Explore Adelaide’s Creeks
Kids are drawn to creeks. They love exploring this natural, wonderful play space – with or without water.
Winter, especially when we’ve had rain, is a wonderful opportunity to explore the creeks with running water. When we go camping, our kids can literally spend all day in a creek, collecting rocks and sticks, looking for tadpoles, playing games, jumping across stones, just having fun.
Well, in Adelaide you don’t have to go camping or even very far to find a creek. There are many parks and reserves with great creeks to explore. In winter, just pull on the gumboots, rug up in old clothes and head to your nearest creek. In summer, bathers are a must. Take along old towels and a change of clothing just in case.
Here are some places with creeks we know and love:
![Hazelwood Park Playground wombat waterhole](https://playandgo.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/wombat-waterhole17-300x300.jpg)
Hazelwood Park Playground | Wombat Waterhole | Upgrade Review
![](https://playandgo.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Hutchison-Reserve3-300x300.jpg)
Hutchinson Park Playground | Norwood
![](https://playandgo.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Challenge-Hill13-300x300.jpg)
Woody’s Challenge Hill Obstacle Course | Woodhouse Activity Centre | Review
![](https://playandgo.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Tusmore-Park-Wading-Pool-March-2022a-300x300.jpeg)
Tusmore Park | Free Wading Pool, Playground & Creek
![Deep Creek waterfall](https://playandgo.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Deep-Creek-waterfall5-300x300.jpg)
Deep Creek Waterfall | Bushwalking with Kids | Fleurieu Peninsula
![Burnside Adventure Park](https://playandgo.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Burnside-Adventure-Park-300x300.jpg)
Burnside Adventure Park Playground | Kensington Gardens Reserve | Review
![](https://playandgo.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/waterfall-gully-first-falls-Aug2020b-1-300x300.jpeg)
Waterfall Gully to Mount Lofty Summit Hike | Cleland Conservation Park Walking Trail
![](https://playandgo.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/mt-george6-300x225.jpg)
Bushwalking with Kids at Mount George Conservation Park | Adelaide Hills
![wilfred taylor playground](https://playandgo.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/wilfred-taylor-playground10-249x300.jpg)
Wilfred Taylor Reserve Nature Playspace | Morphett Vale | Review
![](https://playandgo.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Sturt-Gorge-Dam5-300x225.jpg)
Sturt Gorge Dam at Sturt Gorge Recreation Park | Flagstaff Hill | Review
![Brownhill Creek Recreation Park](https://playandgo.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Brownhill-Creek-Recreation-Park10-300x225.jpg)
Brownhill Creek Recreation Park | Mitcham | Review
![](https://playandgo.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Mitcham-Memorial-Library19-300x225.jpg)
Mitcham Memorial Library & Brownhill Creek | Hawthorn | Review
![lobethal bushland walk](https://playandgo.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Lobethal-Bushland11-300x200.jpg)
Bushwalking with Kids | Lobethal Bushland Park | Review
![](https://playandgo.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Alligator-Gorge14-300x200.jpg)
Bushwalking with Kids at Alligator Gorge | Mount Remarkable National Park
![Morialta playground eagles nest](https://playandgo.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/morialta-playground4-1-300x225.jpg)
Morialta Conservation Park Nature Playground
![](https://playandgo.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/bridgewater-playground-20-300x169.jpg)
Bridgewater Reserve Playground & Heysen Trail | Review
![](https://playandgo.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/hallett-cove-slade-cres-park3-225x300.jpg)
Linear Park Reserve (Waterfall Creek) | Nature Play Space | Hallett Cove | Review
![](https://playandgo.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Denis-Morrissey-Park2-001-300x300.jpg)
Denis Morrissey Park | Playground, Dog Park and a Creek to Explore
![](https://playandgo.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Waterfall-Gully1-003-300x300.jpg)
Exploring Waterfall Gully & Breakfast at Utopia Restaurant
Shepherds Hill Recreation Park
Ayliffes Road (cnr Main South Road) St Marys
South Parklands, Adelaide
Situated between Beaumont Road and Hutt Road, Adelaide (off Greenhill Road, near Victoria Park)
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What are the other parks you know around Adelaide which also have a creek?
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