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The ultimate guide to the best all-abilities playgrounds and parks in Perth! Kids love burning off energy at parks and playgrounds, and Perth’s got some of the best in the world. We’ve seen many new all-abilities parks open up recently with some impressive play equipment, features and facilities. Best of all, they’re all FREE and they’re for EVERYONE!
Why are all-abilities playgrounds great?
The wonderful thing about all abilities playgrounds is they are designed for all children. This means kids living with a variety of disabilities, sensory issues and more can enjoy playing too. Because why should they miss out?
Enjoy wheelchair friendly, ramps, swings and roundabouts. Delight the senses with musical play or water play, or kids can get hands-on in mud kitchens or with sand tables with their friends.
We’ve added details of where playgrounds are close to local coffee shops, cafes and restaurants. Therefore you can grab a bite to eat before or after your play, or grab a takeaway coffee. Don’t forget your reusable coffee mug! 😉 Make a day of it, make some amazing memories with your family.
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FEATUREDFeaturedWhiteman Parks’ newest playground is now open! Pia’s Place has been designed to allow ALL children the opportunity to play and explore in an inspirational nature-based inclusive play space. This state of the art playground definitely takes the meaning of ALL ABILITIES to a whole new level!!! Located at Mussel Pool East, opposite the dog park, the 8,000sqm playground is accessible by car with plenty of parking available or by tram with a tram stop directly out the front. The Playground is fully fenced and includes toilets, BBQs, picnic shelters, drinking fountains and pathways to easily navigate throughout the play Read more…
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Ahoy Sailors! Shipwreck Park is a nautical-themed playground located 36km South-East of Perth in Sienna Wood, Hilbert. As soon as we arrived the playground was already ticking all the right boxes; ✓ Great sized carpark ✓ Fully fenced with a number of entry/exit gates including a push button gate, perfect for wheelchairs and prams ✓ Unisex toilets and parent room ✓ Shade The main feature is the 30 metre shipwreck surrounded by rocks, sand and shipping cargo. I was amazed by the attention to detail from the engine controller to speaking tubes masked as water and gas pipes. It is a Read more…
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If you’re looking for a playground close to the city and cafes, then Oxford Street Reserve Playground might be the way to go. Located right at the Leederville cafe strip, this fenced and gated playground is sure to be a winner. Adjacent to Cranked Coffee, you can easily grab a coffee, or maybe breakfast or lunch, and take the kids for a play. For our visit, we made a brief stop at Cranked for a takeaway latte – I say brief as Miss 3 decided to throw a tantrum on the floor because she couldn’t wait for the playground! Otherwise, Read more…
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Piney Lakes Reserve Sensory Play Park in Winthrop is located on Murdoch Drive just off Leach Highway. As you walk through the main entrance of the playground there is a lighthouse painted by local artist Brenton See overlooking the sand and water play areas. The sand play includes pulleys, wheels, and a conveyor belt, great for children to explore and be hands-on with sand as well as encouraging social interaction and teamwork. The water play area was a big hit with my children, my two older children worked together to pump the water, while my toddler waited at the other Read more…
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The City of Gosnells has unveiled its latest inclusive play space at Sutherlands Park in Huntingdale. This exciting development marks the first completed project of the Sutherlands Park Master Plan, with a Youth Entertainment Space still to come. The playground is one of ten all-abilities playgrounds being developed by the City of Gosnells to create more inclusive play spaces throughout the community. This thoughtfully designed, fully-fenced playground features an array of accessible equipment including trampolines, swings, a carousel, and charming pretend play areas complete with a shopfront and petrol kiosk. Built on soft-fall rubber surfacing, the playground offers generous spacing Read more…
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Carine Open Space is one of our local and favourite parks to head to on the weekend as there are oodles to do and see. We usually spend a few hours there if it’s nice weather and take the kids scooters/bikes and the dog. This is a big favourite for dog walkers on the weekend and they sometimes have organised sporting comps on at the weekend so it can get busy at peak times. There’s a pedestrian pathway around the main playground area and then this turns into a dirt road but still great for prams, scooters and bikes and Read more…
