Getting our kids outdoors

O’Gorman Street Park at Alexandra Hills

This playground incorporates the hill slope in clever and interesting ways with a large tunnel slide, a cargo net, a wide metal slide and other elements making the most of the geography.  Children will enjoy climbing up the slope and sliding down it again over and over again. At the top of the hill are some […]

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Cooloola Recreation Area, Great Sandy National Park

Cooloola offers something for all visitors. Four-wheel drive past towering coastal sand cliffs and coloured sands, fish straight from the ocean, canoe on tranquil waterways, hike through rainforest remnants, and across vast sand blows and camp among blooming wildflowers. Cooloola lies between the coastal towns of Noosa Heads and Rainbow Beach. Noosa Heads is about […]

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Daisy Hill Conservation Park

In the southern suburbs of Brisbane, this park protects significant habitat for koalas and other wildlife, while providing visitors with a variety of recreational activities to enjoy. With an extensive network of shared trails, visitors can spin the wheels of their mountain bike, ride on horseback or stretch their legs with a bushwalk. Have a […]

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Tree Top Walkway, Lamington National Park

O’Reilly’s Tree Top Walk allows you to walk through a canopy of flowering and fruiting trees covered by vines whilst you explore the epiphytic orchids and ferns surrounded by the many birds and animals that inhabit the tree tops. The Tree Top Walk, was the first of its kind in Australia, is 180 metres in […]

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Happy Valley Beach

A great beach to take kids for their first beach experience. At low tide the water is shallow and easy for kids of all ages to play in. Once they are a bit older the waves here are a great place to learn how to surf and body-board. This is an un-patrolled spot with the […]

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Hinterland Regional Park

Lots of places to explore – easy walks through the forest, great bird spotting. A large recreational park of open space with patches of Eucalypt forest and several small watercourses that drain into Mudgeeraba Creek and Bonogin Creek. The connectivity from Hinterland Regional Park through Upper Mudgeeraba Conservation Area provides opportunities for low-impact, nature-based recreation […]

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New Farm Park

New Farm Park is a public park located in the suburb of New Farm, in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The park covers 15 hectares (37 acres) and is situated at the south-eastern end of the New Farm peninsula on a bend in the Brisbane River. The Powerhouse arts centre is located at the eastern end of […]

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