Pheonix Park

Sometimes I wish I had kids, just so that I could have an excuse to spend hours at playgrounds like this. Then I remember that it’s a free world and disapproving looks from the more mature members of the grown-​up community does not prevent me from having a jolly good time on what has to be one of the most fantastic playgrounds in suburbia.
It has everything. Everything. Wobbly things, running things, things to stick your head into and get it stuck, swings, slides, bridges, flying foxes and other general obstacles. I can only imagine how brilliant a game of tiggy would be (but at night, so as not to injure small bodies with my own lumbering clumsy one).
Built by a team of parents, friends and workers, this playground is a wonderful gift to children, child-​minders and child-​minded alike. A great way to spend an afternoon in the sun, or even the gloom.