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The Dick Lawrence Oval Playground in Beaconsfield has undergone a massive upgrade. The centrepiece is a 3-level treehouse with a twisty slide and a smaller dual flat slide. To encourage all-inclusive access there are multiple entry points into the cubby – ramp, through the floor ladder, a timber climbing wall and a rock-climbing wall. In the centre of the playground is a timber climber with a cargo rope ladder balancing logs and climbing ramps along the side. The playground is mainly nature play-based with a sand play table with a pulley, balancing beam steppers, timber logs and boulders spread throughout Read more…
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If you’re looking for a quieter park for a play, Grindleford Reserve in Balcatta may fit the bill. It has natural shade from large trees, as well as shade sails. The playground here has been recently replaced with brand new equipment and fresh white sand. It’s set well back from the road, with a small car park in between, so should be safe for little wanderers. The playground is made up of two larger structures, with a freestanding birds nest swing, traditional-style toddler and regular swing, and a spring rocker. The smaller of the play structures is toward the front Read more…
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The brand new $1.4 million Lottery-West funded Whale Playground has opened up at Scarborough Beach. The playground is inspired by Noongar culture and features a blue whale skeleton as its main theme. It caters for children of all abilities with elevated wheelchair accessible sand tables and soft fall surfacing with ramps between play spaces. The whale head is small the perfect size and easily climbable for toddlers and small kids, however, the concrete does make it quite a fast slide. Climb the ladder into the body of the whale, cross the netting and head down the enclosed slide or you Read more…
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Bullrush Park XL Adventure Playground located in the Providence Estate Wellard is a fabulous playground which boasts an 8m rope climbing tower!! The split-level playground has a variety of equipment to suit all ages. There is a twisty slide … A bumpy slide … And a very cool slide that is made of rollers … There are tunnels & rocks to climb. Log balancing and stepping stones. Tripod swing and traditional swings. The sand building equipment was favourite with my son, he spent quite a lot of time moving sand from area to another and making pictures with the stencils. Read more…
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The Caterpillar Playground is a favourite amongst families in Mandurah. Parents love it due to the fact it is enclosed and kids love it because there is so much to do. Also known as Milgar Street Reserve, the Caterpillar Playground is easily accessible via Park Road with plenty of parking available. Access is also available via Reserve Drive for those on foot. Be wary on weekends though, it is situated next door to the BMX track so can be a little hard to find parking. The entire park, with the exception of the public toilets, separate playground and basketball courts, Read more…
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The newly completed Lions Park is a race track/road inspired park. It is only a small park but if you have a little one who is learning to scoot or ride this would be a good park to practice at. My little girl is scooter crazy at the moment so she really enjoyed herself. Features include a petrol pump and road signs. The tracks are marked out with blue and red directional arrows, stop, give way and safety signs. Lions Park also has a double swing set with an all-access swing. Around the park there were blocks and stumps of Read more…
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The UFO-inspired Bob Gordon Reserve Play Space is out-of-this-world fun! The fully fenced playground features everything from UFOs, swings, flying foxes, slides, and water play to all the essentials like toilets, BBQs, picnic shelters, shade and ample parking. The main feature and the inspiration for the playground is the replica of the old Leach Highway Spaceship, Futuro House, which I’m sure parents and grandparents from the 70s and 80s will remember fondly! The new Futuro features a small slide, fireman pole and is fully wheelchair accessible. Inside, you’ll find control panels, speaking tubes, finger mazes, and alien noughts and crosses. Read more…
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This is a disability friendly playground for both able and less able bodied children. The play structure can be access by a wheelchair friendly ramp and features throughout the structure. Children with good upper body strength can use the various bars to pull themselves up onto the playframe or guide themselves down. A fully enclosed tube slide is excellent for keep the kids on the slide and avoid sliding / falling out the sides. Just make sure you catch them when they get out 😉 Boat and Rocker feature overlooking Perth Foreshore Climbing wall Two swing one of which was Read more…
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If you’re looking for a playground that truly caters to everyone—from toddlers to grandparents—Ballajura Intergenerational Playspace – Weitj Park is a must-visit. This $6.5 million playspace on Oxleigh Drive, Ballajura, is thoughtfully designed to encourage active play, creativity and social connection across all generations. With three distinct play areas—Parkland, Industrial Vibe and Nature Play—Weitj Park offers shared play experiences that set it apart from other Perth playgrounds. Whether it’s grandparents swinging their grandkids, parents and children racing through the ninja course or toddlers making new friends while building a cubby, this space brings families and the community together in a Read more…
