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The Top 10 Playgrounds in Melbourne
Melbourne Playgrounds was asked by a magazine editor to nominate a list of the top 10 playgrounds in the East/South regions of Melbourne and the top 10 playgrounds in the West/North regions. We got our gold mining pan from the shed, dipped it into Read On..

Unusual Playgrounds around the World
Melbourne is blessed with some great playgrounds but there a plenty of imaginative playgrounds around the world. We sent the sniffer dogs out in search of those playgrounds. Apart from finding a few caches of illegal substances, they sniffed out Read On..

Playgrounds Enclosed with a Fence
Kids are the masters of taking advantage of situations. Mum is busy attending to child 1 and child 2 escapes to freedom. When we go to playgrounds, we don't necessarily want to put little Johnny in prison uniform and attach a ball and chain to his Read On..

aMAZEing Melbourne
Melbourne and Victoria have more mazes than you could stuff into a dead-end in a month of Sundays! Whether it be a maze or labyrinth, become the family hero by finding all the clues and getting your family out before dinner time! Here are some of Read On..

Melbourne Playgrounds Annual Awards
Melbourne Playgrounds is now one year old. Considering that we run the site as a family hobby without the extensive resources of some other parenting sites, we are very proud of our achievements over the last year. During our first month we had Read On..

What is Melbourne's FAVOURITE Playground?
We have seen a lot of playgrounds and have our own personal favourites. However, what is the favourite playground across the users of Melbourne Playgrounds? We are going to try and answer that question. Please click on the link below to vote and Read On..

Activities in Melbourne Central Business District (CBD)
One of the comments made in response to our survey was "I was thinking of taking my 3 year old into the city on a train (as I have a couple of hours to kill while my car is at the mechanics) and I was looking for cheap things to keep him amused in Read On..

Become a Melbourne Playgrounds Facebook Fan
Keep updated with the latest news from Melbourne Playgrounds and become a fan. You will be able to find out about updates to the site, participate in discussions, suggest activities for review, provide feedback on the site, read blogs and notes, Read On..

Photos of all the Playgrounds ** UPDATED July 9**
They say that a picture is worth a thousand words. I am very thankful about that because it has saved me writing around ten million words! If you feel like browsing through the photographs of playgrounds to help find something interesting then Read On..

Ray Bastin Reserve, Norfolk Drive, Narre Warren
Brilliant playground with a rocket theme and you don't need to be a budding rocket scientist to enjoy it. Beautifully landscaped and themed. The central area includes a large rocket on a launching pad with very twisty tunnel slide as an emergency Read On..

The BEST Theme Playgrounds in Melbourne
Disneyland is divided into themed areas like Frontierland and Fantasyland. So why shouldn't we have themed playgrounds. Special marks to those councils which have taken the initiative to create a themed playground. Here are some we have come Read On..

The BEST Playground Flying foxes in Melbourne
Forget those two meter long flying foxes which are present in many playgrounds. We went looking for monsters. We didn't find the Loch Ness monster or even the Cookie Monster but we did manage to find these beauties. Read On..

TRAINS, TRAINs, TRAIns, TRAins, TRains, Trains, trains......
All young kids like Thomas and his friends. Melbourne is bursting to the seams with train related activities. There are an array of playgrounds with train themes. Here are some of the best. Read On..

The BEST Playground Slides in Melbourne
There are some great playground slides in Melbourne which are sure to get the kid's (and your) adrenaline racing. Here are some of our favourites which should keep any adrenaline junkie satisfied:-) Read On..

Skate Park - Frankston
This is possibly the best Skate Park in Australia! The site at the back of the Samuel Sherlock Reserve, is the second largest skate park in Australia, measuring 97 metres long and 35 metres wide. It features a street plaza-style course along with a Read On..

Kids Space Indoor Play & Party Centre (Hallam)
Kids Space Hallam offers a fantastic playground suitable for toddlers, kindergarten and primary school age children. The younger children have their own separate area complete with a climbing activity wall, ball pit, slides and many other Read On..

Thomas Street South Reserve, Thomas Street, Hampton
As Saddam Hussein would say "this is the mother of all wooden adventure playgrounds in Melbourne" Includes a huge array of levels, cubby holes, walkways (many of which unexpectedly move), slides, flying fox, fireman's pole and monkey bars. Four Read On..

St Kilda Adventure Playground, Neptune Street, St Kilda
Chock full of play areas including a big aeroplane, big wooden horse with saddle, trampolines, tree for climbing, go-kart path, big metal slide, chook house, ride on dinosaur, various swings and slides, real flying fox (six years and older), cubby Read On..

Presidents Park, McGrath Rd, Wyndham Vale
Fantastic adventure playground with a huge amount of play equipment including three wave slides, tunnel slide, straight slide, lots of climbing walls, chain bridges and traverses, stepping stones, tunnels, ladders, crocodile, large Bertie the Beatle Read On..