Mamma has to get you up to speed with the newly upgraded Hillside Recreation Reserve - your littlies are going to adore it. Mamma's minis always make a beeline for the rock-climbing block - perfect for all abilities, including extra challenges for the more adventurous kiddos. There are trampolines, slides, swings, sand play ovals, a basketball court, skate ramp, and a mini ninja course too!

Rippleside Inclusive Playspace near Geelong is a must add to your adventure list folks - it might be one of the best parks that Mamma has ever been to! The playspace is part of the Livvi’s Place network which means it’s fully inclusive for all kids of all abilities. It's fenced, has swings, slides, water and sensory play galore, is shaded, has toilets and BBQ's - what more could a Mamma ask for!

Bright, fully fenced playground in Armstrong Creek with flying fox, climbing, sandpit and swings. A fun community spot for kids and families.

You’ll see the giant silver tunnel slide from miles away - it’s huge, and ready for your thrill seekers to enjoy exhilarating rides down.

Mamma is speechless… Hazelwood Park in Aintree's Woodlea Estate is just gorgeous and certainly is one of the best play spaces that we have ever seen! This park is something special - with every piece of play equipment that your little one could wish for, including special fairy doors sprinkled across the space, you'll spend hours here at this whimsical wonderland for your little ones.

Rosehill Park Playground in Keilor East has all the little details covered for the perfect play day for you and your kids! Play equipment for all the ages, amenities galore and lots of space for family sports, Mamma loves to spend hours at this park. You'll find a huge climbing stature with the fastest slide for your mini to race down, ladders, ropes, flying foxes, swings, a sand pit, and more!

Well folks, the cutest little play space in Essendon has expanded, and Mamma sure isn’t mad about it! Clarinda Park Playspace is small, but mighty - mighty fun for your little ones! The space sparks fun and adventure through a huge range of equipment and nature play, including a 4-way animal themed springer, high rope climb, bright coloured cluster climbers, and a humongous sand pit - so fun!

Cosmopolitan Drive Park needs to be added to your list of parks to explore - it is huge, bright, jam packed with fun, and right in the middle of Jubilee Estate in Wyndham Vale. Centered around a huge yellow and orange climbing tower with a long twisty slide, your minis will need to climb robes, rock climbing walls, even make their way up an indoor tunnel to get right up to the top of the tower!

Mamma loves a park that caters for all the ages - and Kevin Flint Memorial Reserve Playground in Cairnlea does just that! With three distinct playgrounds, all of your kiddos are going to have a blast at this park! You’ll find sandpits, diggers, rock climbing walls, more slides than Mamma can count on one hand (straight, tube, colourful, little slides, big slides, and more!), swings, flying foxes, naughts and crosses, ropes to climb, wooden logs, a pretend general store, seesaws, spinners, musical instruments… gee whizz, what doesn’t this park have!?

Pop your airplane mode ON folks, and make sure your kiddos have packed their bags and are ready to fly - Hangar Street Park in Riverwalk, Werribee is about to take off! Centred around the most fantastic aeroplane themed play equipment, your kids will love playing on the slides, ramps, ropes, spinners, in built games, swings (both seated and basket), spinner, see-saw, rockers and so much more!

Now this is what you call a playground - Cambridge Crescent Park in Werribee is the cutest of adventure spaces for your minis! Mamma loves a park with pretend play, and Cambridge Crescent Park sure delivers on this in spades. Your little one’s imagination will run wild with the play service station and electric car charging station - you’ll be at the gas station filling up your pretend cars for hours!

Mamma knows of the cutest playspace for your little ones in Sunshine North! Let us introduce you to the new Willowbark Park - it’s full of fun! The park is centred around a gigantic play tower that has two massive slides stemming from it - a windy blue slide for the older kids, and a smaller grey slide for the mini’s. Mamma’s little one absolutely loves climbing up the ropes too!

