Harold Welsey Knight Park also known as Whitebridge Park is a fully fenced playground with lots of play equipment.  This includes slides, fireman pole, rope climbing bridges & ladders, roundabout, seesaw & cubby house. 

The park is set in natural grounds with a large grassed area, picnic tables & covered picnic shelter along with large gum trees that also provide shade.  

There is car parking available just next to the park (accessed via Waran Road), and there are a couple of public toilets located in the car park. There is also a water fountain available, but it’s a bit tricky to spot – it is hidden down in the back corner of the park, adjacent to the car park. The park is very close to the local Whitebridge shops, making it easy to grab a coffee or some morning tea for a picnic beforehand.

Harold Wesley Knight Park Playground

Webb Park at Redhead Beach, Lake Macquarie has a beach theme to contemplate its beachside location.  With a large wave climbing structure, flying fox, swings, slides & more.

The park offers picnic benches & sheltered BBQs with lead-up pathways & a water fountain.  

Accessible toilets can be found in the park & at Redhead Beach along with accessible parking.

The Joint Cafe & Pizza is across the street from the park & there is another cafe at the Redhead surf club.  

The Ken & Audrey Owens Walkway takes you from the playground via paved pathway & boardwalk down to Redhead Beach.

Webb Park Playground

Redhead Beach is at the northern end of  Nine Mile Beach at Lake Macquarie, popular with families & surfers. 

The beach is patrolled from the September school holidays until April by Redhead Surf Life Saving Club.  Swimming is beside the shark tower at the surf club & there are heaps of rock pools for the kids to play in.

A beach wheelchair is available on request or by approaching the patrol on the day.  A wheelchair ramp is available at the northern end of the area in front of the clubhouse and all areas from the carpark to that ramp are wheelchair accessible, including the kiosk Cargo Espresso Bar.  There is an accessible toilet & shower with MLAK , accessible family room & accessible parking.  

Redhead Beach

Set in the leafy surrounds of Richley Reserve at Blackbutt Reserve  in New Lambton is a great colourful 60 metre playground that encourages nature play & adventure.

The park is divided into two main sections, one area for younger kids with toddler swings, group swing, two slides, cubby house & rope bridge.   The other area is an adventure playground for older kids with climbing tower, bridges, slide, fireman pole, rope courses & tunnels.  

The park is surrounded by trees & grass, stone garden, a sand pit with water tap & is inclusive with pathways providing accessible routes to the play equipment. There is a ramp to get to the top of the tower & specially designed wheelchair accessible carousel with a lift up bar to snap in wheelchairs.  

There is plenty of shade, seating, picnic tables, BBQs, water fountain & amenities block next to the playground but no kiosk.  Parking is $4 per hour or $12 a day.

Richley Reserve

Neegulbah Park in Macquarie Hills has a playground nestled in the trees which provide  some shade. There is a large climbing frame with an enclosed  slide & a smaller slide for younger kids.  This climbing frame incorporates a climbing wall, climbing ladder & climbing net to suit a range of ages.

There is a rope spinner, balance equipment including log jump, rope traverse and alligator crossing, & group of swings. 

The park has wood chip, rubber matting, there's plenty of seating areas including sandstone blocks & picnic tables.  There’s plenty of parking behind the park but unfortunately there are no accessible toilets closeby. 

Cardiff Shopping Centre & Stockdale Glendale offer accessible toilets but are around 1.6km away.  

Neegulbah Park Playground

Thomas H Halton Park at Croudace Bay offer an all-abilities, full fenced, lakeside playground with so many to do.  

With a giant pirate ship as it's centrepiece featuring slides, climbing wall, frame, ladders, ramps, bridges, nets, rope tunnels, portholes there is plenty for the kids to entertain themselves.

