Dove Street Reserve Playground | Thebarton | Review

Dove Street Reserve Playground – a quiet, hidden playground that ticks all the boxes. Fully fenced, shaded, and with a great flying fox.

Review by Claire Davill

Hidden in the backstreets of Thebarton is this beautiful park. There’s a large area of shaded lawn, a rotunda picnic shelter, barbeques, drinking fountain, toilets and basketball ring, but the highlight is a feature-packed playground with plenty of shade and equipment.

The main equipment sits under a large shade sail and includes two slides, climbing nets, climbing walls, rope bridges and a fireman’s pole.

The adjacent flying fox is the big drawcard of this playground. There is a handy launch tower at one end to ensure a fast ride. Note that most kids will need help to pull the flying fox seat up to the tower after each ride.

There’s also a merry go round and springy seesaw in the centre of the playground. The merry go round spins easily, and doesn’t require a lot of effort to get moving.

At the other end of the playground is a large rope swing, and two regular swings, also under shade sails. There’s also a basket swing between the two shaded areas.

Just outside of the fenced playground are picnic tables and barbeques. The toilet block is located adjacent the playground, and there is a basketball hoop just outside the fence as well.

Things to Consider:

• The toilets and basketball hoop are not located within the fenced area, and are close to the road. The surrounding roads are quiet and there is very little traffic.
• The flying fox is not shaded, so sunscreen and hats are a must.
• There are no baby changing facilities in the toilets.

Our favourite nearby coffee spots/cafes:

Bloom Cafe is a short drive away (1km) on Winwood Street, Thebarton.

Location:

Corner of Dove Street and Dew Street, Thebarton.

For more information and all enquiries please visit the City of West Torrens website.

At Play & Go Adelaide we make every effort to provide accurate information to the best of our knowledge at the time of publication. We recommend confirming times, dates and details directly before making any plans as details may be subject to change.

As per all our Play & Go reviews, this is not a sponsored post and our review is done completely independently. All photos are by Play & Go.

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