William Stevenson Park Playground is a pretty posh name for a small, slightly worn playground. You'd expect to see some turrets, or at least a tea party with a name like that. Most people would probably be more familiar with the park if I said it was the one behind the Fernwood Community centre. We have been to this playground a few times now and it never has many people in it, which as I've said before, pleases 'A' in his current phase. I know that the Community centre is really busy though, so perhaps we just chose an off-peak time to visit. It's the kind of playground that populated with a bunch of mums with strollers and kids playing it might have a completely different feel to it.
The playground features pretty good structures, two nice double plastic slides, some climbing apparatus, the normal double double swings and an activity play area. It's on a base of spongy tiles and there is a picnic table there too. There are some graffiti tags around the playground which is a shame though it obviously doesn't affect the playing experience. There is also a handy shelter thing- a sort of canopy which came in handy when we visited the park yesterday because it started to chuck it down on us. I have given this park a pretty mediocre rating- I'm sure to some kids it's their perfect play experience but I do think there are better playgrounds in Victoria. Obviously there are much worse ones too!
My son used to go to the fernwood daycare, and its actually quite a busy playground at times. I agree though its definitely not the worst playground, but there are better. What I always liked about it, and wished other playgrounds would follow suit, was the spongy rubber flooring. With a toddler, it was beautiful, about as protective a flooring as you can have!
ReplyDeleteIt is sad though about the graffiti, it seems as though there are a few people intent on keeping this playground/community centre down. They are tagged at least once/month, and the sponge floor is pulled up and/or burnt, the swings get wrapped around the poles so only the tallest adults can unwrap them. Its sad to see, but there are alot of folks that care about this community centre, I think it will only get better with time!
We like the flooring too! No splinters. :) I agree that the tagging stinks. . .and when we were there two teenagers were on the structure much more than making out and could care less that there were three parents and toddlers whipping around them. It's a good combo ground for us on Wed.'s; the baby group at Fernwood and the playground right after.
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