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Edwardes Park Nature Playground is an extension to the existing small playground and sits adjacent to a large oval. Made from recycled material it makes a nice addition to the suburban area and utilises material from the Henderson waste treatment facility. Edwardes Park Nature Playground features a double flying fox including one to suit disabled children with an access ramp. I found it to be particularly high and struggled to hold it and get my daughter in. The playground hosted a large black pipe to climb on or slide down with tyre steps leading to it. This was a perfect Read more…
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Rotary Park in Wanneroo is one of our favourite playgrounds, the park originally opened in 1979 since then the space has undergone major developments and has been really well cared for by the City of Wanneroo. We especially love the diverse range of equipment and different play opportunity for kids of all ages. The focal piece of the playground is a large wooden play structure that contains 4 slides, a climbing wall, fireman’s pole, climbing nets, shop front, music play and lots more to ignite little imaginations and challenge little adventurers. Making it easy for kids and adults, there are Read more…
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Hillarys Beach Park, Whitfords Nodes Hillarys Beach Park at Whitfords Nodes has undergone a revamp. This family friendly picnic spot now features a new playground including both traditional and nature play equipment. With it’s inclusive design, this park is sure to be a hit with kids of all ages! We were surprised at the size of this park. This was our first visit and I’m not sure if I’ve ever seen so many picnic tables in one place! Approaching the playground, Miss 5 was excited to see all the new equipment. She headed straight for the traditional section first, Read more…
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OPTUS STADIUM SENSORY PLAYGROUND – Smack in between the Camfield and the new bridge at Stadium park at Optus Stadium you will find a fully fenced sensory playground. This is a very well thought out, fun park! The first things my girls ran towards were the big rope climbing frame and the slide. The entrance to the slide is at the top of a “soft fall” hill – this meant getting to the slide was a good challenge for the little kids as they had to work out the best way up. It was interesting to watch so many attempt Read more…
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The brand new $1 million Steam Train Adventure Playground at Millars Landing Estate in Baldivis celebrates the area’s early association with trains and timber milling. The playground has so many fantastic features it’s hard to know where to start so we’ll go with the biggest first. That is the 12m slide and it’s super fast! The huge tower is inspired by steam train water stop tower. To get to the top you can walk up the wooden stairs, climb up the net ladder or race your friends up the double climbing wall. For the less adventure slide users there is also Read more…
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My kids and I visit a lot of playgrounds… but the brand new Wandi Playing Fields Playground is hands down our favourite playground in Perth (big call right!) – while there is no crazy slide or huge tower, there is lots of different play areas and something for kids of all ages and abilities! We were there for hours (much longer than anticipated) and not once did one of my kids complain they were bored or wanted to go home. As we arrived my 7 year old ran straight to the 30 meter double flying fox with one pommel seat and Read more…
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I’ve recently rediscovered Woodbridge Riverside Park and I think it’s great! It’s located on the river in Woodbridge, near Guildford. This is a fully fenced park with safety latch gates at the main entrance. Although it’s not that close to us I’ve found it worth the drive as Miss 3 and friends have loved it each time we’ve been. There are so many play areas to explore, sand, nature and water play, slides, flying fox, tunnels, swings and a large expanse of green grass. The kids can move from area to area and spend hundreds of hours exploring everything. There Read more…
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Perth’s northern suburbs have welcomed an exciting new addition to their recreational spaces with the opening of Riverlinks All Abilities Playground in Clarkson. This innovative playground offers an impressive array of inclusive play equipment and activities that cater to children of all abilities and age groups. Play Areas Western Zone (Older Children) Large climbing structure with rope climb and rock wall Exciting whirly slide for adventurous kids Thoughtfully placed toddler slide nearby, allowing families to stay together Advanced climbing equipment Eastern Zone (Toddlers) Pirate-themed boat playground with soft flooring Ground-level activities perfect for new walkers: Hammocks Interactive games Binoculars Steering Read more…
