What playground features do you like?

Discussion closed on 05 February 2021, 05:00 PM

Specific design elements included in the draft plan for the Cohuna All Abilities Adventure Playground include:

1. Playground path to replicate Gunbower Creek with the pathway weaving around the playspace to link all parts of the playground

2. Stand up seesaw to pretend pump water into the water channel. Rubber path from seesaw to reflect a water pipe to water play area

3. Water hand pumps with one to run into a water channel down to the sluice gates to control which channel the water flows down to the drainage point

4. Bridge deck to provide access over the water channel

5. 3 storey old farm shack with tunnel slide, bridge and net climbers to offer a 6m high lookout to the surrounding area

6. Triple swing with one adult swing seat, one toddler swing seat and an accessible harness seat with rubber access path

7. Pig yard with sculptured pigs within an old farm fence

8. Red gum forest climb with log climb poles up to 3m high, spiders web climber, rope balance walk and log steppers

9. Accessible carousal with rubber surround

10. In-ground trampoline

11. Double flying fox with a standard poma seat and an accessible harness seat with rubber path mount and dismount paths

12. Two bush cubby/shacks with log seats and play tables on surface mulch

13. Playground barrier fence to only the road side section of the playground to minimise access to road

14. Boulder log steppers and balance beams within garden bed areas

15. Seated spinner for toddler use on playground mulch

16. Standing spinner for older use on playground mulch

17. Roller spinning wheel to spin the user in a full 360 degree motion

18. Giant basket swing with rubber access path to the swing

19. Sections of the playspace where log stepping stones, smooth flat boulders or log lengths provide shortcuts and paths around the space. 

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What features do you like on the design - we'd love to hear your thoughts!