Wilson Reserve also known as The Village Green Playground is a bright replica of a tiny village.

Entry to the playground is over a little bridge into The Village Green with three brightly coloured wooden houses featuring slides, tunnel, fire pole or rock climbing wall.  A large climbing pyramid, nest swing, seesaw, spinner & easy rolling rubber matted road that goes all the way around the play equipment.

A large oval can be found behind the playground & there is free parking.  There are no toilets onsite but accessible ones can be found around 800m away at Middle Brighton Baths South Foreshore, Well Street Car Park & Marion Street.  

Wilson Reserve (The Village Green Playground)

Halley Park Playground is a colourful, all-abilities playground set in the middle of a lush green park, shaded with giant sails, shady trees, large rotunda with picnic tables & adult fitness workout station.

There’s heaps of climbing equipment including a main structure which includes three slides spiral, straight & curved, educational panels, noughts & crosses, climbing mats, mirrors, telescope, ramps, walkways & bridges, pommel step bridge to balance, cylinders with numbers, stepping stones & steps, ladders, climbers, balance beam, monkey bars & flying fox. There’s also a large rope climbing pyramid, see-saw, rockers, stand on spinners, line of frogs as stepping stones or to sit on, little tables & four swings catering for kids of all sizes.  There are lots of concrete paths throughout the park, perfect for riding scooters, bikes & easy rolling

There’s a small basketball court with hoop, heaps of open space along with a dog off-leash area at the western end of the park.

Picnic tables can be found in the large rotunda, BBQ facilities, more tables, sheltered areas, accessible toilets & plenty of off street parking.  

Halley Park

Wattle Grove Reserve is a picturesque park tucked away behind the main roads of McKinnon with entrances from both Wattle Grove & Wheatley Road.

The reserve offers a large off-leash area, double sided multipurpose wall with targets & wicket painted on, playground with shade sails & large open space for ball sports.  

The playground features climbing cube, rock wall, swings, seesaw, tic-tac-toe, snowboard rockers, slides, monkey bar & spinning wheel with wide level lead-in easy roll pathways. & benches dotted around.

Located near the playground are BBQ facilities, water tap, picnic tables, an arbour offering park bench & rotunda offering shade tables & seating.  

There is an accessible toilet onsite via wide easy roll pathway & on street parking.

Wattle Grove Reserve

Banksia Reserve features a village themed playground known as the Banksia Reserve Station.  

The mini-town theme playground incorporates a post office, police station, railway station, hospital, monkey bars, spinning wheel, sandpit & tunnels providing plenty of play opportunities for a range of ages.  There is also the train accessed via a rock-climbing wall & disembark down the slide.

The playground is located next to the oval with a vast grassed area, drinking fountain, off-leash dog exercise area, shaded seating & level pathway track around the playground. 

There are regular toilets onsite, closest accessible ones can be found just under 1km away at Concourse Shopping Centre, North Concourse & Seaview Shops, Balcombe Road.  On-street parking only

Banksia Reserve Playground

Hodgson Reserve in Bentleigh features three different playgrounds at the one venue.

First is the well shaded brightly coloured playground for smaller kids with slides, spinners, climbing apparatus, tunnels, swings and rockers. Next to that playground is a rotunda with tables, a BBQ & regular toilets. 

Next, there’s a recreational area aimed for the bigger kids/teens with large bouldering wall, basketball/netball court, table tennis table, rebound wall & rope climbing tower. 

The third playground is located up the hill & consists of snakes & ladders game complete with a spinning wheel dice, undercover picnic area, a few kids size picnic tables & an outdoor fitness station. 

There is also leashed and off-leash areas, dog-school training, on-street parking, water fountain, easy roll pathways & sports ground.

There are regular toilets available onsite, accessible ones can be found at Bentleigh Station on Centre Road. 

Hodgson Reserve Playground

Thomas Street Reserve features an all-abilities playground with extensive accessible play equipment.

There is an amazing intricate climbing castle structure with ramps, stairs, tunnels, multiple slides, DJ spinning deck with sound.  All ability equipment, including a wheelchair accessible trampoline.  Shaded waterplay / splash area, sandpit, fake turf with cow seat and pumpkin statues, parkour area, zip liner, multiple slides & swings, rocking boat, sculptures & giant hamster wheel.

Seniors exercise area complete with fitness equipment, undercover picnic area, drinking fountain, BBQs & multiple shaded picnic areas.  The playground is adjacent a spacious green reserve to kick a ball, or enjoy a picnic amongst shady trees.  

There is also a 500-metre waking path which can also be used for bike riding, scooters & easy rolling along with a nature walkway with little nest-like huts.

There are toilets onsite including Changing Places facility with fully accessible equipment.

