Parramatta Park Playground : Trampolines, a Flying Fox & Much Much More

When I first arrived in Sydney, I secured my very first teaching position in Parramatta. I soon learned that this suburb has an overwhelming amount of Aboriginal and early European history. I have been threading trips to some of the sites throughout our weekends for years, although we are yet to cover everything.

With a soccer gala day occupying the boys last weekend, Miss N and I decided that we would go exploring.  I knew that a playground had been designed and built at Parramatta Park sometime in the last twelve months so I suggested we should go and check it out.

Parrmatta Park was established back in 1858. It is one of the oldest public parks in the world although its history is a whole lot older with evidence that Aboriginals occupied the land for around 20,000 years. It features Old Government House and is listed on the UNESCO World Heritage List. The playground is a new addition, and our focus of today’s post (I can’t wait to explore more of the park with the kids so I can show you those too).

There are two playgrounds at Parramatta Park: a small version near the pedestrian entry at the George Street Gatehouse and our favourite, Domain Creek Playground, which you can find opposite Queens Road Gatehouse on the Westmead side.

The Domain Creek Playground is very new and features some amazing additions to playground design. Trampolines, climbing nets, flying foxes, modern see-saws, a teeter tunnel, merry go rounds and fixed musical instruments are spread across the space. What’s more, it is largely accessible with even the flying fox featuring an accessible chair.

Miss N raced around the whole playground in around 30 minutes. She was overwhelmed with all the choices and could barely remain at one piece of equipment before fluttering over to the next one. It is such an exciting place. Stand outs for us were the double flying fox, the amazing climbing fort and slide (why does it make me think of a winery?), the water play area and, of course, the mini trampolines.

When we returned home and showed Master R our images he immediately asked when we were returning. The novelty of trampolines in a park was enough to build his enthusiasm for another trip.

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