parks and playgrounds in melbourne's south
Melbourne has some beautiful parks and playgrounds spanning right across our fine city. Each is unique and best of all, packed with free fun for the whole family. Mamma's southern parks and playgrounds page has all the inspiration you need to get you out and about making it easier to uncover something new for you and the crew to enjoy.
you can search here for parks and playgrounds in Melbourne's South by your suburb or playground here or browse away
Words cannot describe the scale of this incredible park here. Mamma has never seen play equipment like this before!
Ahoy there me hearties! It’s time to set sail with those little scallywags and head to Keysborough’s hidden treasure - Somerfield Reserve Playground aka Pirate Park.
North Road Foreshore Playground has it all - the beach, water play, a beautiful city view and coffee, just a stone's throw away.
Dablam Street Playground in Clyde North, is a fresh playground with something the whole family will enjoy - even the furry ones!
Stage 32 District Park
With a main wooden climbing structure (complete with turrets!) at its heart, Brighton East's Hurlingham Park offers up all the playground classics that kids love.
For years now, Clayton South’s Heatherton park playground aka “Troll Park”, has been guarded by two towering trolls who, to this Mamma’s relief, permitted an afternoon of playground fun… toll free!
Choo-choo! That’s the sound of a new upgraded playground coming through! Mamma LOVES an upgraded playground- especially when it is as cute as the new Whistlestop Reserve Playground in Frankston!
Just off the main strip of Oakleigh’s bustling dining scene, is the quaint little Warrawee Park Playground. Boasting multiple play structures, an all abilities carousel, trampoline and mini maze - there is plenty to entertain a multitude of ages and interests.
Mamma did not ANTicipate such a lovely little playground in the middle of residential Clayton. With an overt ant theme that runs throughout the space, Evelyn Street Playground caters to a wide range of age groups and interests.
Monterey Community playground in Frankston North has a basketball court, a BBQ and shaded picnic tables, some quirky animal statues AND a toilet - the perfect recipe for a fun day of play!
Sail the seven seas aboard Talbot Park playground’s very own pirate ship or glide through the air on the reserve’s brand new flying fox. With ample ropes to climb, towers to explore, large tunnel slide and multiple swings to choose from, this mamma’s kids had to be lured back to the car with cheese sticks and sultanas.
Set amongst the rolling hills, lake (with swans and ducks!) and walking trails of picturesque Sir William Fry Reserve, it’s hard to believe that this gem of a playground is situated off a major highway.
Nestled in the middle of the tranquil Roth Hetherington Reserve, this playground feels like a child’s oasis amongst the native botanical gardens.
Mamma can’t go past a good deal and two playgrounds for the price of one is as good as it gets.
This gorgeous little play space is just perfect for imaginations to run wild, and a haven for kids who get overstimulated at the larger playgrounds.
Here’s a reserve with everything! Huge multi-court, skate park, parkour and TWO fully FENCED playgrounds!
The colourful Edithvale Recreation Reserve Playground is a little shot of happiness in suburbia.
This incredible reserve has a lake, zip-liner, basketball court, maze, swings, sandpit, diggers and more!!
Attention mammas of little adventurers - it’s time to add Braeside Park Playground to your list!
Carinya Avenue Reserve Playground in Aspendale has recently been upgraded and now offers a great little place for the local kids to play!
With separate equipment for the big kids and littlies, as well as the added bonus of a sensory play space, Murrumbeena Park Playground gives you three for the price of one!
Did you know that there is a ‘secret’ playground in Mornington? It’s hidden away at the back of an estate, surrounded by large trees, a wetland and great views! And there’s even a toilet!
Alma Park is pretty special! A newly updated unique collection of features - some you will never see anywhere else!
Come down to Flaxlilly park in Officer for a BIG slide and other favourites.
A beautiful natural playground in the heart of the Elwood foreshore with ON-SITE COFFEE.
There is a new playground at Central Park in Malvern East and it is FULLY FENCED!
You are going to love this fully fenced all abilities playground! From the massive Silo Tower with giant slides, to the basketball court and open grassy spaces (perfect for mini hill rolling)! AND it has a toilet - with a change table!
