The Top Family Activities and Playgrounds in the Swan Hill Rural City Region
The Swan Hill Rural City region includes the towns of Swan Hill, Lake Boga, Manangatang and Robinvale.
Swan Hill has a lovely position on the Murray River and a highlight is a ride on the PS Pyap Paddle Steamer. Murray Cod may be hard to catch in the river now but there is a Giant Murray Cod which provides Insta opportunities.
For a dose of Australian history, Swan Hill Pioneer Settlement and Heartbeat of the Murray Laser Light Show provide a mega-dose of interesting stories.
During the warmer weather, which is a big chunk of the year, head to the excellent Swan Hill Outdoor Pool which has a number of pools including a dive pool and a water slide.
A map of the region is:
The best playgrounds in this region are:
Steggall Park Playground, Swan Hill
A super All Abilities play space which is spacious and fully fenced. There are paths to all the equipment and some sections have shade sails (dual slides down a hillock, area which has a range of musical instruments on a wall and a big sandpit with a boat). Other items include a big pyramid rope climbing frame with plastic hammocks at the bottom, Super Sway seats, huge arch with rope squares, birds nest swing, huge paddle steamer with a Murray Cod on the bow, wind chimes, another sandpit with digger, swings (one with harness), wooden stumps to hop across, sit-on carousel, see-saw, water pump which runs into a rocky area for a stream and structure with two very steep slides, fireman's pole and spiral ladder.
There is a huge shelter with four tables and BBQs plus toilets outside the fenced area. There are water taps throughout and a big grassy area beside the fenced area. Overall, a super playground which has lovely landscaping throughout and sections of nice bright colours.
Riverside Park Playground, Swan Hill
The playground has two parts. One part is a fenced section with spiral slide, flying fox, sloping parallel bars, monkey rungs, sloping climber with circles, wave slide, ladders, tic-tac-toe, steering wheel, tunnel, shop front, log roll, chain ladder and fireman's pole.
The other part, which is not fenced, about 40m away, has a tractor and trailer, big stand-on carousel (no safety chain), springer, large green dinosaur, huge bee springer and spinning red apple with hand wheel.
Also a basketball court and table tennis table. Large grassy area dotted with trees. Toilets. Unshaded tables and shaded and unshaded seats. The Riverside Cafe is next to the playground.
George Lay Park Playground, Swan Hill
Lovely area which has a large grassy area with a concrete bike path in an oval shape, exercise area with four stations of exercise equipment, shelter with two tables and BBQ and water tap. There is a flying fox, basketball court, forest of colourful poles, community garden, medium pyramid rope climbing frame, inverted U see-saw which rotates in all directions and an area of shade sails of which underneath are two climbing frames, sandpit with digger, inverted V-shaped roof with climbing holds, see-saw, carousel to sit on and spin around, birds nest swing and standard swings.
The best skate parks in this region are
Swan Hill Skatepark
A large metal street course on a concrete base which includes a 5ft steel mini ramp, spine, flat banks, quarters, funbox and flat bars.
Robinvale Skatepark
Metal street course on a concrete base which includes a steel mini ramp, high spine, flat banks, big funboxes and ledges.
There are other skate parks at Lake Boga Skatepark, Woorinen South Skatepark and Manangatang Skatepark.
Reviews of all playgrounds, skate parks and BMX Tracks in the Swan Hill Rural City council region are here:
Family activities in the Swan Hill Rural City region include:
Lake Boga
Manangatang
Robinvale
Swan Hill
Other Locations
Web Links
→ www.swanhill.vic.gov.au
