Galapagos Park at Pacific Pines is a huge green space with plenty of pathways through the bush, open space for playing ball sports, and a playground.
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Stewarts Park, Ormeau
Stewarts Park is a small, fully shaded neighbourhood park that features colourful interactive elements and climbing opportunities. An outdoor gym is available here, as well as open green space for play.
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Dig It, Tamborine Mountain
Dig It Tamborine Mountain is Queensland's first mini excavator park for kids big and small! Here, you will sit in the drivers seat of real excavator machinery and participate in construction-inspired activities. It's fully instructed fun for kids and their parents too! You don't need any experience, just a willingness to give it a go.
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Hawkesbury Avenue Park, Pacific Pines
Hawkesbury Avenue Park at Pacific Pines is a small but fun neighbourhood playground. The ocean themed playground sits towards the top of a slight rise, with a natural amphitheatre overlooking the sports oval.
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Albert Park, Broadbeach Waters
Albert Park at Broadbeach Waters is home to a beautiful, shady playground, that also happens to be fully fenced! With toilets in the parklands and plenty of easy car parking, this is what I like to call one of the 'unicorns' on the Gold Coast!
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Emerald Lakes Parklands, Carrara
Emerald Lakes Parklands is home to an exciting, inclusive and engaging play space like no other! The fully fenced all abilities playground really is the cherry on top. Designed to enable access for all abilities, the play structure is based around a central ramp structure.
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Stolle Park, Oxenford
Stolle Park at Oxenford is a large sporting field with plenty of room for ball sports, pathways for riding a bike, picnic tables and a fun playground perfect for climbing!
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Gold Coast parks for early walkers
Heading to a playground with an early walker can often be a difficult task - the play equipment is too advanced, the play surface not baby friendly, the list goes on. One of the most common questions I'm asked is where are the best parks to visit with little ones who are just starting to coast around holding on to things, or have started toddling around but aren't confident on their feet. Well, this list is for you! Here is my list of playgrounds that cater for the 10mth - 2 year age group.
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Sickle Park, Hope Island
Sickle Park at Hope Island could also be known as the tunnel park! Challenging young climbers with its 12m long net tunnel, this is a great canal-front park for something different!
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William Duckett White Park, Gaven
William Duckett White Park at Gaven is home to a beautiful shady park and plenty of open green space. Kids will love the large net hammock, rope bridges and two slides, and there is also a seesaw and swing set.
