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Sydney’s Best Fenced Playgrounds – NORTH {Updated}

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. I could run faster than him for the first couple of years. Then I was pregnant with number two son and it became just too [...]

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Balmoral Beach Playground – Sydney’s Best Playgrounds

A playground by the beach, how lovely. This small playground at Balmoral is in a fantastic area, just by the netted baths and very close to the cafe. Slurp! It’s also right on the sand at an area where the trees shade the beach, ideal for babies and small children.

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Pyrmont Point Playground – Sydney’s Best Harbourside Playgrounds

Ah, this playground is sublime, right on the glittering blue harbour, great views. But a horror if you have a wild child who might leap into that glittering harbour. If you do, steer well clear, this playground will wait until your child has calmed down.

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Lizard Log Playground and Picnic Area, Horsley Park

It’s been 10 years since our first visit to this lovely playground. It was called Pimelea Playspace in those days, and was and is a terrific feature of the huge Western Sydney Parklands. This is a wonderful area for a big picnic, the facilities are really terrific. But the kids will also enjoy coming for [...]

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Sydney’s Best Playgrounds – Willoughby Park

Having visited a couple of times recently, I am convinced again that Willoughby Park has one of the best playgrounds on the lower-ish part of the North Shore. Enjoy the very large area of actual fenced playground plus several other play and sports areas. See you there!

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Blaxland Riverside Park – More photos

Last post was a full description of the excellent playground at Blaxland Riverside Park. Here are some more photos for your delectation! We visited Blaxland Riverside Park playground on a grey day, the sun only peaked through at the end of our visit. So these photos don’t do justice to the views at all. Never [...]

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Blaxland Riverside Park Playground – Sydney’s Best Playgrounds

The playground at Blaxland Riverside Park is pretty blooming spectacular. If you ignore the fact that there’s very little shade, it’s really got the lot.

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Sydney’s Best Cafes for Kids- Cafe Piemonte, Terrey Hills

Isn’t this the kind of sign you just love to see. ‘Kids playground at rear’ has a certain ring to it. Cafe Piemonte is my new local. The kindy mums from the twins’ school are meeting here after dropoff regularly. And of course I have to go each time, such are the onerous duties of [...]

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Sydney’s Best Cafes for Kids – Flying Fox Cafe

Such a very lovely cafe, it’s been designed to be very family-friendly and it succeeds very well. It’s slap bang alongside a very large, fully-fenced playground, with lovely water views, in an extensive park. No wonder Flying Fox Cafe is one of the areas best-known meccas for anyone with a young family.

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Sydney’s Best Playgrounds – Buffalo Creek Reserve, Hunters Hill

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 Playground for Kids- Clifton Gardens Playground

Mosman Council outdid itself when it upgraded the playground at Clifton Gardens Reserve. This is a glorious hideaway on the north shore, and even better, you can usually get a coffee and something to eat at the cafe at the eastern end. Hello spring and come quickly summer, we’ll be heading down to Clifton Gardens [...]

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