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The Bibra Lake Regional Playground is packed with unique features designed to promote inclusivity and celebrate diversity for people of all ages and abilities. You’ll find a double flying fox that includes rubber path access to the landing and a hoist seat with a seat belt was very popular. It is also very easy for younger/smaller kids to pull back up to the top of the landing. Bibra Lake Regional Playground incorporates local Aboriginal heritage throughout the park including the Yarning Circle with talking rocks. The giant talking rocks “speak” in Nyungar to teach local stories and features of the lake Read more…
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The Harbour Playground is a fully fenced, inclusive play space located on the Secret Harbour foreshore designed for all ages, all abilities and all levels of adventure. The ocean-themed Harbour Playground is dominated by a soft fall giant octopus where climbing up the brightly coloured tentacles is one of the many ways to reach the top! Have a climb around and over the tunnel that leads you into the sea cave for more ocean adventures! Challenge yourself and friends on the seaweed climbing ropes that hang from top to bottom of the sea cave. Or climb the whirlpool net – Read more…
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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…
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A park for big and little kids, with shade sails, soft flooring, multiple ways to play, and a fully fenced area, sounds perfect. Bracadale Park, All Abilities Playground in Canning Vale, is just that. It is designed so that all kids of varying abilities can enjoy and play. The standout for me is that this park is fully fenced. Even with just one kid you feel like you can never look away, with two kids or even more, it’s impossible trying to find a playground trip relaxing. The park is secure and large enough that you can easily spend a Read more…
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The Jo Wheatley All Abilities Play Space is an amazing park purpose built for all ages and abilities. Carefully built around and under existing trees, covering 10,000sq m with wheelchair access throughout, a sensory garden, flying fox, climbing obstacles, slides, swings, picnic areas, water play, toilet facilities and fully fenced… it certainly ticks all the boxes!!! The main wooden structure has ramp and stair access, decks, two slides, and a balancing beam. Underneath there is a cubby house with a shop window and fun coloured glass blocks. There is a nature play area that backs onto the wooden structure, Read more…
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Walter Padbury Playground is located in the Walter Padbury Park sporting complex in Thornlie. It is easily accessed from all car parks by a large internal path network so you should never have a problem finding a car park space! Walter Padbury Playground addresses all aspects of children’s play including balance, climb, slide, spin and discovery experiences and also venturing into the nature play theme. A sensory experience and access and mobility is provided as well as utilisation of different soft fall materials. The playground is good for children of all ages. For the younger ones, there is a small Read more…
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Wow, wow, wow! Shipwreck Cove park in Golden Bay, has totally nailed it! What a fantastic family space and visually it looks stunning! A beautiful green parkland along Golden Bay foreshore, right next to the Indian Ocean. The shipwreck themed park has a playground including a separate fenced area for toddlers, a cool pump track, a cycle and scooter circuit, BBQs, shaded picnic tables, toilets, showers, lots of parking, a stunning new lookout point and beach access. What more could you want! We started our morning at the pump track, my little humans loved watching the older kids roll up Read more…
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As part of Perth Zoo’s Master Plan 2040, Perth Zoo’s playground has been revitalized into a bigger and better nature-based play space accessible to children of all abilities to enjoy. This award-winning playground is designed to celebrate Perth Zoo’s animals and their work in conservation and breeding, and it has already been recognised as having the region’s best landscape architecture! This state-of-the-art playground includes a ‘cloud’ deck, climbable giant numbat, 40m rope tunnels, feather hammocks, sand pit and nature play trail. At the heart of the playground is the ‘cloud’ deck, which has a mist system that stimulates clouds while Read more…
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Botany Park located in Hammond Park has just undergone a fantastic upgrade. It is now toddler-friendly fully fenced with various pool gate entry points. The original playground equipment still exists and features a bumpy slide, rock climbing wall, twisty ladder and swing seats. One of the fantastic new additions at Botany Park is a nature play area that features a wooden balance beam that has wobble bridge at one end and the water-sand play area at the other. You can either climb up the rocky mountain to the water pump at the top or scale the wall with the climbing Read more…
