Find it at: Wattlebury Road and Wesley Street, Lower Mitcham
Here’s a fully fenced playground in Mitcham that’s great for toddlers and pre schoolers…..BUT there are no toilets so just be aware of that.
A brand new toddler playground was added to Barrens Reserve in mid 2017 to sit alongside the existing older kids equipment and if you’re kids love climbing and some space for a run around it’s ideal.
AND IT’S FULLY FENCED!
The new equipment has a jungle explorer theme. There’s climbing walls, ropes and poles, a jeep car to “drive”, monkey bars, a nice small slow slide for little ones, a bigger slide for older kids, a nest swing and two other swings, rockers and this funny face our kids thought was hilarious!
There’s a nice big shade sail over the new equipment which is great because the rest of the park isn’t very shaded, except for a few nice trees. It didn’t matter on the crappy rainy day we visited but it could get hot there on a sunny day if it was busy.
There’s plenty of easy street parking around the park and it’s also walkable distance from the Mitcham Train Station. Mitcham Shopping Centre is also walkable, about 1km away so you can pick up a coffee, water or some snacks from there if you need to.
Barrens Reserve Mitcham would also be great for a picnic birthday party. There’s no BBQ facilities but there is a table and benches and there is a lots of grassy space for picnic rugs and camp chairs.
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