30 best playgrounds in melbourne’s west
Choosing your fave playground is like trying to decide who your fave kiddo is…..it is not possible. Each playground has something unique, something special and the all-important fun factor has to be BIG to make it to Mamma’s Fave Playground List.
If you like your playgrounds with a side of dinosaur, pirate ship or crocodile or just a straight up epic playground we have all the best ones here!
If you are looking for gold - then this is the playground to start digging - This Pirate themed park is fantastic.
Another amazing park to add to the list of playground fun in Melbourne’s West that your kids will love! Welcome to Aeroplane Park in Tarneit - perfect for a family outing.
Welcome to Riverwalk’s Water Park in Werribee, right in the heart of Melbourne’s West! It really is splish splash heaven! Pack your togs and take a towel or two folks it's going to get wet. Actually take some lunch too - this place is such 'cool' fun you'll want to stay.
Water play is GO! Crocodile Park in Point Cook in Melbourne’s West is built in and around man-made lakes, decking and boardwalks. It feels like a classy resort beach side water park and certainly a space you and the kids will want to spend plenty of time.
Well folks, Mamma has the PERFECT park for you if your little ones love sand based play - check out Crofts Reserve in Altona North, right in the heart of Melbourne’s West - it truly is a fantastic play space for your entire family.
It’s no wonder why Lollipop Hill Park Playground in Melbourne’s West is a trusted family favourite within the Manor Lakes community - it really is such a great play space for the entire family to enjoy.
Embark on a quest to Rose Hedge Reserve in Melbourne’s West where you can become a knight, slay a dragon and have some epic fun! This medieval dragon themed playground in Sydenham is perfect for all ages.
Manor Lakes Boulevard Park is the perfect addition to Melbourne’s West - Mamma thinks it’s an absolute winner, and that you should check it out ASAP!
Wow, wow, wow - this park has everything… Mamma’s little one was so overwhelmed with excitement when she arrived at this Manor Lakes Park, she didn’t know what to play with first!
Discover Northvale Park, one of the exciting new parks in the Sunbury area located within the Redstone Estate in Melbourne’s West. This fantastic playspace offers endless fun for kids with its two huge enclosed slides and engaging climbing towers featuring adorable rock climbing enclosures. Little ones will also enjoy the variety of swings, spinners, musical chimes, and a dedicated toddler area complete with slides and climbing ropes.
Discover the ultimate family park at Bacchus Marsh Racecourse Recreation Reserve! This must-visit destination in Bacchus Marsh offers a massive playground tower, perfect for kids with climbing obstacles and huge slides. There's also a designated area for little ones with trampolines, seesaws, and more. Enjoy a large sandpit with water activities, musical instruments, flying foxes, and various swings. With BBQ facilities, ample seating, shade, water taps, and on-site toilets, Bacchus Marsh Racecourse Recreation Reserve in Melbourne’s West is the perfect spot for a fun-filled day out.
Look at that! Giant towers, rope bridges, dizzy wizzies, sand pits, water play, swings, slides, rocks, tree trunks... so much for your kiddies to play with! Welcome to Frontier Park, located in Rockbank in Melbourne’s West!
Expect to spend a bit of time here as there is heaps to do and as an added bonus the park is directly under the flight path to the airport so we spotted heaps of real life planes coming in to land!
Mamma loves a playground that only improves with age - this is one of them. Mamma first visited this playground when it was opened in 2014, and is pleased to report that SEVEN YEARS ON, it is better than ever!
Sunvale Community Playground and Water Park is fabulous! Mamma loves this awesome playground and park - a great place for a sunny day! Pack the togs and a towel!
Mimi the dinosaur in Yarraville now has…. SHADE SAILS! And it gets even better.. there’s also now toilets and a new undercover bbq area too!
You could be forgiven for thinking you drove to Werribee but somehow landed in New York when you arrive at this awesome skate park - fit for little tykes and adults because it uniquely caters for beginners and pros.
Huge new playground in the new Mambourin - next to Werribee - with huge towers, water play, basketball, flying foxes and more!
This park has had a relatively new makeover and it is stunning. This nature inspired play space has all the faves like flying fox, climbing structures, swings and pump water play - but Mamma really loves the ocean themed carved tree sculptures that really capture the feel of the area
With a playground, two ovals and a bike skills track can this reserve get any better? With this new-beaut playground, YES IT CAN!
Another little upgraded playground in Brimbank has made Northumberland Road Playground a very enjoyable space. There are swings, a climbing frame with monkey bars and slides, spinner and undercover BBQ area.
Ahoy there! Climb the riggings and scrub the decks, this playground is for climbers and pirates at play! There is a giant climbing frame with three nests, rope monkey bars, slides, balance ropes, climbing walls and ropes, swings and more!
We love when councils invest in the local parks and playgrounds of neighbourhoods in the West. This is exactly what Brimbank have done here in their upgrade of the Waterfield Park Playground in Cairnlea.
This park is SOOO much fun!! The climbers are going to LOVE this park - with nets, bouldering walls and frames to manoeuvre, plus a GIGANTIC slide to zoom back down on. We knew kids would love this slide.
Ninja Warrior look out! This training ground has all the obstacles needed to train up the little and not-so-little ninja superstars!
This play space is quieter and surrounded by lovely trees. As the name implies, this is a playground inspired by nature, with lots of sensory experiences to be had.
The eagerly anticipated nature playground has finally landed ‘On Country’, here at Pipemakers Park, and Mamma and the kiddies couldn’t be happier!
This playground has been designed in such a way to invite creative and mindful play, and to utilise those gross motor skills, meaning your kids will be totally WORN OUT! And while the kids are off making up obstacle courses, you can relax. Mamma rarely comes across a playground this tranquil.
The new Junior Bike Skills Track at Hansen Reserve will have your little ones levelling up bike and scooter skills in no time! Let them ride over bumps and humps, sweep around corners and then build up speed to follow the track past the footy oval and down into the playground, for an action packed day out!