisbane’s North We went to Fitzgibbon on a Saturday morning because a friend had sent me a photo of what looked like a row of tiny painted cottages sitting in the middle of a sandpit, and I could not work out from the picture whether it […]
Playgrounds Near Forest Hill
Every time I’m around Forest Hill I have the same problem: I genuinely don’t know where to take the kids. There’s no big drawcard playground worth a special trip out here, and even the free kids play space up on Level 3 at Forest Hill Chase is pretty forgettable once you’ve been a couple of […]
Maple Grove Playground, Pakenham East
Maple Grove Playground, Pakenham East: A New One-Hectare Park Worth the Drive We’d seen a few photos of Maple Grove Playground pop up in a local parents’ group before we’d even worked out where Pakenham East was on the map. A full hectare of playground sounded like one of those things that gets exaggerated in […]
Chowder Bay Playground, Mosman — Sydney’s Sandpit-and-Harbour-View Combo
Someone mentioned Chowder Bay to us at a birthday party months before we actually went, the way these things happen, and by the time we finally drove out there we’d built it up into something more elaborate than a playground and a beach. It’s neither disappointing nor overhyped. It’s a genuinely good spot, and most […]
Roma Street Parkland with Kids – Playgrounds, Free Entry and What to Know Before You Go
We’d told a friend visiting from Sydney that we’d take her somewhere for flowers, and her first question was whether we were driving out to Toowoomba. We weren’t. Roma Street Parkland sits a five-minute walk from the CBD, and most people who live in Brisbane still manage to forget it’s there. That’s the strange thing […]
The Gables Lake Foreshore Playground – Sydney’s New Lakeside Playground
There’s a new spot in Sydney’s Hills District that’s been popping up all over our social feeds lately, and after a couple of visits, we get why. The Gables Lake Foreshore Playground opened to the public in July 2026, and it’s not really one playground at all. It’s five of them, strung around a four-hectare […]
Gumnuts Playland Knox Review
We’d been putting off a weekend trip to Westfield Knox for weeks, mostly because every indoor play centre we already knew felt a bit tired. Then a friend mentioned a new one had opened on Level 2, near Timezone, with a whole nature theme and Aussie animal mascots. That was enough to get us in […]
Variety Place, Kings Park Reviews
There’s a particular kind of boredom that sets in once a child hits six or seven and a standard playground stops being interesting. The slide gets done in one go, the swing lasts about ninety seconds, and then you’re standing around while they ask what’s next. Variety Place, tucked into the Saw Avenue Picnic Area […]