Golden Fields Reserve has had an incredible upgrade with the addition of an adventure playground, which joins the existing reserve playground in this 12 hectare reserve (the adventure playground is on the lower level)! This has got to be one of the biggest playground reserves in 91¹û¶³´«Ã½ with HEAPS of different play areas, including an accessible area and a brand new section with the coolest slide around! (And around and around and around, if you get our drift!)

Highlighted by a massive tower which has to be seen to be believed, this is THE destination playground out north. Kids can climb up a tower on one side and crawl through the tunnel to the other side then go whizzing down the twisty slide. It seriously feels like you are in there forever!

Here is what you will find on offer…

• Three massive slides
• Climbing wall
• Trampolines
• Flying fox
• The biggest swings we’ve ever seen

Sand and Water play has also been added in a further addition in 2024, right next door to the new playground!

Off Asgard Drive, Golden Grove. Parking available and toilets on both sides of the reserve.

This is definitely a fantastic playground for climbers with plenty of climbing frames, ladders and nets on offer. Kids needing accessible options are also looked after, with ramp equipment and slides that start on the flat level. You’ll also find a Rage Cage, skate park & BMX Track, so this really is a play space for all ages.

For the Adventure Playground park at the new car park accessed from Asgard Drive.

Goldenfields Reserve Playground

The original Reserve Playground remains and in combination with the new adventure playground, provides facilities for kids of all ages. With the adventure playground aimed at the older kids/teens, the original reserve houses more traditional equipment in a separate area of the reserve.

Check out what you can find on offer in this fabulous facility for families.

• Barbecue
• Basketball ring
• BMX track
• Dog poopa bags
• Dogs allowed on lead
• Drink fountain
• Exercise equipment
• Picnic table
• Rotunda
• Shade
• Shade sails
• Skate park
• Sports area
• Toilets
• Mini Football oval with goal posts
• Sand and Water Play

For the Reserve Playground use the Southern car park located near the skate park.

For those who grew up in 91¹û¶³´«Ã½, you’d probably have been out St Kilda Adventure Playground when you were a kid, but have you been back since 2015?

It’s got all the awesome stuff that I remember from my childhood, and more… and green grass, less dust, water, shade and well, it’s just BIGGER AND BETTER than I remember too!

St Kilda’s huge makeover was completed in 2015 with a brand new metal/mesh 3 storey castle on one hill complete with 3 metal slides a completely renovated ‘Volcano’ with 4 slides on the other hill and in between a whole range of swings, slides, flying foxes, climbing nets and equipment toddlers right up to teenagers will enjoy

Highlights

• The HUGE old school metal slide from my childhood is still there, but there are also a bunch of other new metal slides now too – remember to bring your own slippery blanket, hessian sack or similar to slide on if you’re a thrill seeker
• 1 big BIG flying fox for the older kids, and one smaller one perfect for primary kids. The big one is epic…..possibly the best one in S.A?
• A completely new metal castle (where the old wooden one used to be) on top of the hill looking out across the whole playground which has a bunch of slides of various heights.
• A maze
• Liberty swing and a wheelchair accessible slide,
• Really big ‘little kids’ play structure with multiple slides, steps, ramps, naughts & crosses,
• Sandpit diggers,
• The big old wooden pirate ship down on the water is still there, that the kids can climb into and on (unfortunately this is closed for repair due to damage in December 2021)
• A whole range of swings of all sizes
• Shade structures, grassed areas, tree planting, mulched garden beds, garbage bins, water fountain, BBQs, toilets and some lighting!
• The tram stop is now open right at the Playground and I believe the trams will now run again on weekends and holidays from the nearby tram museum.
• There is a kiosk about 500m away if you need food, drinks and icecreams, plus PLENTY of space for picnics.

We’ll let the photos do the rest of the talking – in short though:  Take the kids, young and old, it’s great!

And now join the free, self-guided Sand Pirates of St Kilda scavenger hunt adventure running 22 January to 30 April 2026 . Follow clues around St Kilda, collect letters at each stop and uncover the secret pirate code along the way.

