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Month: October 2018

Baden Powell Skatepark, Tarneit

October 15, 2018 by Shelley Leave a Comment

Located:

Baden Powell playground and skate park is located on Baden Powell Drive, Tarneit, right next to Baden Powell College. There is plenty of off street parking available, toilet and BBQ facilities. This playground is set over a large expanse, and also has a huge skate park facility. We visited midweek during May, and it was relatively empty, but I imagine that this area is extremely popular at the weekend. 

 

Equipment:

Playground features:

  • bank of spring rockers
  • swings
  • net play for climbing
  • net hammock swing
  • nest swing
  • bank of slides
  • rope assisted incline pull up
  • large undulating rubber mounds and rubber underfoot, with tanbark
  • fitness stations
  • large skate park with beginner sections, and more advances areas. 
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Jack liked:

that mum let him bring his scooter to a playground for once! It was a great scooter area for Jack to explore on his own, with beginner areas, and areas that are for the more advanced. When the kids get sick of riding their scooters, they can burn off some energy in the playground area. 

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Posted in: Playground Tagged: BBQ Facilities, Skatepark, Toilets

Djila Tjarri Park, Torquay

October 3, 2018 by Shelley Leave a Comment

Located:

Djila Tjarri Park is located alongside the Banyul-Warri sports fields, on Merrijig Drive, on the edge of Torquay. We ventured down here in July, and this was one of the many playgrounds I squeezed into visiting on one fairly hectic day! We were lucky and had some beautiful, sunny, winter weather. Whilst we came unprepared with no scooter or skateboard, Jack was happy watching adults and kids alike, at the skate park. Finally getting around to writing this down, I noted that there was an article advising that one of the skate bowls has since been closed. 

 

Equipment:

  • shade cover, with seating and BBQ’s
  • Toilets
  • expansive rope climbing course, set in sand
  • nest swing
  • large enclosed, curly slide
  • concrete rock climbing wall
  • spinning merry go round
  • noisy tyre (great for jumping, watch the video below)
  • xylophone fish
  • swings x 2
  • rope walk
  • wide slide
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Jack Liked:

Exploring the nets, climbing up and over and doing ‘exercises’ on them. He also loved jumping on the tyre, and going on the big slide. It was so hard to drag him away from this playground as he was also happy watching all the kids skating. He begged to come back with his scooter so that he could have a go! 

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We were out visiting some new parks and playgrounds today! Now it’ll take me another month to process the photos and do the write up! #jackandthebenstalk

A post shared by shelleymorgan (@shelleymorgan85) on Jul 14, 2018 at 10:15pm PDT

Posted in: Away from home, Playground Tagged: BBQ Facilities, Toilets

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