Have you ever seen a play space featuring a huge climbing wall covered with a colourful ‘Finding Nemo’ theme mural on one side, and a large reptile on the other? Well - Cameron Drive Park in Hoppers Crossing is special folks, your kiddies will have an absolute ball playing with this. Mamma’s mini loves to pretend to be inside the mouth of a shark, or right in the centre of a fish… there’s no wonder why this playground is a favourite for the locals.

If you are looking for gold - then this is the playground to start digging - This Pirate themed park is fantastic.

Ahoy me hearties, are you ready for a fun filled adventure? Well, Mamma says your little pirates will love Anchoridge Park Playground in Armstrong Creek, Geelong. The main playground has been designed in the shape of an anchor, providing your kids of all ages with hours of fun as they climb the rocks, adventure up the climbing net and set sail using their imagination in the cube fort.

Alert! Alert! Another great playground in Rockbank! This one has a cafe on its doorstep (win!) Rope bridges, sand pits, water play, swings, slides, monkey bars, rocks, tree trunks - honestly Mamma could go on and on and on about the elements of play here.

Hello Hoppers Crossing - your local playground at Rosslare Court in Melbourne’s West has had a makeover, and Mamma thinks it’s looking mighty fine!

Your minis will have a blast pushing themselves around the wooden spinner, racing down the flying fox, playing on the basket or standard swing set, speeding down the slides. This park in Newport really does have it all!

Welcome to Riverwalk’s Water Park in Werribee, right in the heart of Melbourne’s West! It really is splish splash heaven! Pack your togs and take a towel or two folks it's going to get wet. Actually take some lunch too - this place is such 'cool' fun you'll want to stay.

Slip Slop SNAP! Mammas kiddos LOVE Crocodile Park in Point Cook, they have for years! This is actual paradise for them. Imagine soft white sand, streams of water flowing around stepping stones, wooden lookout platforms, rope bridges plus a big snappy crocodile spurting endless water from his mouth! It feels like a classy resort beach side fun park and a space your kids will want to come back to!

Well folks, Mamma has the PERFECT park for you if your little ones love sand based play - check out Crofts Reserve in Altona North, right in the heart of Melbourne’s West - it truly is a fantastic play space for your entire family.

It’s no wonder why Lollipop Hill Park Playground in Melbourne’s West is a trusted family favourite within the Manor Lakes community - it really is such a great play space for the entire family to enjoy.

Embark on a quest to Rose Hedge Reserve in Melbourne’s West where you can become a knight, slay a dragon and have some epic fun! This medieval dragon themed playground in Sydenham is perfect for all ages. 

Manor Lakes Boulevard Park is the perfect addition to Melbourne’s West - Mamma thinks it’s an absolute winner, and that you should check it out ASAP!

Wow, wow, wow - this park has everything… Mamma’s little one was so overwhelmed with excitement when she arrived at this Manor Lakes Park, she didn’t know what to play with first!

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.

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.

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!

Alert! Alert! Another great playground in Rockbank! This one has a cafe on its doorstep (win!) Rope bridges, sand pits, water play, swings, slides, monkey bars, rocks, tree trunks - honestly Mamma could go on and on and on about the elements of play here.

Folks - have you ever seen a playground that has a COOLER Ninja Warrior obstacle course?! If your kiddies would love this - then you MUST visit the new playground at Keilor Park Reserve.

Brimbank Council have unveiled a new pocket playground in Cary St Sunshine North, and Mamma thinks it’s just great! No playground cookie cutter happening here - a unique wooden climbing structure with netting and slide suits preschool aged children perfectly.

The new playground is made up of a see-saw, toddler scrambling area, a basket swing, and two cute ‘Clubhouse’ looking large towers - one for the little ones and one for the older kids.

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.

Frank Gibson Reserve in Laverton is one of Hobson Bay Council’s local community parks - and it sure is a favourite with our little ones! This park boasts a cute ‘bug’ theme - with an accessible ladybug whirl, rope climbing frame, caterpillar slide, toddler rockers and a new swing set. There is also a set of junior soccer goals, a drinking fountain, bike parking and new garden beds - fantastic!

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.

