Playgrounds Deluxe

Sydney’s Best All Abilities Playgrounds- Livvi’s Place and More

June 20, 2011
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Who else wants to give a great big kiss to all the lovely people behind a quiet revolution in the world of playgrounds? For a few year now, Liberty Swings have been popping up in more and more playgrounds. That was just the start. Inclusive playgrounds are now being designed and built, where children of all [...]

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Sydney’s Best Fenced Playgrounds – North

May 25, 2011
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It was the search for the ideal fully fenced playground that set me off researching Sydney’s best places.  I had a really wild, hyper boy-child who was a serial bolter, which was fine until I was pregnant with number two son and it became just too dangerous to go anywhere he could escape from. Nowadays [...]

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Video of Bilarong Playground

May 23, 2011
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Here is a one minute video showing the best of Bilarong Playrgound at Narrabeen. Now the production values are not up to BBC standards, but then I was using an iPhone with four kids hanging off me…. it’s not too bad really! Do you manage to take photos and videos when your kids are around? [...]

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Sydney’s Best Playgrounds – Willoughby Park

May 18, 2011
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My wee ones and I had a fab afternoon at Willoughby Park Playground recently, along with two other sets of twins.  This playground has been re-done to a very high standard and it has something for all under-fives… and we parents and carers too.

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Sydney’s Best Playgrounds- Blenheim Park, North Ryde

May 16, 2011
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This is a new entry in the third edition of Sydney For Under Fives, and a truly welcome addition to the Playgrounds Deluxe chapter. We have spent many happy hours there, usually in the company of lots of mums, dads and kids from school.  There is so much space and such a great variety of [...]

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Sydney’s Best Playgrounds + Picnic Spots- Bilarong Playground and Reserve, Narrabeen Lake

May 11, 2011
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Ooooo too much great stuff!   Not sure where to start with Bilarong Reserve; it’s a battle between the fab views, the excellent play equipment and the wonderful stone sculptures of wondrous mythical beasts.  Ummm… the sculptures win!  We love them, there are so many and they are divine, our favourites being the snoozing dragons…. [...]

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Sydney’s Best Playgrounds with Cafes- Rushcutters Bay

May 3, 2011
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Now just hold me back here.  I am looking at these photos of the gorgeous sculptures in the playground at Rushcutters Bay and am seized with a frantic desire to leap into the car and zoom over there.

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The Ghost of Playgrounds Past

May 1, 2011
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Funny how a photograph can catapult us back in time, help us see how far we have come, how much we have learned. This is a photo of Lyne Park Playground in Rose Bay, Sydney.  I took it recently, but look at it today and the years fall away.  This playground has been the scene [...]

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Sydney’s Best Playgrounds – Coogee

April 18, 2011
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If you’re living in or heading to the Eastern Suburbs, is this playground on your radar?   It’s well worth a visit.   I can remember the first time we went there back in 2000 with just one wild toddler. It has improved a lot since then, and so has the toddler, now a teenager. [...]

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Sydney’s Best Parks+Playgrounds For Kids- Central Gardens, Merrylands

April 5, 2011
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Have you visited Central Gardens, the great big park with two playground areas over in Merrylands? You haven’t?  How daft!  You need to get over there! And if you are wondering why…. take a look at the piccies below, they answer the question: ‘Why Do We Love Central Gardens?’

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Sydney’s Best Playgrounds, plus Cafe- Sydney Park

April 1, 2011
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This is a totally groovy, state of the art playground with – shout hooray!- a lovely cafe.  It’s wonderful spot, a new addition to the new edition of Sydney For Under Fives.  Quick, pack your nappy bag, grab bikes and trikes and head out.  PS Don’t forget to take the kids.

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Sydney’s Best Playgrounds – Buffalo Creek Reserve, East Ryde

March 25, 2011
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It’s always a wonderful thing to find a fantastic new playground. Here’s one that was new for the third edition of Sydney For Under Fives. It’s in a wonderful central location, great for meeting with friends who live all over Sydney. And just look at that great flying fox, just awesome for bold little souls. [...]

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Sydney’s Best Playgrounds- Lizard Log / Pimelea

March 19, 2011
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  It’s been 10 years since our first visit to this lovely playground.  It was called Pimelea Playspace in those days, and was a terrific feature of the huge Western Sydney Regional Park. It has now been renamed Lizard Log.  Great name!! The council website describes it here. In most ways the playground is almost [...]

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Is This Sydney’s Best Playground Bench?

October 2, 2010
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Here’s one of my favourite playground benches.  And I really do love playground benches, it’s a delight to sit down on my bottom when out with the bairns. This oar and surfboard bench is at the gorgeous Shelly Beach Playground near Cronulla. Oh, I do love a little rest in the shade when I’m out [...]

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