Bring the kids, pack the snacks and prepare to stay a while — St Clair Recreation Precinct is a BIG playground adventure! There’s something going on in every direction, from giant climbing structures and rock walls to trampolines, twin slides, swings, a huge basket swing and plenty of opportunities to balance, scramble and explore. There’s even water and sand play for little ones and an all-access carousel. Once everyone has had enough of the playground, you’ve got ovals, a skate park, basketball, picnic areas and BBQs to keep the day rolling. And yes, there’s a café right inside the recreation centre, which is always a win for parents!
Find it at: 109 Woodville Road, St Clair.
Good for: Toddlers through to primary-aged kids, with a great mix of equipment for little adventurers and bigger kids looking for a challenge.
Best for: Climbing, rock climbing, trampolines, slides, swings, balancing, sand and water play. The giant rope climbing structure and twin slides are particular favourites for kids who love a bit of adventure.
Toilets: Yes. Public toilets are available at the recreation centre and within the wider precinct.
Shade: Some. There are sheltered areas around the playground, including shade over parts of the sand and water play, but much of the larger play space is exposed to the sun.
Fenced: No. The main playground isn’t fully enclosed and opens onto the surrounding ovals, so younger children will need supervision.
Accessible: Yes. The playground includes all-access equipment, including an accessible carousel, as well as accessible pathways and facilities.
Parking: Yes. Car parking is available from Brocas Avenue, next to the recreation precinct. It can become busy when sporting activities and recreation centre events are happening.
Cafe or food nearby: Yes! The St Clair Recreation Centre has a café, making it particularly handy for grabbing a coffee, snack or something to eat while you’re there. There are also BBQs, picnic tables and sheltered areas throughout the precinct if you’d rather bring your own food.
This awesome play space features nature play along with all access play areas. We are really pleased to hear this as we are BIG fans of play spaces that allow all abilities to play together.
There’s a new skate park still coming along with 6 tennis courts and 1 futsal court. What is a futsal court I hear some of you say? Futsal is a type of soccer that is played indoors. In this case it will be an outside futsal court with a hard surface. Lets just call it a soccer court for old times sake.
We love the wide slide with access ramp and a good mixture of ground surfaces, hopefully to cater for all.
The new play space also features in ground trampolines, a seesaw, climbing opportunities galore and a suspension bridge. There is a lovely drink fountain and toilets across the playing fields or inside the rec centre.
The new space features several BBQ and picnic facilities and lots of nice green grassy space to throw out a rug. Perfect for a birthday party or sausage sizzle.
We love the sky high stand alone climbing frame, it’s one of the tallest getting around. The above pictured alternate suspended climbing platforms look like fun too, and are one of the very few places you’ll get any shade at this point.
There is a large sand pit and some water play that have a small shade, other than that the large playground remains relatively un-shaded. We are hopeful this might change and await a response from City of Charles Sturt.
While the play space is not fully fenced, the car park side has fencing and the road seems a long way away. One further boundary is set by the recreation centre building and the last side opens on to hundreds of metres of playing fields.
We expect car parking on Saturday and Sundays to be tight. It was already before the playground opened on days when field sports and stadium sports happen at the same time. Still worth it, the entire place is a world class facility after all.
Find clean modern toilets and a canteen just a few steps away inside St Clair Recreation Centre.
Last but not least the feature of the show, TWIN curly slides. Takes a confident climber, but seems safe as they can’t easily fall and there are hand rails.
Congratulations City of Charles Sturt, she’s a beauty!
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