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Bob Gamble Park playground
Ipswich, QLD, 4305
Bob Gamble Park, part of River Heart Parklands beside the Bremer River in central Ipswich, has a free zero-depth water playground open 8am to 6pm. Next to it are a spider-web climbing frame, a 25-metre flying fox and the Discovery Forest, with forts, carved totems, balance beams and a bridge over a dry creek bed. Public toilets, drinking water, shelters and a car park are on site, and the toilets and car park are locked at 8pm.
From our Ipswich playground guide
In central Ipswich, Bob Gamble Park has a zero-depth water park, a spider-web climbing frame and a 25-metre flying fox.
The guide's sources: Ipswich City Council: Redbank Plains Recreation Reserve, Ipswich City Council (Ipswich First): new playground added to Redbank Plains Reserve, Ipswich City Council: Spring Lake Park, Ipswich City Council: Haig Street Quarry Bushland Reserve, Ipswich City Council: Richardson Park, Ipswich City Council: Bob Gamble Park (River Heart Parklands Stage 2), Ipswich City Council (Ipswich First): Silver Jubilee Park, Ipswich City Council: Silver Jubilee Park, Somerset Regional Council: Clock Park, Lowood and Queensland Government: new playgrounds in the Lockyer Valley and Somerset, 15 July 2026.
Opening times: Water playground 8am to 6pm; toilets and car park locked at 8pm (as published by Ipswich City Council, checked 30 September 2026)
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