Where to pick up your activity pack
• Collect your scavenger hunt activity card from any City of Salisbury library, hub or community centre.
• Cards are also available at St Kilda Hotel and St Kilda Tackle ‘n’ Tucker before you start the hunt.

Scavenger hunt details
• Free and self-paced — start and finish whenever it suits your day.
• Follow clues at local landmarks, parks and businesses to collect letters.
• Vouchers attached to your card can be redeemed at participating stops for rewards.
• Once you’ve collected all the letters, unscramble them to solve the final riddle.

Cobbler Creek Recreation Park is a fabulous recreation park with a large playground and over 17km of fantastic mountain/BMX paths for riders of all abilities. We took the youngsters there recently and they had a ball on the playground as well as riding the junior tracks, with the 4 year old even having a great time on the intermediate track.

The ‘Kites and Kestrels’ playground is found at the end of many of the bike paths. The natural form playspace features multiple ‘raptor-themed birds nest’ climbing structures in the middle of the play area which give a really cool birds eye view from above. There are also large sandpits built to look like birdsnests from above, slides, a flying fox, rockbed, balance frames, swings, toilets, BBQs and more. The playground is well suited to kids of school ages, with a few areas that might be tricky if you bring toddlers.

Parking for the playspace and most bike paths is best accessed from the main entry and car park at the corner of Bridge and Smith Roads, Salisbury East.

Along with the 17km of bike tracks, there are also smaller, bitumen rolling ‘bike park’ for younger kids which was popular. The smooth surface makes it easier to get started on undulations, as the rest of the tracks at Cobbler Creek are all dirt.

For more bike riding locations, paths and BMX spots around 91¹û¶³´«Ã½, see our post at Bike Tracks for kids and families in 91¹û¶³´«Ã½.

The eagle has landed at Morialta Playground… in a 7 metre tall nest – and your kids can climb it! Yep, the Morialta Conservation Park playground is AWESOME! Best suited to kids aged 5-15years, it is great to see a play area perfect for older families. With over 100 car parks and walking trails to guide you, it makes a visit to the park even easier to navigate for families.

The stunningly designed, HUGE and super fun playground has been designed with a Nature Play theme, with elements from Aboriginal culture. This super impressive nature playground features five themed play areas that are built across the Stradbroke Road picnic area. Come ready to explore Frog Island, Eagle’s Perch, Great Snake, Bird Nests and climbing boulders, as well as paths, creeks, rock walls and climbing trees.

Please be aware that the Morialta Playground isn’t fenced, has a nearby creek and road and has plenty of areas where you’ll have to keep a hand &/or close eye on kids with high falls possible etc which makes it less suitable for younger kids but awesome fun for older ones!

Things we love about Morialta Playground:

• The whole playground is all about nature – incorporating natural elements and materials all around,
• The massive snake structure that kids can play in & on (if they are big and brave enough!),
• The GIANT Birds Nests with rope ladders, walkways, and log frames – and a giant metal slide from the biggest one!
• The HUGE expanse – this play area is actually 4 distinct spaces located next to each other in the Morialta Conservation Park,
• The featured wood carving works by local Kaurna Indigenous sculptor Allan Sumner,
• The creek – our kids LOVE to ‘search for creatures’ in the creek – so many hours spent here!,
• The short walk to the Morialta First Falls waterfall – you can even take the pram there and our 2 year old can handle the walk,
• The climb to the Giants Cave – only about 50 steps up and a great view down the valley.
• Koala spotting – we have never visited without spotting at least 1 or 2 koalas!

There are BBQs, toilets, shaded table and bench seats all around the area and solid under cover areas.

** please note that there is unrestricted/unfenced access to the creek that often flows and runs close by the playground area. It is also unfenced to Stradbroke Rd, which is about 50-80m from the Playspace.

If your kids love slides, skate parks or shooting hoops……this is going to be their new favourite playground. We’re talking big slides, small slides, straight slides and one great big epic curly slide that is going to be VERY busy this weekend!

We’re calling it the best party park in the North West, and it may just make the new TOP 10 in 91¹û¶³´«Ã½, because it’s got LOTS of space and equipment for the whole family!

