North Shore Archives

  Wizzy World, what a cool name!  And who doesn’t love their kids whizzing around? Ah, the joy I have felt whilst sitting firmly on my bottom, drinking a coffee…

Just south of the millionaires’ playground of Palm Beach, around the lofty cliffs is Whale Beach. It’s a much smaller beach, nestled between two striking cliff faces and it has…

    Clifton Gardens Beach, Reserve + Playground Clifton Gardens is probably our family’s favourite Harbour beach… right up there with Balmoral Beach for us. The kids’ primary school Picnic…

  A playground by the beach, how lovely. This small but well equipped Balmoral Beach playground is in a fantastic area, just by the netted baths and very close to…

Wannabees is a play centre deluxe, with the added benefit of play leaders and fantastic dress ups and imaginative play spaces. The play centre has been set up like a…

It was the search for the ideal fully fenced playground that set me off researching Sydney’s best places. I had a really wild, hyper boy-child who was a serial bolter….

  MacCallum Pool, you are a true Sydney hidden gem…. but easy to get to both for Sydneysiders and for visitors to our Harbour City. The views over Sydney Harbour…

It’s always a wonderful thing to find a fantastic new playground.  It’s in a wonderful central location, great for meeting with friends who live all over Sydney. And just look…

Don’t you love it when you accidentally stumble upon a hidden treasure? Warners Park Playground is one, it’s tucked between Northbridge and Castlecrag and you might never, ever find it….

Quick, quick, hurry up. If we pack up now we can be there in 30 minutes! This cafe is in a lovely location, right by the beautiful Baths. There are scrumptious views…

Just a few photos and an update to this post on one of our favourite playgrounds on Sydney’s north shore.

Down in the depths of darkest Killarney Heights there is a great wee kid-friendly hub with cafes, handy shops, kids art and dance classes and a couple of good cafes….

Now here’s a wonderful spot which I’d have loved to have taken my children to when they were little, but never dared. Mine are a bit wild. They’d have been…