WOW..through the eyes of a 9 year old boy!
Tom is 9 years old and he sat down with his dad to list all the things he wants in a park. Here is Tom's list.
Hi my name is Tom and I am 9 years old. My dad showed me this cool playground design, and said I could write here my favourite things for a giant playground.
In order starting with my MOST favourite things:
- Water squirting from the ground like a surprise and the mist area... like at Belmont where they have a mist volcano and water squirters
- Giant swings... not baby size. I like the drawing showing the the tall swing with the hills either side so if you jump off its not too far to the ground but you can still have a giant size swing
- Flying fox - make it loooong! The baby ones are boring
- Cubby houses - big and weird - the ones all different shapes with rope bridges and stuff joining them look awesome
- Long slides down slopes - with twists and turns but still fast
- Fossils to dig up sounds interesting, and other sand stuff like the the wet sand area for making sand sculptures
- Swing for more than 1 kid to sit on... the picture witht he round swing that a few kids can sit on looks cool
- Spin around seats like at Belmont playground where you just sit on them and they spin all by themselves
- A maze please - make it harder than the baby one at kings park!
- Rock climbing area with caves and big rocks - places that are awesome for hide and seek games are cool with lots of close hidey holes
- Make your own cubby area sounds fun
- A cafe for us to get drinks and icecreams and chips and smoothies
- Water fountains
- A big spider climbing net like at Kings Park
- Things that change each time... can you like on some weekends have a bouncy castle, or Eagles players visiting, or a band that plays kids music, or face painters
- a small skate/scooter/bike area on the side so we dont run over little kids
- dirt jumps for bikes
- basketball ring and handball court
Thats enough for my wish list!
To find out what his 3 year old sister says are her favourite things and to have your say. Click here to go to our Swan Regional Riverside Park forum and leave your comments.


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