Playground refreshes

Recently refreshed play areas

Willowbank Reserve community play area

The renewal included:

• Flying fox
• Tower with 2 slides
• Nature play circuit
• Swing set, including a basket swing and inclusive seat
• Inclusive carousel
• Dancing snake swing
• Communication board
• Shop front
• Junior module with slide
• New track connecting the play area to the bridge
• Cat-tails chime
• Refurbished the furniture
• Posts to tie dogs up to, separate from the playground
• Safety surfacing design to represent the local tuna or eels

The construction was completed in April 2025.

Homebush Park neighbourhood play area

The renewal included:

• flying fox
• tower with 2 slides
• accessibility station
• swing set, including basket swing
• refurbished bowl spinner
• spica spinner
• seesaw
• new safety surfacing
• extension of the track to the play area
• new and refurbished memorial seats
• refurbishing the rubbish bin.

The construction was completed in January 2025.

Churton Park community play area

The renewal included:

• junior module with slides
• large senior module with tower slide, balancing, monkey bars and climbing opportunities
• flying fox
• swing set including basket swing, accessible swing and parent and child swing
• inclusive trampoline
• inclusive carousel
• refurbished bowl spinner and spica
• refurbished seesaw
• adding shade sails
• refurbished seats
• new picnic tables
• new safety surfacing
• amenity planting
• communication board.

The construction was completed in December 2024.

Holloway Road neighbourhood play area

The renewal included:

• play module with slide
• swing set, including an accessible swing
• springer seesaw
• new safety surfacing
• adding a bike rack
• adding a rubbish bin
• adding a picnic table
• push-up bars.

The construction was completed in December 2024.

Salford Street neighbourhood play area

The renewal included:

• an accessible path into the site
• swing set, including an accessible swing
• carousel
• shop front
• springer seesaw
• large Tower module with 2 slides
• new safety surfacing
• adding a picnic table.

The construction was completed in December 2024.

Burbank Crescent play area, Churton Park

The renewal included:

• transferable carousel
• swing set, with a basket seat, 1 belt seats and 1 inclusive seat
• play module with slides and climbing opportunities
• concrete path connecting to the play area
• springer accommodating up to 4 users
• new safety surfacing
• picnic tables and rubbish bin
• refurbished bench seats.

The construction was completed in August 2024.

Korimako Reserve play area

The renewal included:

• carousel
• swing set, with 2 belt seats and 2 infant/toddler seats
• tower unit with 2 slides
• 4 square ball game area
• synthetic safety surfacing for all-weather use of the play equipment
• fencing around the play area and a section in the kick-around area
• picnic tables, bench seats and rubbish bins
• shade sail, which is to be reinstalled prior to summer.

The construction was completed in July 2023, but we had to wait for the land to be vested from the developer to the Council.