Bike Tracks North

Cobbler Creek Recreation Park

Find it at: Corner of Bridge and Smith Roads, Salisbury East. Cobbler Creek Recreation Park is a fabulous recreation park with a large playground and over 17km of fantastic mountain/BMX paths for riders of all abilities. We took the youngsters there recently and they had a ball on the playground as well as riding the junior tracks, with the 4 year old even having a great time on the intermediate track. The ‘Kites and Kestrels’...

Golden Fields Adventure Playground, Golden Grove

Find it at: Asgard Drive, Golden Grove Golden Fields Reserve has had an incredible upgrade with the addition of an adventure playground, which joins the existing reserve playground in this 12 hectare reserve (the adventure playground is on the lower level)! This has got to be one of the biggest playground reserves in Adelaide with HEAPS of different play areas, including an accessible area and a brand new section with the coolest slide around!...

Hamilton Reserve Vale Park

Find it at: Mimosa Drive, Vale Park This beautiful nature playground opened in 2022, built by the talented LCS Landscapes team. Featuring plenty of nature themed equipment for the kids to explore and play, there is also BBQs, toilets, seating, lovely grassed area, drinking fountain and bottle refuelling and a bike path loop that is perfect for the little ones. We love the hidden clue hunt they have installed here, with a number of coded signs...

Canterbury Drive Reserve Salisbury Heights

Find it at: Canterbury Drive, Salisbury Heights A multi-purpose community space that includes a fully fenced playground, fenced dog park, BMX/MTB track, outdoor fitness equipment plus a basketball and tennis court, this is a fabulous hub for families out north. Canterbury Drive Reserve also includes a small dog park, fitted with a solar picnic setting allowing device charging, plenty of grass for play, a drinking fountain with a dog bowl has...

Reg Groth Reserve Parafield Gardens

Find it at: Kings Road/Martins Road, Parafield Gardens A good sized suburban playground out north that was upgraded in 2019, this is a delightful spot for locals. The Reg Groth Reserve playspace features quality equipment for the tweens and below, with a nice sized flying fox to boot. Plenty of shade from the mature trees and artificial shade covers, plus a BBQ and nice sized grass area makes this a great party park too. The bonus here is the...

Paradise Recreation Plaza

Find it at: Darley Rd, Paradise A $3.9m upgrade in 2023 transformed the Paradise Skate Park into an exciting and dynamic space for people of all ages, abilities and skill levels. It has also been recognised as ‘Park of the Year’ for 2024 at the Parks and Leisure Australia awards night. So good! Key features of the park include a skate area with bowl, flow zone and street area, dirt BMX track with multiple jumps and berm, pump track, ninja...

Broadview Oval Playground

Find it at: Poltawa Terrace, Broadview Broadview Oval is a fabulous community space, which includes equipment and facilities for the whole family including: Playground Electric BBQ Cycle Track Tennis Clubs Oval Dog Park Kiosk (open Monday to Friday 8am-11am and 4pm-8pm, weekends for football games). This area is only an off-leash area for dogs between 5am and 8am, and 5pm and 9pm. The fenced off dog park is off-leash all of the time. We love...

Unity Park Pooraka

Find it at: South Terrace, Pooraka Kids have the option of two separate playground equipment sets with climbs, poles and the customary slide and swings. Covered picnic benches within the playground area serve as a comfortable rest stop where parents can easily keep watch. The more active will appreciate the fitness equipment, which includes a variety of bars and benches, and the Unity Park Skate Facility has an impressive circuit of ramps,...

Hope Valley Reservoir Playground

Find it at: Hope Valley, SA Fantastic news with the announcement that from December 13 2020, we will be able to walk, cycle and explore Hope Valley Reservoir for the first time in 150 years (give or take a year or two). Construction is about to commence, with first cab off the rank being a network of walking and cycling trails which will take you from the reservoir and link with existing paths alongside the O-Bahn busway. The fabulous new...

Elliot Goodger Memorial Park (Willaston Oval)

Find it at: Two Wells Road, Willaston Nothern suburbs residents love this new nature playspace opened in February 2020 and designed to be integrated with the recently completed BMX Pump Track on Gawler River Road, Willaston. Equipment includes basket swing, natural cubby building area, climbing ropes and nets, tunnels and lots of rocks and logs for balancing on. There is also an accessible slide which is great to see. There’s a picnic...

Curtis Wetlands Playground

Find it at: Curtis Road, Munno Para Here’s a great play area in the Northern suburbs that you could quite easily spend hours at. There’s plenty of spots to utilise including a playground, large grassed area, picnic shelter and the wetlands themselves complete with a nice flat walking track. The playground area has equipment for all ages, providing fun for the whole family. Equipment includes lots of different climbing walls and...

Flinders Parade Reserve, Newton

Find it at: Flinders Parade, Newton Flinders Parade Reserve in Newton is a nice little spot for those in the area who have little ones who love to ride around, but want a safe space to do it. With a great bitumen riding track complete with traffic signs and a few little routes to take, located on a quiet back street this is a good addition to the usual small backstreet playground set up. The playground right next to the track is a big modern...

Kentish Green, Para Vista

Find it at: Barina Ave, Para Vista This playground was updated in 2015 and it a really cool little hidden playground gem we were told about by one of our Facebook friends. (Thanks Chris!) This is a nice big open space with room to run around, walking paths, shaded and fully fenced playground, tables and bench seats and even a dirt BMX track.Playground equipment includes toddler and nest swings but most of the equipment is better suited to...

Harry Bowey Reserve | Salisbury Park

Find it at: Riversdale Drive, Salisbury Park Open December 2025 – TreeClimb comes to Harry Bowey Reserve! Click here for more info This place is a hidden oasis of trees, fields, open space and paths – you will feel a world away from suburban Adelaide. The first thing to know is that you CAN drive down into the reserve – there is ample parking down there and it is a long way if you are going to park up on the street and walk...