Mill Park All Abilities Play Space, Morang Drive, Mill Park
A brilliant fully fenced, all-abilities playground which features multiple zones.
Play Tower Zone
The centrepiece of the park is a 4.5 metre high, multi-level climbing tower which is packed with features - a big spiral tunnel slide, bee sculptures, a tall climbing tunnel with rope nets to help getting up to the top of the tower, plastic slide, wooden ladder, fireman's pole, xylophone, tic-tac-toe, climbing wall, panels with fun games, shop fronts, tunnels, distorting mirror, ramps, butterfly sculptures, cubbies, rocking bridge, monkey bars and hanging disks. Around the bottom of the tower are two circular in-ground trampolines, an all-abilities rectangular trampoline with handrails, spinning cup with hand wheel and family size see-saw.
Junior Zone
The Junior zone is equally wonderful for younger kids. Under shade sails is a fun wooden structure with three slides, boxes, climbing walls, ladders, bridges, ramps and steps which all get you to the top of the slides. There is a cubby space underneath. Beside this structure is a big skewed house where all the weird angles gives your sense of balance a good working over. For the tiny tots there is another little structure with steering wheel, speak and listen system, climbing wall and little slide. The area also has a great buggy on springs, log steppers, Sway Glider rocker and fairy garden.
Water Play Zone
The water play area includes accessible water play tables, shooting water jets, misting rings and manual water pumps. This area operates 8am-8pm during summer (late October to April) while the water play tables operate all year round.
Nature Play Exploration Zone
This is a lovely area with native trees, dry creek bed and plenty of logs and rocks. Check out the music area with drums. Find some sticks and drum away.
Swing Zone
On the side of the playground are a huge birds nest swing, small birds nest swing, expression swing where that child and carer sit opposite each other and five standard swings.
Sandpit Zone
In a corner is a large sandpit which is partly shaded with a sand play table and two diggers. There are seats under the shelter.
Seniors Agility Zone
The seniors exercise area features a range of outdoor equipment for gentle exercise, designed for older people to help improve balance, strength, functional movement, joint range of motion and mobility.
The gym equipment includes a balance beam, balance rail, core twister, finger stairs, hand roll, hip spring, shoulder arches, step and calf, serpentine and wave bar.
Recreation Zone
There is a double flying fox, one with a disk seat and the other with a harness seat. Nearby is a big basketball court with rings at both ends and lines marked for multiple sports and a lawn area.
There are three shelters with tables, two sets of BBQs, water tap and toilets (including a Changing Places facility). Another feature to look for is a spiral labyrinth.
What is it that makes this play space so great:
- The playground is fenced with double entry gates and has a large amount of car parking
- Massive amount of play equipment
- Varied play zones
- Age appropriate zones
- All-abilities equipment with good access to play equipment
- Recreational areas
- Lawn areas to relax in, picnic facilities and toilets
- Large water play area
- Some shading of equipment
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Location
29W Morang Drive, Mill Park 3082 Map
Web Links
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