Ada Park

And in the second , yes, that is Airforce One as seen from Ada Park.

Seriously, we could do this. Quietly. In a few weekends.

Hey Mountain Folk! You guys could totally do this. Go on! TYRE ME!

Cool! Get your free passport to the outdoors here:

Nature Play Queensland - Getting our kids outdoors Nature Play Qld exists to increase the time Queensland children spend in unstructured play outdoors and in nature.

Size doesn't matter - it's what you do with it that counts!

Pocket-sized parks make a big impact in Sydney's Erskineville Children’s playgrounds aren’t just for kids; they’re places for people to meet and for parents to share their trials and tribulations with one another. Ann Jones investigates the history of the playground and visits some of Australia’s smallest parks.

Love this grape vine inspired playspace in California. Imagine if I had one of these. Wine time at Ada Park - yes!

Three years to the day I was saved. Thanks for caring, folks!

I need a Spööökitetsparken!

Spööökitetsparken (Ghost Playground), Varberg Sweden, Monstrum, 2012 - Playscapes For your Halloween viewing, a playground worth a trick-or-treat! The haunted playground of Varberg, Sweden, features a spook house with a haunted hall painted with old portraits of Swedish kings and queens. Their eyes follow you. But if you find it a bit too scary you can take the slide to escape...

Oh yes! Park-Cycles!!

Time for an army of young recruits!

How the kids of Melbourne fought for their playgrounds In 1870 forty-two per cent of the population of Melbourne was under fourteen years old. Without playgrounds or organised sports they took to the streets, smashing trams and tearing down trees in public parks. Historian Simon Sleight charts this forgotten history of youth turmoil in a new book about…

Bring it!

Rough playground fun back in style - National - NZ Herald News Call it a rare victory for the anti-PC brigade - a more challenging type of playground is here to stay, despite one local body temporarily closing a slide last week after children

Breathtaking playscape by designer Svend Stovlbek. It's for the lucky kids of a small village in the far north of Norway and includes a small stock of of goats, sheep and chickens.

Did you know the current protests in Turkey are (in part) about plans to turn a park into a shopping centre? Take out the tear gas and it's pretty much the same thing as here in 2010.

Turkey protests spread after violence in Istanbul over park demolition Demonstrations against Erdogan government in several cities as riot officers use tear gas to control protesters in Istanbul

Lucky Calamvale kids.
The BCC mapping for our area shows that they consider our neighbourhood as satisfying the requirement for local play facilities due to the CAR PARK at the Botanic Gardens and the QUARRY (both considered district parks FFS) being within a 500m zone!

Calamvale District Park Playground | Must Do Brisbane The Calamvale District Park has the 'wow' factor, with the best equipment for older children that we've seen anywhere.

Slope? No excuses not to get fit, Cr Matic. Here's a different park BCC prepared earlier.

Oh Lame-O. Please someone send some pictures and clue to this website.

Ada Street Park Ada Street Park, Ada St, Toowong, Brisbane, QLD

Ooh please please someone do one for me!!
http://richmondsfblog.com/2013/03/29/mini-door-might-be-getting-a-giant-ego-with-all-this-media-coverage/

So the latest edition of BCC's 'Living in Brisbane' claims there are 1012 playgrounds in Brisbane. There are 191 suburbs in Brisbane, including Mt Coot-tha. So where are our 5.3 playgrounds?!

Thanks Folks! I would, but parks don't have opposable thumbs...

Park Tidy Meet Up - this Sunday 10am
Come along with your gloves for a short bootcamp session! Meet up in Ada Park 10am this Sunday - all welcome. We'll gather up all the fallen branches and stack kerbside to catch next week's storm debris green waste collection by BCC. The super-keen folks can continue on to the other local green spots too.

Now this is what Transh.. oops, Transcity should have done with at least one of the massive tallowwood trees they killed for their tunnel. See more at:
http://playgrounddesigns.blogspot.com.au/2012/12/chop-stick-visiondesign-indianapolis.html

Transcity’s ‘Legacy Way Urban Design Consultation’ is finishing this week. If you’ve already put together your submission: great work!!

It’s a very busy time of year they chose, so in case you haven’t had a chance, there’s a quick and easy way to have your say on proposed changes to your area. Consider it MCRG's christmas gift to the neighbourhood.

Check your letterbox tomorrow for the form and pre-addressed envelope (no stamp required). It’s been compiled from two years of feedback from local residents. If there’s anything you don’t agree with, just cross it out. Post by this Friday and Santa will be very good to you this year.

Need more forms or not in our letterboxing area? Easy, just download the form at:
http://cl.ly/LU5x
Print and post by this Friday 14th to:
Transcity JV
Reply Paid 711
TOOWONG DC
QLD 4066
…or copy the text and use it to email [email protected] by Friday

unique!

playscapes: The Playscapes of Bridget Beck, Minnesota USA

Enjoying still being Ada Park. Thanks Folks!

Thanks for visiting, Duck Family! Mum, dad and their EIGHT teenagers. Respect.

Ick. A Transcity worker urinated on me. D I S G U S T I N G. Legacy Way workers raised by wolves, you are ON NOTICE. If it happens again there will be video footage up here, not a diplomatic little cartoon.

My (tree lopping) surgery is in progress!

aahhhhh! Today is what you would call Mowing Day (I call it Shaving Day). Nice.

I'm still blushing from the young love action happening on me last weekend!

MCRG tells me that my dead tree has finally been reported to Council. Thank you, it's getting very itchy.

Kids on playstation overload? Try this!

oh yes please! Stacked stone gathering circle for me! Imagine the fun!

This handsome gent was our Ada's father-in-law. He was the property developer for the estate that is now Ada Park's neighbourhood. He named two streets here in honour of the marriage of his son Walter with our Ada.
Nice one, sir.

Get your tree on for National Tree Day tomorrow!!!

About National Tree Day - National Tree Day National Tree Day 2011 was held on Sunday 31st July, with Schools Tree Day taking place on the Friday 29th July. Thousands of Australians at 2900 sites dug deep to improve their natural surroundings. National Tree Day and Schools Tree Day provide all Australians with an opportunity to do something p...