Looking to take a drive with the family out of town and keen to stop at a playground? Well, this is just the page for you! Here is our carefully curated collection of playgrounds that are just perfect for a day trip with the kiddos. They’ll laugh, play, run around (hopefully enough to nap in the car on the way back home!) and explore until their hearts are content.

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kyneton community park and water play, kyneton

Located in Kyneton’s Botanic Gardens, Kyneton's Community Park in Melbourne's West is just the best spot for a picnic, a gathering or a casual family hang!

woodend children's park, woodend

Woodend’s Children’s Park is such a gorgeous playground! Firstly, it’s HUGE, and has so many zones, so kids of all ages will love it here.

northvale park, sunbury

Discover Northvale Park, one of the exciting new parks in the Sunbury area located within the Redstone Estate in Melbourne’s West. This fantastic playspace offers endless fun for kids with its two huge enclosed slides and engaging climbing towers featuring adorable rock climbing enclosures. Little ones will also enjoy the variety of swings, spinners, musical chimes, and a dedicated toddler area complete with slides and climbing ropes.

bacchus marsh racecourse recreation reserve, bacchus marsh

Discover the ultimate family park at Bacchus Marsh Racecourse Recreation Reserve! This must-visit destination in Bacchus Marsh offers a massive playground tower, perfect for kids with climbing obstacles and huge slides. There's also a designated area for little ones with trampolines, seesaws, and more. Enjoy a large sandpit with water activities, musical instruments, flying foxes, and various swings. With BBQ facilities, ample seating, shade, water taps, and on-site toilets, Bacchus Marsh Racecourse Recreation Reserve in Melbourne’s West is the perfect spot for a fun-filled day out.

frontier park @ woodlea estate, rockbank

Look at that! Giant towers, rope bridges, dizzy wizzies, sand pits, water play, swings, slides, rocks, tree trunks... so much for your kiddies to play with! Welcome to Frontier Park, located in Rockbank in Melbourne’s West!

nova park, mt duneed

Centred around a huge rocket ship slide, your little ones will have the best time exploring this park. They’ll love climbing all the steps to the top of the rocket ship and then making their way down the super long slide all the way back to earth.

bushranger drive playground, sunbury

Opening SOON in Sunbury - the kids are going to love this very unique addition to the neighbourhood.

kingsfield park, sunbury

With a huge playground, basketball court, skate park and picnic tables (with shade) there's something for everyone to enjoy at Kingsfield Park Playground in Sunbury

bridge road traffic school park, melton south

Take your kiddies to the Bridge Road Traffic School in Melton South - we give it our guarantee they will LOVE it! Packed with roundabouts, traffic lights, intersections and signage (stop signs, give way, pedestrian crossings, and a watch out sign for kangaroos!). The little Traffic Park mimics the features of a real traffic experience within a safe environment.

eureka gardens playground, ballarat east

The kids will quickly pick up the theme here - soldiers, horses and a huge playground with the Eureka flag perched at the top! Adventure is the name of the game here.

lake wendouree adventure park, lake wendouree ballarat

Adventures parks are fantastic and this one is in a league of its own - it is positively teeming with people on the weekends and its location on the banks of Ballarat's Lake Wendouree makes this the perfect family destination.

portarlington park playground, portarlington

This park has had a relatively new makeover and it is stunning. This nature inspired play space has all the faves like flying fox, climbing structures, swings and pump water play - but Mamma really loves the ocean themed carved tree sculptures that really capture the feel of the area

lorne beach playground, lorne

You can’t beat a beautiful wooden playground. The Lorne Beach Playground is a nautical themed play space with the main structure mimicking a pier.

long gully splash park, bendigo

‘Gold Rush’ themed Long Gully Splash Park is super cute - relatively small but has everything you could need! And the treated water is solar heated!

eaglehawk play space, eaglehawk (bendigo)

This place is about as wonderful as wonderful playgrounds can possibly get!

armstrong district park, mt duneed

Well, here my friends, is a top notch playground! Armstong District Park and Playground This stunning new play space is chock full of fun!

john mcmahon reserve, sunbury

Mamma just loves a playground with a scooter run! The track has steep enough spots to satisfy older kids on bikes but is safe enough for little ones on scooters.

galaxyland playspace, sunbury

You’ll be in another world when you launch into Galaxyland Playspace! This amazing playground boasts lots of vast play areas for all age groups

kingston park, ocean grove

Wow - what a fantastic park. A visit to Kingston Park in Ocean Grove will always get a 10 out of 10 from the kids - and they KNOW parks! The great green slide is obviously super popular and there is heaps of fun to be had here with separate zones for all kinds of play. You’ll find nature play, sandpits, challenge ropes and monkey bars, picnic areas and so much more.

bacchus marsh adventure playground - maddingley park reserve , bacchus marsh

There is something really special about adventure playgrounds. This playground in particular is a Mamma favourite!

poppy kettle playground, geelong waterfront

Poppy Kettle park has the most stupendous view along the waterfront in Geelong plus puff the magic dragon and of course that awesome slide and climbing tower.