Erehwon Point playground in Cowes is the most picturesque picnic spot you could ask for!
Sprawling grass, leafy trees, walking paths and DUCKS - your kids will be in nature heaven.
This hidden delight of a playground offers kids the chance to play in their own barnyard at Wishart Farm!
Nestled amid a bushy nature reserve in Blind Bight, this UPGRADED little pirate ship playground is a dream for little buccaneers
There’s something for everyone at this playground! Parkour obstacle course - tennis court - basketball court and GIANT slide!
The playground is bright, tall and green and boasts some unique equipment encompassing the natural hills, like balancing poles, ladder bridges, a huge twirly slide, little wooden circle bouncers and more!
What could be more perfect than a newly upgraded nautical-themed playground with water play right on the foreshore of the beautiful Mordialloc beach?
Time to HOP on over like a frog to the wetlands and explore this playground, who knows you may even come across a frog or two. This playground has many of our favourites in Officer. From swings to slides and a spot to climb.
This great little nature-based playground has something for the whole family to enjoy.
In the opposite direction to the stunning Australian Gardens at Cranbourne Botanic Gardens, you find this wonderful - newly upgraded - woodland picnic area and TWO playgrounds.
This adventure park in Clyde North is AWESOME. It has water play, swings, climbing structures and a half basketball court.
The first part of the Overport Bike Park has been completed, and there’s some serious fun to be had here!
Nestled amongst huge trees and rolling cow-covered green fields, you will find this awesome little pump track!
This is not your ordinary playground. It has SO much to offer and the kids will be begging to go back.
This one’s for all the toddler mammas! A playground that is fully fenced, with huge shade sails and age appropriate equipment - what more could you ask for?
Mamma loves when a park is updated, but still maintains the things that make it great - but the extra additions to make it truly awesome!
There’s a new climbing structure with slides, rock wall and rope climb as well as a carousel, springers and swings.
Mamma loves a fully fenced playground - and this cute little upgraded playground is a goodie!
Here’s the perfect option for kids who find the other play equipment overstimulating, and offers a more quiet - imaginative form of play.
This stunning new playground may just be one of the prettiest parks in the south!
This freshie is a beauty, folks! A wide open playground that is split into different areas creating plenty space for the kids to play!
This is a cute little playground that offers lots of shade from huge trees and loads of grassy area to run around.
This fully fenced reserve runs through Friendship Square itself and although it is small, it has plenty to offer. Especially the fact that it is FULLY FENCED!
Do you love big slides? Then check out this great little spot!
Brand new equipment, shade sails, a shaded little picnic area and loads of open grass and nature play, make this a WINNER!
There’s a fabulous new playground that has just popped up in the middle of Karingal Hub!
The Old Cheese Factory is a beautiful community space. Brilliant playground on a stunning homestead!
With the golden sandy beach below you, bay views all the way out to the city surrounding you, lush trees to shelter under and this newly updated awesome play equipment - everyone wins!
If you are looking for the ultimate playground - you’ve come to the right place! Fully fenced - Waterplay - Massive slides AND toilets!
This is one for the adventurous kind! Welcome to Valley Reserve - winner of the 2016 best new major playspace in Victoria in the Parks and Leisure Australia awards. A quiet and *almost* hidden treasure in Mount Waverley.
It is almost like Mamma is starting to sniff out all of these brilliant little and HIDDEN playspaces, packed with such great goodies. Samada Street Reserve in Notting Hill has a fantastic little playground with ALL of Mamma's favourites.
Watch out for the lions - they’ll get cha! Well, if you use them as a tunnel that is. Welcome to Central Reserve Playground
This might just be Mamma’s favourite style of playground. A SENSORY playground. This renewed playspace has been beautifully designed to engage all sorts of play, via the senses.
Located within the Waverley Park estate, you will be feeling all nostalgic if you used to watch the football here, back in the day. There are plenty of nods to the past with the social club bench, signs for the gates and a reasonably priced parking fee etched into the playground design.
