Parks

We spent a lot of our time at the area parks during our trip.  Australia doesn't seem as concerned about being sued for playground injuries so a lot of their equipment was cooler than what we have in the states.

This park was about a mile walk down the waterfront from Troy's parents house, so we were able to walk instead of loading up the car.

While at the park the first time, we saw some people cutting up their catch of the day.  The pelicans were interested too.  The big boys even got to feed them the fish heads!  Look how huge that bird is, it looks like it could eat Lachlan!

This park required a drive but was brand new; they had the grand opening while we were there.  The first visit was in the afternoon but we quickly learned that the morning would mean less crowds.  Since Lachlan was waking up so early, there was plenty of time for a quick trip to the park before his morning nap.  I'd say we visited it at least 5 times, with Reef asking everyday if we could go to the space net park.

  There was so much to do!  Lachlan and Jonas preferred the preschool section with sandboxes, swings, and pirate ship.  They also enjoyed the music section, rock climbing wall, trails, and bumpy bike bridge.

This is a space net, in case you were wondering.  That tiny red spot in the middle is Reef.  He LOVED climbing on this thing.  There were trampoline sections throughout and a tall slide on one end.  We need these things in American parks!  This one is the largest in Australia.

On his way up to the slide.  I even got Jonas to try climbing up there, but he only did that once.  It was hard work.



This park also had grown up exercise equipment around it so that adults could work out while their children played.  Jonas didn't care that it was for adults.  He liked this one and one that he likes to call the "bum smacker".

Reef even tried out this zip line and loved it.  He's usually a little scared of trying new/scary things like this, so we were really proud he gave it a try.  And he loved it!

Sorry about the formatting this time.  Blogger has an upgrade that I'm not thrilled with and don't know how to fix it like I want...A few more Australia posts to come later...