Sunvale Community Playground and Water Park is fabulous! Mamma loves this awesome playground and park - a great place for a sunny day! Pack the togs and a towel!

A great park in Taylor’s Lakes with an amazing BBQ area, bocce court and a soccer field!

Attention Hoppers Crossing residents - Fraser Street Park has had an upgrade and Mamma likes what she sees!

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!

Another amazing park to add to the list of playground fun in Melbourne’s West that your kids will love! Welcome to Aeroplane Park in Tarneit - perfect for a family outing.

Alma Avenue Reserve in Melbourne’s West is the CUTEST play space, we absolutely love it! This playground in Altona Meadows might not seem huge at first glance, but my goodness it’s jam packed with fun.

Your minis will have a blast pushing themselves around the wooden spinner, racing down the flying fox, playing on the basket or standard swing set, speeding down the slides. This park in Newport really does have it all!

It’s a SUMMER JACKPOT - Lough Way Lakeside Playground in Manor Lakes is not just a playground, it’s fantastic water play too!!

Welcome to Riverwalk’s Water Park in Werribee, right in the heart of Melbourne’s West! It really is splish splash heaven! Pack your togs and take a towel or two folks it's going to get wet. Actually take some lunch too - this place is such 'cool' fun you'll want to stay.

Slip Slop SNAP! Mammas kiddos LOVE Crocodile Park in Point Cook, they have for years! This is actual paradise for them. Imagine soft white sand, streams of water flowing around stepping stones, wooden lookout platforms, rope bridges plus a big snappy crocodile spurting endless water from his mouth! It feels like a classy resort beach side fun park and a space your kids will want to come back to!

Folks - have you ever seen a playground that has a COOLER Ninja Warrior obstacle course?! If your kiddies would love this - then you MUST visit the new playground at Keilor Park Reserve.

Mamma loves a playground that only improves with age - this is one of them. Mamma first visited this playground when it was opened in 2014, and is pleased to report that SEVEN YEARS ON, it is better than ever!

Sunvale Community Playground and Water Park is fabulous! Mamma loves this awesome playground and park - a great place for a sunny day! Pack the togs and a towel!

Your kids are going to love Mimi the dinosaur at McNish Park in Yarraville - climb inside to clamber around in her tum and slide down her tail, there's even an in-built megaphone so you can 'ROAR' like a dinosaur or if it's all a bit too scary - hide inside the big dinosaur 'cubby' eggs. There's plenty of shade, toilets and a new undercover bbq area too! Fantastic for the toddlers and little ones.

Grab your bikes or scooters and head down to Montgomery Park to ride the pump track before it heads to its new location!

You could be forgiven for thinking you drove to Werribee but somehow landed in New York when you arrive at this awesome skate park - fit for little tykes and adults because it uniquely caters for beginners and pros.

In the beautiful town of Gisborne, this Adventure Playground can be found. There is a large diversity of play equipment in the main area, and an enclosed playground for the little ones as well! Expect lots of swings, slides, flying foxes, ramps and tunnels, walkie-talkies and PLENTY of space to run! There are picnic tables, lots of paths for bikes and scooters, and a fenced area for toddlers too!

Here we go Werribee!! This is a rocking playground!

This play space is quieter and surrounded by lovely trees. As the name implies, this is a playground inspired by nature, with lots of sensory experiences to be had.

The beloved Paine Reserve in Newport is now OPEN for play!

The eagerly anticipated nature playground has finally landed ‘On Country’, here at Pipemakers Park, and Mamma and the kiddies couldn’t be happier!

It’s OPEN!!

DINOSAUR THEMED PLAYGROUND!! Say no more!

This playground has been designed in such a way to invite creative and mindful play, and to utilise those gross motor skills, meaning your kids will be totally WORN OUT! And while the kids are off making up obstacle courses, you can relax. Mamma rarely comes across a playground this tranquil.

The new Junior Bike Skills Track at Hansen Reserve will have your little ones levelling up bike and scooter skills in no time! Let them ride over bumps and humps, sweep around corners and then build up speed to follow the track past the footy oval and down into the playground, for an action packed day out!