Free Street parking is available – gets busy from mid-morning & into the afternoon.

Thomas Street South Reserve Playground

Basterfield Park on Dane Road at Hampton East features two playgrounds in the one park.

At one end of the park the playground consists of double zip line, sandpit, waterplay area, cubby house & shaded climbing house with slides & tunnels.

The other end of the park features an undercover gazebo, BBQ facilities, picnic tables & expansive open space.  There is an inclusive spinner, swings, climbing structure & crocodile & platypus statues.  

Inbetween the two playgrounds is a duck-filled lake,  tree-lined grass area, easy roll pathways & benches dotted around.  

Accessible toilets can be found onsite, parking on the street. 

Basterfield Park

Allambee Park in Sandringham features a playground with partly shaded climbing structure with dual wave slides, firemans pole, ladder, climbing wall, hanging rope, inclined walkway, shopfront, monkey bars, flying fox & hanging disk traverse.

There is also a truck springer, two swings, stand-on spinner, seesaw, birds nest swing, sandpit with water play, lots of diggers & wide open space with some shade provided by the leafy green trees & wide level accessible pathways.

There are picnic tables & benches, shaded table, water taps & unshaded seat.  Free parking is available but no toilet onsite.  The closest accessible toilets can be found around 1km away at Peterson Reserve, Tulip Street Reserve, Southey Street Foreshore with a Changing Places Facility at Thomas Street South Reserve. 

Allambee Park

Black Rock Foreshore features a pirate themed fully fenced playground overlooking a beautiful bay in Victoria in the heart of Black Rock Village.

There is a pirate ship climbing structure with captains quarters, wooden steering wheel, telescope, under deck cubby house, rope bridges, nets to climb, ladders & if you need to jump ship a wave slide. 

The park also features a huge rope pyramid, swings, slides, dolphin/shark seesaw, balance beams, spinners.

There are lead-in pathways, picnic tables, drinking fountain, shaded area, benches, BBQs, landscaping, regular toilet & metered car park.  Accessible toilets can be found 720m away at Half Moon Bay Lower Foreshore.

You can also walk, scoot, cycle or roll along the coastal path to Rickets Point Marine Sancuary or check out some of the interesting shops in Black Rock Village.

Black Rock Playground

This beautiful walk along the bluestone sea wall of Black Rock Beach to Ricketts Point Tea House & Marine Sanctuary is accessible by wheelchairs, walkers, cycles & scooters & oly becomes inaccessible to wheelchairs at the stairs between the road & beach.  These can be avoided to just stay on the pathways & just enjoy the views.

The walk starts at Black Rock Gardens, overlooked by the four faced tower block & featuring a great pirate themed playground with picnic tables, benches, BBQs, drinking fountain & regular toilets.

There is a ramp down to the sea wall sealed pathway & beautiful clear water & sections of beach. At the end of the wall there is another grassy picnic area with a rotunda, table & chairs.  There is also the sheltered Quiet Corner Beach where there are often swans & pelicans. 

To get to Rickets Point you can either walk along the beach or head up the stairs & take the Bay Trail along Beach Road.  For those not on wheels there is the option to go through the vegetation along the unsealed coastal cliff top path.

Ricketts Point Marine Sanctuary is part of the long stretch of beach that runs along the bayside suburbs & its shallow water & collection of rock pools is great for little kids. There are all sorts of marine life from seaweed, shells, little creatures, seabirds, even black swans can all be found in the area.

The Ricketts Point Beachside Cafe offers wheelchair access, family friendly & seating for up to 200 people. The menu changes according to seasons & is also licensed to serve beers, ciders, wine & champagne with the gardens featuring electronic BBQs. lovely views & plenty of parking.

Black Rock Beach to Ricketts Point Marine Sanctuary

Hampton Beach is situated 15kms south of Melbourne CBD & close to Hampton Street full of cafes, resturants, retail & fish & chips.  A broad & lengthy expanse of beach around 500 metres patrolled by Hampton Life Saving Club.  

The beach is accessible with Mobi-Mat beach access mat all the way to the hard sand & Mobi-Mat beach parking wing to set up on the sand.  The MobiChair and SandCruiser beach wheelchairs available at the Surf Club during patrol hours.  

There is an accessible toilet at the beach along with outdoor shower, wide pathways & standard street parking.  The path down from the street is approximately 8 degrees gradient. There is shade around the surf club & a cafe open during busy periods. 

There are gardens & picnic spot & tables immediately above the beach set just behind the surf club.  This is a fantastic spot to retreat to after you've been in the water to seek out some shade with its wide patches of grass and pine trees overhead. All this backed up by a great view over the Sandringham Marina and wider Port Phillip Bay.