Playgrounds_ Canberra

Playground at
Australian Botanic Garden Mount Annan
Location - 362 Narellan Rd, Mount Annan NSW 2567
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❌Toilets near playground ✅ Toilets behind Visitor Centre/ Cafe
✅Shade Sail
✅Tree Shade
✅Car park
✅Bins
✅Picnic Area ❌ BBQ

The playground at Australian Botanic Garden Mount Annan has seen recent upgrades to some of the play items. Many of the old items were retained and new equipment installed for the play area.

New play equipment

• Bee Springer
• Seesaw
• Play Florist shop/ cubby with games and moving parts

• Play structure
- Stairs
- Climbing pole
- Plastic slide
- Sand play with play pipes and moving sand buckets on chains.

• Swing Set
- Inclusive harness swing seat
- 2x toddler bucket seats
- Standard seat

Playground Equipment

• Spinning Circle
• 2x spinning poles
• Obstacle wooden rope play bridge
• Flying fox - signposted rules on entry gate. Flying fox features single pod on rope for seating.

• Snake Sign
• Gardens around playground with rocks used in the play area and a foot bridge.

Picnic areas within the fully fenced playground and some outside the fence. Cafe is next to playground.

Berry Reserve
Location - 1054 Pittwater Rd, Narrabeen NSW 2101

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✅Toilets (follow signs on gates)
❌Shade Sails
✅Tree Shade
✅Car park (free all day parking on Sundays)
✅Bins
✅Picnic Area (inside fence)
✅Picnic Area ✅ BBQ outside fence

Fully fenced playground with 2 entry gates, playground theme is a Castle featuring a drawbridge entry gate, crocodiles in the garden moat and giant play castle tower + dragon footsteps and wall mural + cluster of egg sculpture.

Playground Equipment

• Swing Set
- Harness back support swing seat
- Standard seat
- Toddler bucket seat
- Toddler harness seat

• Spider nest stand-alone hammock

• Play Train Station with wall games, brick train track leading to blackboard (bring chalk)

• 2x Play shop fronts with wall games and play features inside

• 2x in-ground circle trampolines

• large play structure
- Ramp entry and staircase style ascending steps to the top of the tower ( watch your head on the lower staircases)
- Musical wall games (xylophone pipes and bells)
- Underneath cubby area with wall games
- Two slides, 1 small plastic slide and 1 large spiral plastic slide

• Musical drums , ladybug glockenspiel xylophone and bee spring toy

• Nature play gardens featuring logs, rocks, sandstone blocks, playable poles, and obstacle nature log course with balance beams and stepping logs etc.

Tania Park Playground
Location - Bareena Dr, Balgowlah Heights NSW 2093

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✅Toilets
✅Shade Sail
✅Tree Shade
✅Car parking
✅Bins
✅Picnic Area ✅ BBQ (outside the fence)

Fully fenced playground with 3 entry gates (1 entry gate is not level to the ground). Nice location with modern equipment updated in 2019. Extends onto the oval, which was very dog friendly on our visit.

Playground Equipment

• 4 person spinning poles
• dolphin springer
• carousel
• musical xylophone poles
• small cubby with wall games
• talking pipes
• hill slope with climbing bumps with wide metal slide on slope

• Swing set
- standard seat
- toddler bucket seat
- full plastic nest swing

• nature play including stepping logs, balance beam and sandstone rocks

• 2 large play towers split to form a ship.

The first features rope climbs and rope ladders with steering wheel and talking pipes and underneath cubby.

The second features a pole ladder climbs and metal slide down.

Overall playground is nice and modern, featuring inclusive play opportunities for all abilities. Extend your stay with the picnic just outside the fence and free use gas bbq.

Collaroy Beach Playground
Bruce Bartlett Reserve Playground
10 Birdwood Ave, Collaroy NSW 2097

Yes fully fenced, 3 entry/exit gates
Yes bins
Yes parking but paid about $10 a hour
Yes seating
Yes picnic areas
Yes picnic tables
Yes bubbler
No toilets inside play area
No BBQs inside fence, yes bbq areas outside fence.
Yes toilets in the area
Yes shade sails, not all areas.
Yes some tree shade , light coverage.

Mix age playground that features some inclusive elements, and one liberty swing for wheelchair users.

Things to note - water play pump has been capped off and not functioning for the water play feature.

Swing sets, play structure with slide, large dome climbing structure, smaller play elements around play space. Picnic areas within fenced playground but also more outside the fenced playground.

Campbell – Remembrance Park
(No Playground)

BBQs
– 2 dual top BBQs , each with own picnic areas.

Picnic Tables Multiple Picnic Areas
– 2 with BBQ105 each under own shade shelters.
– 2 with BBQ106 each under own shade shelters.
– 2 sets of 2 each under own shade shelters.

Also Available – bins, water tap on BBQ, bubbler, construction views of Australian War Memorial, entry for Mount Ainslie nature reserve.