Park Review: The Frankston Pier Playground

The Award-winning Foreshore playground where castles stand tall, tunnels capture the imagination and shaded sand pits provide hours of fun is for children of all ages.

Large playground based on the theme of sand-castles emerging from, and collapsing into the beach - although the round structures with pointed roofs reminded me of a Dogon village in Mali.

Playground is fenced off and includes separate toddler, junior and senior level play equipment. Includes a large tunnel slide, two other wave slides, lots of ramps and walkways, chain ladders, few large chain bridges, large sandpit, flying foxes, monkey bars, large wooden bow of boat, horizontal bars and lots of swings. Many areas are under sail cloth. Liberty swing. BBQs and tables but a lot of the seating is not in the shade. It is so spread out that we had trouble keeping an eye on the children. 2 adults and 2 kids = just manageable but 1 adult and 2 kids = trouble. Parking was a bit of a nightmare on the weekend.