What a fantastic community playground and park space Armstrong Reserve in Newport is. The playground equipment at this park is just fantastic - with an ocean theme to go with the huge pirate ship climbing frame. Your minis will be shouting ‘ahoy me hearties’ from the crow’s nest in no time! Featuring a wooden octopus centre piece, lots of swings, and more.

Wyndham Park is an amazing playground. This is more than a park! It’s a precinct of FUN!

Locals will be loving how great this park is and it is sure to become THE favourite of the area

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.

Green Gully Reserve is a real treat. The whole area is very spacious with plenty of room for picnics, ball games and to just generally spread your wings!

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.

Expect to spend a bit of time here as there is heaps to do and as an added bonus the park is directly under the flight path to the airport so we spotted heaps of real life planes coming in to land!

A little slice of playground heaven, this one is well worth the trip! There is a full size soccer field, and plenty of other grassy spots to kick a ball, as well as 2 tennis courts, a basketball half court, skate park and climbing wall!

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.

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

There is LOTS to investigate at this brand new playground - start by climbing the slide tower and zoom down the slide (it’s fast!), run around to the sand pit and get digging, then head up to the water feature and get the water to roll down through the creek bed.

There is a fun area for the kids to hang and climb, plus a great little track around the outside of the park and grassy areas, which is perfect for scooters and bikes. So while the kiddies are off doing that, YOU can have a play on all the workout equipment.

Smack bang in the middle of a huge new sporting complex with two sporting fields, six tennis courts, enclosed cricket nets this playground is sure to get a lot of use!

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

This fresh and bright playground is inspired by a volcano!

Mamma LOVES a two-for-one deal, and if you have a pooch you will love this one too!

Ribbit - if you got some frog lovin' kiddos this is a great little park.

What a great park! This fantastic playground in Deer Park was built back in 2011 but was way ahead of its time in terms of the 'volcano' theme and great equipment.

What a fantastic park!

Arrgh, let it be known that Mamma LOVES a pirate shipped themed park - and this is surely one of the best.  This playground has been hidden in Coogoorah Park for quite a long time now but it really is timeless AND is named after a 1902  local shipwreck. Very cool. 

Open for play this new park is a bit quirky, challenging and fun.

Well, this is a great spot Mamma couldn't wait to share with you!

Little Green playground is a quiet neighbourhood park in a new estate

Haven Park is a brand new park in the new estate of Haven in Tarneit. It is fresh and clean with lots of lush well established green grass for picnicking, cartwheels or lounging in the sun. 

Mamma says bring your bucket and spade to this one!
As soon as you see the lovely blue and yellow shade sails over the playground you know you are in for a treat.

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.

With current must haves in parks - flying fox, net swing and lovely gardens to explore, it also has our old favourites - swings, slides, climbing ropes and basketball ring.

The feature 'playscape' area is excellent - with swings, a giant pea pod, cow park bench, an alphabet maze, a HUGE platypus and so so much more! Look closely and you will find all kinds of treasures scattered throughout the space.

With a creek running through its heart, a great pirate ship playground at the north west corner, picturesque walking tracks, circuit training stations, a BMX track and free tennis courts at the south end, Cruickshank Park in Yarraville in Melbourne’s West has something for everyone.

This play space has a good blend of modern play equipment and nature based elements to it. Say hello to the large stripy snake near the sandpit, it is a very nice draw card to the park, kiddos can climb onto his back, give him a hug or jump off the tail! 

Beaton reserve Park in Yarraville is great! Bring your bikes, trikes, scooters, skates, skateboards, basketball, frisby and table tennis paddles and ball to this gem of a park. With plenty of space to move your kids (and you!) are bound to leave this place happily exhausted.

2 flying foxes! Including the new universally accessible flying fox.

A bright and colourful park to add to the estate here in Woodlea! Making it a total of FOUR pretty amazing adventures to be had in this neck of the woods.

It is small but don't underestimate this one for the fun factor!