We LOVE that there are a number of different areas for different ages and interests. From multiple slides, to multiple swings, nature play elements, water play, sand play, a bunch of climbing parts and an awesome TWIN flying fox. Oh I can see the kids down there for races time after time already! There are also shelters, multiple BBQs, plenty of spots to sit and new toilets. Stage two included an epic skate park with a smaller beginners area and a heap of more complex ramps. Finally there is a huge lawn area and two brand new basketball hoops.

The MJ McInerney Reserve playground space includes:

• Sand and water play areas
• Slides, slides and more slides including a very cool very high very twisty one
• Full skate park
• Basketball
• A twin Flying fox
• A number of swings for all ages, including a nest swing
• Lots of logs and stones for balancing
• Climbing nets
• Swing bridges
• Merry go round
• Toilets
• Tennis courts

Find it at: Majors Road, O’Halloran Hill

The multi-million dollar nature play space, forming part of SA’s newest national park, Glenthorne National Park opened in 2022 and the nature playground has it all, some of the wonderful playground features include;

• Multiple slides (including a HUGE tube slide tower
• Swings galore
• Inclusive inground roundabout
• Pram friendly paths
• Freestyle nature play (think build your own teepees)
• Toilets, shaded seating and BBQs
• Sand play
• Flying Fox
• And much, much more

This really has surpassed all our expectations, which is no surprise given it is built by one of 91¹û¶³´«Ã½’s premiere playground developers, Climbing Tree. We cannot wait to get back and explore it again, and no doubt we will find even more fabulous features of this play space!

The amazing $2.2 million nature playspace, located on the corner of Wheatsheaf and States Roads at Morphett Vale, has been designed for people of all ages to get outdoors and engage with nature. 

Nature themes are featured as a tribute to the site’s importance for Kaurna people, and the site’s history as a working farm from the 1840s to 1960s. Stunning public art by local Ngarrindjeri, Kaurna and Yankunytjatjara artist Allan Sumner is scattered throughout the playspace.

There are two main areas, one for toddlers and younger kids and one for older kids, making it a great spot for the whole family.

The junior space is fully fenced (YES!) and features a Hills to Beach creative sand and water play area and a play farm area complete with wooden tractor and sheep rockers. This area also has a number of different swings, slides, seesaw and lots of sensory hands on play that we LOVE.

Older kids will also love this park with some very decent climbing structures, ropes course, awesome slide tower, wooden forts and a double flying fox. One of the seat is a bucket style for younger kids so siblings can ride together. Fun!

And probably our favourite part, the inclusive play opportunities that are available which include basket swings, a bucket seat flying fox, wheelchair-accessible carousel, raised sensory garden beds, a raised sand play table and a vertical xylophone.

Beautiful grassed open spaces for picnics and ball games, bike paths and bike racks, BBQs, sheltered picnic areas, drinking fountains, lighting, parking and TOILETS!!!

This is such a great space with lots on offer for kids of all ages and abilities. City of Onkaparinga, we think you’ve nailed it! Definitely one to check out in the school holidays!

Jervois Street Playground in South Plympton is up there with Morialta and Glenunga as one of our favourite playgrounds in 91¹û¶³´«Ã½. Some of the Jervois Street Reserve highlights are:

• Fully fenced junior playground with lots to keep the little ones happy including double slides, a ‘bird’s nest’ swing, regular and baby swing, sandpit and a water play feature with pump action water pump and gorgeous water channel.
• An older kids playground with mini flying fox, wooden/rope climbing frames, basketball and netball rings.
• A number of areas for skating, scooting and riding bikes, including a ‘trike track’ which our balance biker loved!
• A mountain bike/BMX path through behind the basketball court that our kids LOVED.
• A small covered seating area, FREE electric BBQ and all-access toilet (1 large self-flushing).
• A large grassed area for open play, ball games and dog lovers.
• A fitness node with equipment designed for all ages.
• Pickup a drive through coffee at the On-The-Run on Marion Road just a few hundred metres from the Reserve! 🙂

