langshaw reserve upgrade, altona north

Mamma loves a good little park upgrade. This one has had some great equipment added to keep everyone happy and entertained! It is positively teeming with families too so you’ll be sure to find a friend or two.

There is a new expressions swing (the kind of swing you can put a baby in and there is a swing for you to sit on and swing too!) these are great! You’ll also find a little ambulance, a fantastic new climbing spinning web, slides, turrets, lots of nature based stepping stones, lady bug rockers and lots of fab little new pieces to play on.The large lizard is a great draw card, there is also a fantastic nest swing - seriously big enough and strong enough for us grown ups to have a go!

The playground is located next to a sports oval so take a footy or soccer ball along too!

Mamma’s special mention: You can pop along to second ave grocer to pick up some fresh veg and groceries too! It is not far away.

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the nitty gritty

lots of spots to park around the reserve, lots of spots to sit, some shade from established trees, no toilets

Corner or Marion St and third Avenue
Altona North

splendour circuit playground, diggers rest

splendour circuit playground, diggers rest

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.

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newhaven's jumping pillow, tarneit

newhaven's jumping pillow, tarneit

Bounce bounce bounce! Everybody BOUNCE!

Yes, that includes you too grown ups!

PEET Ltd have done it again and installed another jumping pillow at their newest Newhaven display and information centre in Tarneit.

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navigation park, tarneit

navigation park, tarneit

Complete with a WATER ZONE with water-squirting elephant, look-out tower with slides and rope climbers, basketball half-court, BBQ and picnic pavilion, an area for skateboards/scooters, swings and a spinning roundabout, oval with football goals, mini trampolines…

AND…….wait for it…..

TOILETS!!! Yes, we know! TOILETS

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mulholland drive playground, tarneit

mulholland drive playground, tarneit

The park feels a bit retro thanks to lots of timber and steel, the wooden tractors, and lovely greenery and trees. There are swings and balance beams and some climbing nets too. Cook up some snags on the undercover BBQ’s and have a game of kick to kick on the oval!

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footscray park's play space and water play

WOWEE! This is an amazing addition to the already gorgeous Footscray Park. We see lots of playgrounds in our travels and this is one of the best. It has a fantastic mix of nature play making good use of existing established trees to create some natural shade. They have some well selected play equipment plus the gorgeous garden beds and flowers really make it a place you want to sit and relax whilst the kid play.

There is heaps of fun to be had here with two flying foxes, a carousel, climbing frames, slides, nest swing, musical instrument section, water play and a sand pit just to name a couple of the highlights. Mamma loves that kids of all abilities can enjoy something here too with a path and soft fall that goes all the way around the park there is a good range of play options for everyone of most ages.

You will also be pleased to know that it is mostly fenced in too - excellent considering it is right on the Maribyrnong river. It is really in the perfect spot to view the city, overlooking the river, surrounded by the lush parklands and views of Flemington Racecourse too.

Bring a towel and togs folks - as the water jets and splash zone is WAY too tempting for the kids to get a little soaked and there is the water pump and creek bed too. Kids PLUS water always equals WET!

Mamma’s special mention: Grab some amazing lunch at Rudimentary afterwards!

the nitty gritty

BBQ - mostly fenced in - water play - shade - water fountains - toilets - all abilities - parking
(take some change or mobile phone app pay option)