Get ready for some ice cream filled fun! The gates to the new accessible playground on Largs foreshore will be open from 1pm this Friday the 28 June 2024!

We worked with students and teachers from Adelaide West Special Education Centre in February 2023 to understand what play elements students most enjoyed and what supporting infrastructure made it possible for them and their families to visit local playgrounds. These ideas and preferences were built into the draft Concept Plan for Largs Bay Playground.

The idea for the ice cream theme was suggested by Ben from Birdseye who was inspired by the feedback and ideas from students and the proximity of the playground to the Largs Bay Kiosk.

The draft design was shared with primary school students from Largs Bay School in April 2023, who voted on the play equipment within the design they liked the most and shared their overall feedback about the ice cream theme and planned upgrades.

Local business Iguana Creative worked alongside council staff on the construction and bringing these unique creations to life. Dirtworks helped us build many of the creative play elements and SCA did a brilliant job of bringing the colourful rubber softfall creations to life. There were plenty of challenges along the way, but we got there!

The new playground includes:

• A climbable soft serve ice cream cup with slide
• Inclusive mound slide
• Accessible trampolines
• Climbing tower with large tunnel slide
• Two swing sets
• Cherry sculptures
• Communication boards
• Ice cream scoop feature
• Banana split themed accessible seesaw
• Accessible carousel
• Shade
• Seating