To the west of the pirate ship is the toddler area..Covered by a sail shade this timber-themed area features swings, rocker, balancing logs, beams & a small fishing boat.  Next to here is the musical area with steel drums & xylophone.  Then onto larger timeber forts with climbing wall, nets , slide, rope tunnel, shaky log bridge & timber seating.

There is a water play area with three water pumps, swing sets, net climbing spinner & accessible roundabout on softfall flooring.

Thomas H Halton is classified as an all-abilities park. This means it’s designed to accommodate the physical and intellectual needs of children and parents.  There are no steps just a wide path throughout the playground providing access.  The pirate ship has a wide ramp to access yhe top deck & the water play is concrete & level along with the roundabout.

An accessible toilet can be found in the park to the left of the toilet block, just outside of the playground behind the pirate ship, along with baby change facilities.  There are BBQs, sheltered picnic tables, water fountains, park benches dotted around.  

Parking can be found at Bareki Road in Croudace Bay, there is also a car park located just north by the Croudace Bay boat ramp.

As well as the playground is a hit-ball wall and half basketball court 350 metres north of the playground & skate park is located 300 metres south. It’s designed as a street plaza style skate park with quarter pipe, flatbanks, hubbas, downrails and manual pad.

Thomas H Halton Park

Richley Reserve Circuit is 731m return wheelchair accessible walk which travels through open grasslands that are surrounded by a healthy eucalyptus forest.  

Within the grasslands are two large ponds, with two black swans on the lower pond.  Do be careful though, the swans can get aggressive defending their territory.  

The wide sealed trail offers easy rolling, timber bridge over water, picnic tables & benches dotted along the way, playground & car park.

Richley Reserve Circuit

Cardiff - CDF STN LIFT 1 Centre Of Stn TO Platform

Cardiff - CDF STN LIFT 2 East Of Stn From Carpark

St John’s Memorial Park Playground in Tingira Heights is located adjacent to the Fire and Rescue NSW station and great if your kids love fire engines.  Kids can spot the fire truck if the engine bay is open or if the fire truck is going in and out of the fire station.

The playground is small but has lots to offer including a play structure with stairs, double slide, two swings, a regular swing and a baby swing, rope climbing wall, ladder & balancing pods,  firefighters pole, seesaw & musical equipment.  The flooring is a combination of softfall paths and bark chips & the park is unfenced.

There are picnic benches or sandstone blocks that surround the the playground which makes wheelchair accessiblity a problem.

There is no toilet onsite but can be found at Macquarie Fair in Mount Hutton along with coffee and snacks. Parking is on the street

St John's Memorial Park Playground 

Novocastrian Park features a playground with wooden fort centrepiece with spiral slide & two smalled slides.  There is a rope climbing frame with spiderweb & climbing wall.  

There is a regular and baby swing as well as a group swing, small roundabout, seesaw, log balancing beams, & puzzle blocks.

The flooring is a combination of softfall paths & bark chips & a water fountain is onsite.  Parents can sit around the playground on benches & sandstone blocks & the playground is surrounded by grassed area with picnic tables & wide lead-in pathway from road to playground.

Adjacent to the playground is a half-basketball court with both basketball & netball hoops.  Behind the playground is sport fields used for soccer & cricket.

Regular toilets can be found onsite, accessible toilets can be found just under 1km away at Richley Recreation Reserve & Homeworks Kotara.   Parking is on-street & at the sports field.  

Novocastrian Park Playground

Mullington Park on Dunkley Parade in Mount Hutton features a playground on bark surrounded by vast grassed area & paved pathways.

The playground offers swing set with regular, toddler & large group swing, climbing & balancing equipment plus a spinning cone.

The park also features picnic tables & benches, a covered sheltered with BBQ & bubbler.  There is a regular toilet 100m at Mount Hutton Playground, accessible ones 780m away at Lake Macquarie Fair.  There is an Aldi across the street along with coffee from Dunkley Dash Espresso Hut with accessible outisde seating.  

Mullington Park, Dunkley Pde