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Livvi’s Place Playground in Whiteman Edge in Brabham is a unique $1.5 million all-inclusive playground which is a result of a partnership between Stockland and the Touched By Olivia Foundation. The playground is the first Livvi’s Place in Western Australia and has been created through the collaboration and creativity of hundreds of local school children. The play equipment has been designed specifically to cater for autism spectrum disorders, physical, visual, hearing and mobility impairments. Livvi’s Place playground is spread out over a pretty large area and is fully fenced. The centrepiece of the playground is a huge slide accessed via Read more…
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Rossiter Pavilion and Playing Fields in Piara Waters, in the Holland Park Estate, boasts a small playground packed with natureplay and adventure for curious, energetic kids. The first part to grab Miss 4’s attention was the three in-ground trampolines in the middle of the playground. She bolted straight to these first off, and came back to them many times over the course of our visit. She even managed to get me on one once or twice! On walking into the playground, the first thing I spotted was the nature play and messy play items. To the left, we found balancing Read more…
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The Perry Lakes Reserve is a 200 acre nature reserve found on the eastern edge of the larger Bold Park reserve in Floreat. There are two playgrounds here, set amongst beautiful trees, large grassed areas and two lakes. The older playground on the western side of the reserve is shaded by trees, it also has the extra sun protection of shade sails throughout. A lot of the traditional metal play equipment is accessible for people in wheelchairs and less able bodied people, as there are ramps throughout the main structure and also a disability swing. There are two large metal Read more…
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Tucked away in the heart of Gosnells, amongst 22 hectares of wetlands at Mary Carroll Park, you’ll find the brand new all-abilities playground. This new gem blends nature and learning, offering kids a fun and educational space to connect with the outdoors. Street parking and a small car park are available along Eudoria Street in Gosnells. The playground is fully fenced (a must if you have an escape artist like I do) with 2 entry/exit gates at either end. Toilets are located next to the carpark just outside of the fence, a good idea to make sure everyone goes before Read more…
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Located on the beautiful South Perth foreshore is Hurlingham Rd Park a playground designed for able bodied and less able bodied children. The main play structure can be accessed by a wheelchair ramp. This area is sand based and covered by shade sails in summer. This play structure can also be accessed by different steps, ladders and climbing walls, depending on the ability of your child. There are two slides. One is a standard straight slide, the other is a slightly curved enclosed slide. The play structure has plenty more of room for little ones to play underneath and has Read more…
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Kwinana Adventure Park is TOTALLY AMAZING! It is as if someone handed them a wish list of what the ultimate playground should be and Kwinana Council have gone ahead and created it. Not only that – they exceeded all expectations! Kwinana Adventure Park is larger than Donnybrook Apple Fun Park, has more water play than Hyde Park, features amazing nature play like Naturescape Kings Park and is accessible to all ages and abilities like Yokine Play Space. Costing $5.2 million to create, the Kwinana Adventure Park features an enormous 11,000 square metres of play space under a large canopy of Read more…
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Kadidjiny Park, Melville Kadidjiny Park, also known as The Dr Seuss playground, is located in the suburb of Melville. With sensory elements, swings and slides, a picnic area and more, this park has something for the whole family. The playground is very different to your traditional playground. There are no multi-purpose climbing frames. Instead there is more of a focus on ‘nature play’. What makes Kadidjiny Park so different are the hill mounds that make up the play area and make you feel as though you are in Teletubby land! My Miss 8 enjoyed running up and down these, Read more…
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Mandurah’s newest playground, Koolaanga Waabiny, is nothing short of EPIC! Koolaanga Waabiny Playground is the latest addition to the redevelopment of Mandurah’s Western Foreshore, which also includes the construction of the Mandurah Skate Park which opened in 2020, a new toilet block facility and the meeting place artwork which were both completed in 2021. The name is pronounced kool-lung-ga waa-bin, and translates to children playing (Waabiny) and also refers to the local Swamp Sheoak trees (Koolaanga). The main feature is the Swamp Sheoak tree inspired 12m high climbing tower, which also features a 3-meter-long fully accessible ramp, speaking tubes from Read more…