How good is a FULLY fenced playground with space to picnic and kick a footy - and a basketball court!
Be prepared to be blown away by this INCREDIBLE updated playground!
This awesome reserve has not one - but THREE different Playgrounds! So there is definitely bound to be something to keep kids of all ages entertained.
This is a such a great frog-themed playground, you’re sure to have a ribbit-ing good time!
This bright little playground has just had an upgrade, and it is fantastic!
Nestled in a suburban street, this gorgeous reserve has huge leafy trees offering shade - and climbing opportunities! - a BBQ, plenty of bench seats and a fun playground.
Get your wheels ready folks, you are gonna LOVE this new playground!
This recently upgraded playground has all the magical elements of a fairy tale AND has a toilet!
What was already a fantastic park, has now become an INCREDIBLE park, with something for all ages to enjoy.
Set right behind the Mornington Steam Railway, is this great park. This is a such a lovely space, with spectacular views!
This is such a STUNNING reserve, you will love it as much as the kids will!
Full of large shady trees, rose bushes, and the cutest little wisteria-covered arbour Mamma has ever seen; you will be happy to spend a while here.
We present to you - the rainbow playground! You really can’t go past a playspace that has pretty much EVERYTHING.
There’s so much to do here at this reserve, so be prepared to spend a few hours here!
This is such a beautiful playground. Even better than its stunning surroundings (which is pretty hard to top) is the fact that it is FULLY fenced AND has a toilet!
This amazing playground has it ALL! Fully fenced - toilets - water play and more!
This place has such an awesome vibe, perfect for all ages and abilities.
What a terrific space this is! At the back of Springvale Library and nestled between Springvale Town Hall is this wonderful NEW playground.
This is the perfect picnic park with huge open spaces to set up camp for the day! It even has a toilet!
This is such a great little playground! It’s wooden theme morphs into the nature reserve surrounding it.
This is the perfect playground to stop at after spending a day absorbing all the beauty that Red Hill has to offer.
Be prepared to spend a while here, folks! This great park is huge and has loads of different areas to explore.
Here is a stunning nature-themed playground that lies within a spectacularly beautiful location
This place is playground GOLD! It’s fully fenced with all abilities accessible equipment, a public toilet with change table facilities, BBQ facilities and undercover tables, a sandpit and a basketball court!
Mamma can’t recall seeing a slide this HUGE before in the South, and there’s not one, but TWO giant twirly beauties.
Here’s a great park, in prime location!
Perched on a hill overlooking the stunning Mornington Peninsula coast, and across the road from Main street - which is jam-packed with cafes, bars and shops!
This is a great little playground which resides next to the majestic Mcrae lighthouse and on the foreshore of McCrae beach.
Overlooking Tooradin Jetty, surrounded by huge (great for climbing!) leafy trees and brightly coloured equipment - it’s a beautiful space to play in.
Rye Foreshore Playground is a total classic! A wooden treasure that your kids will want to visit again and again. It is a community treasure and its design is a nod to all things nautical.
Hold on to your dragonflies good people - there is a BRAND NEW PARK and it is BRILLIANT - with a capital B!
Mamma loves this little playground. It’s in the middle of a shaded reserve, lot’s of trees and open space; it’s FULLY FENCED, and yes, there are toilets too!
There’s enough equipment to keep the little ones happy and a few tables under the shade of leafy trees - perfect for a picnic.
Mamma just loves a fully fenced in playground! It’s small but fun and under the sea themed.
Calling all wannabe ninja warriors. Mamma and the crew have an outdoor junior AND senior course for YOU! Tucked in to the Berwick Springs wetlands you will find a recreation reserve with all the necessary training equipment to inspire your little daredevils.
This is such a cute little park with a heap of imaginative play, natural elements and bike tracks.
Keeping very much in touch with nature, you will find heaps of trees, plants and wooden equipment. Such as a cubbyhouse/shopfront, a giant tree-house leading up to the huge slide, a mini-petrol station, see-saw, 5 poster swing set and wooden beams spread throughout the playground to sit on.
