Glenthorne Nature Play Space

Find it at: Majors Road, O’Halloran Hill

The multi-million dollar nature play space, forming part of SA’s newest national park, Glenthorne National Park opened in 2022 and the nature playground has it all, some of the wonderful playground features include;

  • Multiple slides (including a HUGE tube slide tower
  • Swings galore
  • Inclusive inground roundabout
  • Pram friendly paths
  • Freestyle nature play (think build your own teepees)
  • Toilets, shaded seating and BBQs
  • Sand play
  • Flying Fox
  • And much, much more

This really has surpassed all our expectations, which is no surprise given it is built by one of Adelaide’s premiere playground developers, Climbing Tree. We cannot wait to get back and explore it again, and no doubt we will find even more fabulous features of this play space!

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