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

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. 

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