Playgrounds in Victoria's High Country
Playground map: Vic High Country
Tap a pin for shade, fences, toilets and directions.
Every playground we know of across Victoria's High Country: 166 in 65 suburbs and towns, including Wangaratta, Benalla, Mansfield, Beechworth, Myrtleford, Alexandra, Bright, Rutherglen, Yackandandah, Yea, Kinglake and Chiltern. 127 have a public toilet within about 400 metres. Tap a pin for what each one has.
In Wangaratta, the King George V Gardens playground sits in the town centre, shaded by mature plane trees, with toilets. In Benalla's Botanical Gardens, the Rocket Playground has a heritage-listed eight-metre rocket from 1966, plus water features and hobbit holes. Mansfield's Botanic Park playground has a ropes course, flying foxes, trampolines and a sandpit with a water pump. In Beechworth, Queen Victoria Park has a playground and free barbecues under giant heritage-listed trees. Myrtleford's Cundy Park, next to the library, has an adventure playground and a skate park.
In Bright, Centenary Park has a free splash park with four splash pads, for toddlers to teenagers. Its playground has climbers, slides, a flying fox and a chain net climber.
Eildon's Baanh ba Djila Splash Park, in Walter Moore Reserve, takes its name from the Taungurung for ‘water and play’. In Yackandandah, Sir Isaac Isaacs Park has a playground, barbecues and a Changing Places facility. Chiltern's Martin Park sits beside Lake Anderson, with a playground under shade sails and a sheltered barbecue.
Facts from Rural City of Wangaratta: King George Gardens, Benalla Rural City Council: Benalla's iconic rocket playground officially heritage listed, Benalla Rural City Council: Parks and Reserves (Adventure Park, Botanical Gardens), Mansfield Shire Council (Mansfield Mt Buller): Mansfield Botanic Park Adventure Playground, Indigo Shire Council: Queen Victoria Gardens, Beechworth, Alpine Shire (Visit Myrtleford): Parks and playgrounds in Myrtleford (Cundy Park), Alpine Shire (Visit Bright): Bright Splash Park, Alpine Shire (Visit Bright): Centenary Park and Howitt Park, Murrindindi Shire Council: Baanh ba Djila Splash Park, Indigo Shire Council: Sir Isaacs Park, Yackandandah and Indigo Shire Council: Martin Park, Chiltern.
Over the border
Every playground in Vic High Country, 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.