All Things to Do for Kids in Perth

Bert Wright Park is a small nature playground located behind the library and community centre in Bayswater. For a small area, there is plenty to offer, the park has a nature play area, Basketball hoop, expanse of grass, concrete pathway and BBQ and covered picnic table. The playground was popular even on a cold winter morning, with a number families enjoying the nature play. Most of the park has been created out of recycled timber and rocks and provided good climbing and balancing play. There is also a birds nest swing and a concrete slide. The park is a combination Read more…

Lollipops Playland Bayswater is an exciting indoor play centre offering a safe and fun environment for children to explore and play. The centre features a variety of play equipment including multi-level climbing frames, slides, ball pits, and dedicated toddler areas for younger visitors. The air-conditioned facility includes a café where parents can relax while supervising their children, serving hot and cold beverages, snacks, and light meals. Birthday parties are a specialty, with themed party rooms and various packages available to make celebrations memorable.   Buggybuddys Review Lollipop’s Playland Bayswater Read more…

Bayswater Riverside Gardens located along Milne and King William Streets is a fabulous playground to visit with toddlers. Bayswater Riverside Gardens has great age-appropriate play equipment, fully fenced and gated, features rubber soft fall and is covered with shade sails. There is a set of swings that caters for both babies, toddlers and older children. A fun roundabout A fun spinning pole that Miss 2 loved! A low-level climbing frame complete with walkways, bridges, tunnels, cubby houses and 3 different height slides.     A fun springy seesaw and surfboard.     For older children, there is a climbing net. Read more…

The City of Bayswater Libraries (Maylands, Morley, and Bayswater) offer an extensive range of free programs for children and families. From early literacy sessions to after-school activities and special holiday events, the libraries provide engaging spaces for learning, creativity, and community connection. Regular Programs Rhymetime (Ages 0-2) Maylands Library: Mondays 9am & 9:45am, Thursdays 9:45am Morley Library: Tuesdays 9:45am Bayswater Library: Fridays 9:45am No bookings required Storytime (Ages 2-5) Bayswater Library: Mondays & Fridays 10:30am Maylands Library: Tuesdays & Thursdays 10:30am Morley Library: Wednesdays 10:30am No bookings required Sensory Storytime (Ages 2-5) Morley Library: Term-based program Specially designed for children Read more…

Halliday Park is a quiet park with lots of open green space located behind The Bayswater Hotel. The park is named after an early Bayswater settler, Henry Thomas Halliday, and as of May 2018 the playground area has undergone an upgrade with a new play structure and fresh sand now in place. The new structure features two rock climbing walls for the bigger kids, as well as monkey bars, a fireman pole and a rope spiderweb. Smaller kids will enjoy the play house door in the bottom, and the steering wheel and the telescope up top, which are all great Read more…

The Garratt Road Bridge or AP Hinds Reserve is a quiet playground and picnic spot under the bridge on the river in Bayswater. It is just down from the popular Riverside Gardens. We walked down there after a coffee at the coffee van at Riverside Gardens. The kids rode their scooters along the pathways, stopping at the exercise equipment spots along the way for a quick play. The reserve has a small playground featuring a very cute pelican slide, basket swing and a large see-saw. The equipment is suited to younger children and our 3 years olds enjoyed it. The Read more…