Jervois Street Reserve is a wonderful, open play space and you can definitely tell that a lot of thought and community involvement went into creating it. There is a gorgeous junior playground area which is fully fenced and caters well to the smaller members of the family. With a great double slide ideal for kids ages 1+, it allows younger kids the ability to make her way up the softfall climbing hill by herself, rather than having any ladders around. Plenty of natural wood and rock climbing options, a bird’s nest swing plus regular swing and ‘gated’ baby swings, music drums, a huge sandpit with sunshade, water play area and 2 cool sandtables with fixed attachments are all part of the fun. Our kids LOVED that the tunnel through the hill has the added fun of being made to look like a caterpillar hole through a giant green apple – just like The Very Hungry Caterpillar! With a number of wooden seats for parents to take a break knowing their kids are enjoying themselves (& fenced in!), we are giving this little kids playground a big thumbs up!

Jubilee Playground is one of the biggest and best playgrounds in the 91¹û¶³´«Ã½ area. It’s an oldie but a goodie and most of the awesome play equipment that forms a castle is made out of wood which makes it even cooler! With HEAPS of things to keep kids from toddler to high school amused and has different sections for different abilities, it is easy to see why this is a local favourite.

We Love:

• The huge wooden castle and surrounds that provides heaps of places for kids to run, hide and have fun,
• Smaller kids “Tot Lot” section fenced off,
• Musical bells,
• Swings including a cool adult/child seated swing (see pic above),
• Climbing frames including rock climbing wall and modern climbing frames,
• Ship, rocket, fire pole, lighthouse and other cool structures,
• Tunnels, balance boards and numerous slides,
• Wheelchair accessible (although some areas have bark chips),
• New modern section of playground includes water play and a giant giraffe!
• BBQs,
• Toilets 250m away including disabled access,
• Lots of green space available for ball games, picnics, flying kites etc,
• Fencing around a lot of the equipment,
• Heaps of seating, benches and tables – some with shelter.

The new, modern area of the playground is outside of the wooden section and adds yet more equipment and more interest to Jubilee Playground. With everyone’s favourite water play (pack a spare change of clothes!) plus some more ‘regular’ playground items like swings, a net climbing frame and Cosi’s giant giraffe!

Hot tip – get there early if you’re planning a party or a bbq as it gets busy on the weekends. Bring a change of clothes for kids who love water play – honestly, bring a change of clothes either way coz they WILL find the water!

The incredible upgrade at Wigley Reserve at Glenelg is an outstanding attraction for an already pretty awesome area.

Sometimes fantastic photos do a far better job at telling a story and this is absolutely one of those occasions. Check out how good it looks!

The old playground is long gone and has been replaced with this impressive looking structure that really does catch the eye as you approach Wigley Reserve.

It is important to note that the playground is now only partially fenced (locals would remember the old shaded plastic playground was fully fenced) on the Pat river side only. It is fully open on the grassed reserve side so you will need to keep your wits about you here as the water is pretty close.

The old ‘plastic fantastic’ playground has been replaced with a sensational multi function playspace which will satisfy the climbers, the nature lovers, the jumpers, the exercising types and those who love a good swing. The highlight has to be the huge climbing structure which lets kids of all ages (thanks to really well designed safety netting) climb up nice and high and check out the incredible view of all the fancy expensive boats in the marina. They can either climb over the other side or slide down the huge twisty tube slide! Such fun!

There are toilets here too, those high-tech ones that can sometimes scare the little ones (or adults if their little ones decide to push the button mid visit when the parents are not quite ready for the door to fly open….surely that hasn’t just happened to me?). Parking is not heaps easy, with it being paid (only cost us $1 though and we think there might be some free spots if you hunt hard enough) but it is only a short walk across the nice reserve. They also have BBQs, drinking fountains, some shade but we expect it would get quite warm on the hot summer days and there is some seating.

The reserve is beautiful with the lush grassed area. They hold a lot of events in the reserve so if you are planning on using it for a party, perhaps check with council first for any events planned for that day.

The Holdfast Council have done a fantastic job with the upgrade (which only took about 6 months to finish and with a $1 million budget, it seems like great value). The playground caters for a huge range of people and ages and fits in beautifully with the space. This will be a massive fan favourite for years to come and we can’t wait to go back!

Looking for a place to eat after you have worked up a playground hunger? We love Doughballs just down in Moseley Square….check out more from our visit here.