Thursday, January 1, 2009

What on Earth is Swings and Roundabouts?

Swings and Roundabouts was started in Spring 2009 by Eleanor and her 2.5 year old boy, let's call him 'A' who went on a mission to find the best playgrounds around Victoria BC. Check in to see their progress. NOTE: We have been changing functionality of the site and currently all of the posts are not consistent- I'm working on it......bear with me....

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Posted by Eleanor at 8:45 PM

7 comments:

  1. CatherineJune 16, 2009 at 9:48 AM

    Nice blog! Funny that you should call it "swings and roundabouts" because that's exactly what you won't find in many playgrounds. Well - little, safe swings are still available in some public parks (but not at schools). Certainly no roundabouts.

    I see you've done a couple of school playgrounds in Sooke. Check out the Doncaster Elementary School playgrounds as well. They are great for school-age kids, though "A" might not be ready for the best piece of equipment, a blue structure that goes around like a roundabout, but has safer design features.

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  2. EleanorJune 19, 2009 at 8:16 PM

    Thanks for the comments. The name actually is two-fold: Primarily it came from the saying, "It's all Swings and Roundabouts" (http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/swings_and_roundabouts) and secondly, I like roundabouts except that after I'd been doing this for a while I found out that North Americans call them Merry-go-rounds so that one backfired (I'm English).

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  3. AnonymousJuly 23, 2009 at 2:38 PM

    Great site! You should connect with Kaboom.org - their "find a playspace" map would fit perfectly with what you're doing!
    Thanks for being a great resource.

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  4. Noel's MamaJuly 26, 2009 at 11:16 PM

    When I first started visiting parks with my son I became frustrated at the lack of park information online. I like to check things out and plan ahead. I said to my partner that I really wish Victoria had a site devoted to its children's playplaces. A few months late I heard about your site. Thank-you, thank-you, thank-you. Now if only I could find out if there are any public outdoor swimming pools in Victoria.....

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  5. AnonymousSeptember 4, 2009 at 9:46 PM

    There's UVIC for outdoor swimming pools. Great site!!

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  6. AnonymousFebruary 15, 2011 at 4:59 PM

    There is some actual round abouts in some parks in Courtenay! I have seen a couple actually, 2 or 3 around the "Saratoga" area, not exatly there but I was leaving the beach and saw them coming in the back way to Courtenay. There is a good one in Cumberland aswell, swings, water-park, roundabout etc.

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  7. AnonymousJune 23, 2011 at 9:35 PM

    Need to ad Glanford Park... they have a new playground. K

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