Playgrounds in Brisbane's Southside
Playground map: Brisbane's Southside
Tap a pin for shade, fences, toilets and directions.
Every playground we know of across Brisbane's Southside: 308 in 49 suburbs and towns, including Forest Lake, Coorparoo, Sunnybank Hills, Calamvale, Carindale, Eight Mile Plains, Runcorn, Mount Gravatt East, Camp Hill, Annerley, Carina and Wishart. 100 have a public toilet within about 400 metres. Tap a pin for what each one has.
In Coorparoo, The Common Park is a district park with a playground, a skate park, fitness equipment and toilets. The adventure playground at Calamvale District Park has an enclosed slide, wobbly bridges and a flying fox. Camp Hill's Whites Hill Reserve has a big playground, with barbecues and sheltered picnic seating beside it. It is also one of four Brisbane parks with a ninja obstacle course.
Further south, D.M. Henderson Park in Macgregor has a large pirate ship playground. It has net climbs, masts, hammocks, a fireman's pole and a flying fox, plus a BMX pump track. In Rochedale, Fischer Family Park has a shaded playground beside a 100-metre walking track.
For nature play, the Karawatha Forest Discovery Centre includes Queensland's first nature play space. It has toilets and barbecues, and the centre opens Tuesday to Sunday, 9am to 4pm. At Larapinta, Warril Parkland has a nature-based playground with water play. You can also walk the lakeside boardwalk and pontoon, and watch for birds.
Facts from Brisbane City Council: The Common Park, Coorparoo (petition response), Brisbane City Council: Calamvale District Park, Brisbane City Council: Whites Hill Reserve, Brisbane City Council: fun parks for active kids, Brisbane City Council: D.M. Henderson Park, Brisbane City Council: best parks and playgrounds for families, Brisbane City Council: Karawatha Forest Discovery Centre and Brisbane City Council: Warril Parkland, Larapinta.
Over the border
Every playground in Brisbane's Southside, by town
Playgrounds from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), council open data and our own checks; features as confirmed for each one. Toilet distances are in a straight line, from the public toilet map data.