Find it at: 43 Jervois Street, South Plympton
Jervois Street Playground in South Plympton is up there with Morialta and Glenunga as one of our favourite playgrounds in Adelaide. Some of the Jervois Street Reserve highlights are:
- Fully fenced junior playground with lots to keep the little ones happy including double slides, a ‘bird’s nest’ swing, regular and baby swing, sandpit and a water play feature with pump action water pump and gorgeous water channel.
- An older kids playground with mini flying fox, wooden/rope climbing frames, basketball and netball rings.
- A number of areas for skating, scooting and riding bikes, including a ‘trike track’ which our balance biker loved!
- A mountain bike/BMX path through behind the basketball court that our kids LOVED.
- A small covered seating area, FREE electric BBQ and all-access toilet (1 large self-flushing).
- A large grassed area for open play, ball games and dog lovers.
- A fitness node with equipment designed for all ages.
- Pickup a drive through coffee at the On-The-Run on Marion Road just a few hundred metres from the Reserve! 🙂
Jervois Street Reserve is a wonderful, open play space and you can definitely tell that a lot of thought and community involvement went into creating it. There is a gorgeous junior playground area which is fully fenced and caters well to the smaller members of the family. With a great double slide ideal for kids ages 1+, it allows younger kids the ability to make her way up the softfall climbing hill by herself, rather than having any ladders around. Plenty of natural wood and rock climbing options, a bird’s nest swing plus regular swing and ‘gated’ baby swings, music drums, a huge sandpit with sunshade, water play area and 2 cool sandtables with fixed attachments are all part of the fun. Our kids LOVED that the tunnel through the hill has the added fun of being made to look like a caterpillar hole through a giant green apple – just like The Very Hungry Caterpillar! With a number of wooden seats for parents to take a break knowing their kids are enjoying themselves (& fenced in!), we are giving this little kids playground a big thumbs up!
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