FLAGSTONE ADVENTURE PLAYGROUND

Hailed as Queensland’s largest playground, Flagstone Adventure playground is bursting with play equipment for all ages from tiny tots to teenagers. Equipped with inclusive play opportunities and age-appropriate play equipment that engages and challenges children, the playspace is filled with activities for a family day out. Playground designer, Ben Urban, stated, “The challenge for us as designers, is dragging kids away from their computers and giving them a reason to play outside.

“At Flagstone, we’ve set out to create a beautiful space where families will want to spend the whole day and where the play experience is different every time you come. Although safety is paramount, we’re pushing the boundaries and asking kids to push themselves to heights they aren’t used to and to experience moving play in a [new] form.”

A striking Adventure Tower is the focal point of the playspace, standing at over 11 metres high (the same height as a three-storey building). Its three levels are filled with climbing tunnels, climbing reeds and binoculars, offering an amazing view for children over the Flagstone landscape. Exit from the monstrous tower is via two slides where children can safely experience the thrill of speed as they whizz their way back down to the ground.

Two sky-high cabins are connected to the tower via a 19-metre long rope bridge where children can view out across the playspace and encounter heights in a safe way. Another entry point into the cabins is by a giant climbing net where children can climb their way in, followed by a race down one of the two 15-metre long slides.

A custom-designed 35-metre-long swing is not just architecturally magnificent; the eight swing seats allows children and adults to swing together and observe the never-ending movement of people in the playspace.

For little adventurers of all ages and abilities, a custom designed play area loaded with play activities on every level. The carefully crafted area provides a stimulating, sensory experience for young children and those with special needs. The equipment encourages children to play together and the 360-degree design allows parents or carers to get involved in the play experience.

Other elements of this marvellous playspace include a Fairy Throne and seats, an underground tunnel, a crawling sensory bug, an in-ground trampoline, a forest bud seesaw, inclusive orbit and a double track ride.

Urban Play collaborated with CUSP Landscape Architects, PEET and Eureka Landscapes to bring this imaginative playground to life.