Do you need a place where you can feel relaxed as a parent while the kids explore and play? Have you got a runner? Then Shorten Reserve in West Footscray is for you. Located next to an oval this little playground is fully fenced in (there are a couple of gates you need to check are closed) and Mamma can honestly say plonking on a park bench and taking a breath is actually a possibility here. 

The Coronet park playground has a big grassy space, bbq's and next to a kid friendly cafe with an indoor kids corner - with a hall available for hire for parties! This is a wonderful playground to visit.

This playground gets TWO thumbs up by Mamma and the road testing kiddos.  Mamma's fav has to be the flying fox of course, while the kids just love that slide.

This is a really great park - it's just a bit different, with a creative use of space and the location makes it even more interesting. Built in the shadow of the Bolte Bridge it has water play features, excellent sand play and some fab sliding action.

Don't expect a huge array of equipment here - there is one lovely wooden structure with climbing webs and ropes, a mammoth slide and swings but it's unique, a little quirky and overlooks a lovely tree filled valley, making it a nice spot to relax whilst the kids play.

This park is a fav for both big and little kids with a smaller bowl skate/scooter section.

What a bonus this little spot is. Set back from Werribee South Boat ramp, you can spot pelicans, collect shells, make sand castles, chat to the local fisherman and of course have a play on Freddie the green sea dragon!

Are you and the family looking for a new adventure? The Big Red Dragon is a novelty and with ample swings and great surroundings, it makes for a nice family outing.  Mamma says the native birds, geese and wildlife across the way were a lovely surprise too.

This is one of Mamma's favourite parks in the West. It is one of the best examples of an Edwardian public gardens in Victoria and has a genuine noble feel to match.

The little truck and tractor lovers in your family will have a WHEELIE good time at this playground!
Steering wheels! Tractor tyres! Slides! Swings! Tunnels! Rock climbing! See-saw! Mamma LOVES it here!

This little park in Yarraville has had an upgrade.

Well, this is a cool little spot to venture to. Making use of the space under the Hopkins Bridge in Footscray - this FREE bouldering wall is a bit of fun for big people and the little ones!

Mamma says a visit to Sovereign Hill is now even more amazing with the opening of the $1.7 million Play Space!

Well, suffice to say Mamma has never really seen a play space like this one! Consisting of a bright orange 80-100 metre long climbing frame behemoth - this is certainly one for the climbers and budding ‘ninja warrior’ in the family!

Look, we have said this many a time and we will say it again - playgrounds next to a place where you can get coffee or even sit down and have a meal are just well, Mamma heaven!

Flying fox - yes, great swings - yes! Oh and we should mention the lovely river views, the huge shady trees and lots of open space!

This is a neat little park tucked out the back of Truganina and worth a visit.

Tucked away among the homes in Seddon, is this bright and colourful, with fun aplenty, little playground.

Got a good climber on your hands? This is a cute little playground to check out next time you are in Sunshine.

This park is nestled alongside the wetlands, tucked behind the Alamanda Cafe and is perfect for a quiet play after you've had a bite to eat or they have BBQ's and shelter here as well as the BIGGEST picnic table Mamma has ever seen. So why not bring a picnic and check out this hidden spot.

This once tired playground has just recently has a fantastic make over! 

This park in Williamstown is beautiful. Plain and simple there really is no other word to describe this quaint playground in a prime location. Slides, swings, sailboat, swans, sea and serenity. Walking along The Strand is the perfect way to watch the day take shape over Melbourne whilst the kids play. Beautiful.

Have you ever wanted to ride on a giant grasshopper? Or take a spin on a spaceship? In this lovely quiet pocket of Kingsville you can do both! Mamma and the fam love this bright, colourful and unique playground.

Pavey Reserve in Newport has two different sized playgrounds, you will be glad you dropped by. Newport Lakes is literally a stones throw away, making this the perfect playground to commence a true Westie adventure.

Ships ahoy! This bustling playground in Williamstown's historic heart is a fantastic vantage point to spot the cargo ships gliding in and out of the bay as well as some great play equipment.