Kenihans Road Playground

Quite a waddle from the rather busy Kenihans Road is a okay/​slightly better than average playground. In fact, if you have your car and have trouble walking downhill, you might want to enter from Buchanan Grove (head down Braeside Avenue and take your first left). It’s a No Through Road so you may not get a park, but it’s worth a try.
Two things stand out at this playground, the pond/​fountain and the massive green lawn, which doesn’t say much for the playground… but it does have flying fox! This isn’t a ‘destination’ playground (don’t go out of your way to visit) but if you’re in the area and want a nice place to eat lunch or feed the resident ducks, it’s a nice place to be.
The playground is quite a distance from the road (Kenihans Rd) and it’s uphill so little ones are a bit more ‘contained’ than at other places. There’s no fencing around the ponds and don’t get excited when you see the drinking fountain, it doesn’t work… or at least didn’t when I wrote this.
The ground cover is bark chip except for the swing area which is rubber. I have to say this… it’s always greeeeeeeeeen! The massive lawn area always looks so inviting and most of the area gets some good shade in the afternoons. It’s a good space to kick a footy, provided you don’t mind playing on a bit of a hill or just letting the children run off all their excess energy.
*Dogs allowed*
*No toilets*
*No BBQ*