Actually is surrounded by Cliff Avenue, Jane Street and Norseman Street. This is so close to a 5…read morestar but is a little outdated to get 5 stars. With a few upgrades, mainly for younger children, it could get there. It's a massive space with netball court, tennis court, soccer field with goals PLUS playgrounds, bike paths and a skate park. The skate park is pretty goos and a little bigger than some others around. It has a better run off area and lots more space for people to watch. Plus a rail and half pipes and the usual skating stuff. Could be used by skaters, riders, boarders and bladers alike. There was a small playground but it would only keep my child occupied for about 5 minutes. There were also a few chairs around the place, some shade and a drinking fountain. There is a proper big old brick toilet block on one side of the park which was fine to use. Take a few balls and your portable BBQ and you could have a really nice day out here. Plenty of parking close by. But I would expect it would be really busy during sport seasons.

Basically this is signed as Noarlunga Receration Ground and Noarlunga Oval. Apparently it's the…read morehome to the Shoes!?!?!?!?! I really don't do football so I wouldn't know much about that. What I do know is that it is out of the way a little, as long as there is no football on at the time there is heaps of parking, plenty of shade, some great fishing over the back of the carpark behind the oval (be careful off the major drop off though, not a place to lose your kids!). There are fully functional toilet facilities, a very small playground at the rear of the oval over by the clubrooms plus a great little fully fenced playground at the front near the Noarlunga Netball & Tennis Club and right by the toilets. The netball and tennis club is a nice newer looking area. It's great to see so many varied activities in the one spot.

First of all, please excuse the distant photograph of the playground. There were children playing…read moreon it and I don't like to take photos too close in those situations. I'm really glad there were children on it actually, it would be a shame to see a place like this empty on a beautiful Saturday afternoon. The locals really would use this area well. There's a BBQ, a couple of shaded table/chair combos and a compact yet engaging playground. Can you believe that I forgot to check out the drinking fountain situation????? I must have had a moment of bliss watching the families making the most of this pretty play space. Children were on the playground. Parents and children were kicking footballs. Another child was riding around on his bike. Yay for great playgrounds and double yay for people using them! I didn't see a sign, but I imagine this could be a *No dogs within 10 meters of the play equipment* park

This is quite a good set up. There's a decent playground, plus BBQs, plus sheltered table/chairs,…read moreplus a drinking fountain (unheard of for Mitcham Council!), plus table/chairs in the open under the trees, plus toilets, plus a skate park! And yet, I haven't given it a five star review? Other five star review playgrounds have had more equipment, and this one is just a little lacking, but still good. Some shade sails over the equipment would have definitely got it five stars. Great place! *Dogs allowed (on leash)*

Karinya Reserve is tucked behind shady trees amidst a greenery haven. Nestled along Shepherds Hill…read moreRoad, this is a fantastic and large playground for the whole family! You'll find your usual suspects here, swings, slides, a little action tower with a pirate telescope and large roller Tic Tac Toe game. They are only better though, with long slides to glide down and lots of climbing bars for the kids to have hours of fun. Large area to kick a ball or chase the kids. My favourite bit is there is a short bushwalk trail within the playground compund, take the kids and spot termites and ants hills, and look out for chirping birds. This is a perfect place to host your child's birthday party as there is an electric barbeque facility, a shade seating area and plenty of benches. Parking is plentiful, so no worries there! Next to the playground is a skateboard ramp and a soccer field. Put this one in your 'Favourite Playgrounds' folder.

This is an alright playground. Better than others in the area. Probably because it shares the same…read morepiece of land as the Christie Downs Community Centre. It's also right near the Christie Downs Train Station so is an easy way to kill a little time if you have to wait for a train or to let the kids have a run around when you get off one It has a huge grassed area where you can play pretty much anything. There's a couple of gazebo area's and plenty of trees around the outer of the park for shade. There is an area where kids can play soccer or hockey with a goal there. Behind it there is an area for skateboards with a quite small and basic skateboarding "run" with some drops and slide spots. The playground equipment is not a lot but it is newer stuff and is a little different to most playgrounds. There is still a slide, there's a merry go round type thing and some balancing type equipment and a massive climbing structure that looks like a huge spider web. Kids seem to be able to climb over it for hours. So a good mix of activities for older and younger children at this one. Plus dogs are allowed AND they even have a doggy bag stand so people can keep it clean. There's plenty of parking nearby as well.

You may have previously known this as Noarlunga Oval but it was renamed in 2005 to honour former…read morepanther and successful property developer Alan Hickinbotham. However I wouldn't mind betting there was a big cash influx at the samt time as the place went through a big revamp and they also got brand new lighting on the oval for night games or training. It is the home to the Panthers!!!! aka South Adelaide Football Club. I'm not really a football person but know plenty who would use it for this purpose. I would prefer to go here for a nice meal or a great family event which are often held here. Once we went to a Circus here in the school holidays and off football season. Recently they held a Xmas Carols event with fireworks at it's conclusion for a very minimal cost. They seem to a place that gives back to the community sometimes as well. Plenty of car parking available (although probably not on game days). The oval has the capacity to fit around 12,000 people. The restaurant / bar / gaming area is known as Jimmy Deane's. They are open from 12 noon to 2:30pm for lunch and 5:30 to 8:30pm for dinner 7 days a week. They have a full function restaurant, TAB and Keno facilities, a pool table and a full bar. The gaming area has 40 poker machines and special promotions at different times on different days. Check their web site for details. The gaming area is open 7 days a week from 8am to 2am. They also have function rooms available and do weddings, 18th's, 21st's, formals, graduations, corporate packages, seminars, conferences, engagements, anniversaries, in fact they can cater for any special event at all. Check out the photo's on their website, it looks georgeous all done up. Great views too. They even do kids birthday parties and have meat raffles. Check out the website as they have some great functions and events at both places that may or may not be football related. But will always be lots of fun.

Run! Run while you can!! Ok, maybe I'm exaggerating a little but at least there IS room at this…read moreplayground to run. The playground is mediocre although it certainly isn't the worst I've seen in this suburb but there is absolutely NOTHING else; no drinking fountain, no shade, no shelter, no toilets. I guess that makes this space a good footy/soccer space?? The playground areas are bark chipped and the playground equipment is mostly metal, chains and wood. *Dogs allowed* *No drinking fountain* *No shade* *Bench seat in the sun*

It's not great coz there aren't toilet or water or even shade but it is better than the next…read moreclosest one and it does have heaps of room to play anything at all that requires lots of space. The playground is a little more inventive than just swings and a slide too. The grass is really dead which is surprising when it was nice in winter and I have seen sprinklers on here before. But I would suggest leaving shoes on at all times as there are quite a few prickles. It's not fantastic but it is close to our home and easy walking distance, which is sometimes all you are looking for. But unless you take some other things, like balls or frisbees, the playground itself won't keep them busy for more than about half an hours max.

I know the photo is not all that helpful in this instance....I don't like taken photos when there…read moreare children playing on the equipment for obvious reasons. This little playground has quite a set up. It's right next to a few tennis courts so it could be a case of 'fun for the whole family' depending on the ages of your children and if you were happy for them to play relatively unsupervised. It's quite a nice area, nestled In between the trees but the actual playground itself doesn't look like it would get too much shade. This is one place that could be a 'family fitness' day out :-) *Usually for areas so close to tennis courts there's a 'no dogs' rule* *No immediate drinking fountain but there could be something ties in with the tennis courts area*