What a great improvement! The fences have been removed at Buchanan Park in Berwick and we raced down to test it out.
Swings, slides, rocking horses, old-style flying fox, and some cool wall mazes set around a climbing structure to resemble a pirate ship.
This great playground has heaps to keep kids of all ages happy!
This cute little farm-themed park is built on the site of an old 19th Century family farm.
This little local has just been updated and is now a perfect pit stop for the little ones.
This is a lovely park to have a picnic or little weekend walk with your fur baby.
This great local reserve has recently had a face-lift, and, wow, does it look great!
Karkarook park playground has had a makeover and she is looking LOVELY! With its green and brown colour scheme, the revamped equipment beautifully blends into the natural surroundings of the parkland it sits on. The new play space has all the classics including slides, swings, climbing nets, monkey bars and bridge - there’s even a community library and book exchange box too!
Surrounded by beautiful large trees and with so much to do, it’s a place you can play the day away.
This park has something for all ages. Even your fury kids will love it!
Pack a picnic and be prepared to play the day away at this great reserve!
Mamma loves a colourful park with lots of trees to picnic under. This is a great one.
Not only is there a giant slide, but there’s also a full-sized basketball court AND tennis court!
This is one AWESOME spot! With lush greenery covering all areas, it is more than just your average local playground!
Mamma just loves this little farm themed playground!
With a large covered ‘banyard’, complete with picnic tables and a BBQ, it is the perfect place for a get together.
Ladies and Gents, start your engines, pop on a helmet, ding those bells. GET READY TO RACE! There is a BRAND NEW Grand Prix themed playground and it is just made for riding.
With heaps of wide open space, super cool play equipment and a BBQ - this is the ultimate picnic park!
Mamma loves a themed park, so when she heard there was a park with huge pencils randomly spread we had to visit!
A completely fenced park with one of the largest sand pit we have ever seen. Not only is it a maze of logs and stepping stones and has everyone's favourite digger - but there is water.
There's two separate areas to have a play with facilities like slides, swings, rock-climbing wall, shop and more!
Space lovers are going to be in heaven when they blast off into this giant space-themed playground which includes a BMX track AND a skate park!
The hero of the park is the giant UFO. Complete will bouncy springs, jet engines, and two slides to disembark on. You can even pretend you are the pilot!
Who can resist an awesome beach-side playground? Especially one that has been newly updated!
Mamma just loves a themed park! And what can be better than a train theme?
This little gem will become one of your favourite playgrounds, if it isn’t already!
Pack up the kiddos and sunscreen, because Booran Reserve in Glen Huntly is where it's at! This award-winning park, part of Glen Eira Council, is an absolute gem especially in the warmer Melbourne months.
This playground has a wooden boat-style shape, with a HEAP to keep the whole family happy.
You've gotta love an upgraded park!
This one was one of Mamma's favourites before it got an upgrade; now it is simply spectacular!
Only steps away from beautiful Chelsea beach, is this wonderful nautical themed park!
A huge wooden, shaded Pirate ship - complete with cannons, is the draw card at this fabulous playground!
This place is so big there are three different playgrounds to explore! Caulfield Park is Nanna's favourite place to take a stroll on a sunny afternoon and she is always delighted to have a little munchkin to share it with! Mamma loves both playgrounds.
Mamma loves a beach playground especially one that has some awesome water play!
Mamma LOVES this fabulous marine-themed community park, with soft sand, heaps to climb slide and play on!
Hold on to your hats boys and girls...there are DINOSAURS all over this park.
Of course the people of Sorrento would build something so lovely, complete with breathtaking views.
Talk about magic. As soon as you step through the magnifying glass you shrink and the bugs become GIANT.
Gigantic slides, smurf village, musical huts, skate park - could this be the BEST park in the South?
What could be more perfect than a pirate-themed park overlooking one of the most beautiful bays in Victoria? Not much!
This gem is a little oasis away from the hustle and bustle of busy streets of St Kilda - oh and did Mamma mention - there's Pony Rides??
This gorgeous, seaside playground, with a marine-theme is a perfect all-year-round winner!