Laurieton Play Space

Features

• A combination climb-and-slide play structure
• Double flying fox with accessible seat
• Five swings
• A pelican rocker
• In-ground trampolines
• Log obstacle course with climbing and balance elements and wobbly rope challenge
• Gum leaf cubby
• New landscaping, including sensory garden plants
• Musical chimes
• New footpaths
• Sheltered picnic area
• Informal sandstone seating
• Existing parking, toilet block, bubbler, shade trees and connection to Beach to Beach Pathway

History

Community engagement regarding a new play space for the Camden Haven dates back to December 2020, when Council, in partnership with the Camden Haven Chamber of Commerce, undertook an Enquiry by Design process to inform a Draft Laurieton Town Centre Master Plan. Further consultation on the draft master plan was conducted from November 2021 to March 2022.

The need for a new play space was also identified in Council’s Places to Play Plan (Play Spaces), which was on public exhibition in 2024, and adopted at the July 2025 Ordinary Council meeting.

A new play space was originally proposed for Laurie Street, Laurieton and placed on public exhibition in early 2025. Due to feedback regarding the historical and cultural significance of the site Council decided it would not be constructed at that location. A second public exhibition - ‘Let’s build a play space in Laurieton: Tell us where it belongs’ - was conducted in August-September 2025, with the majority of support for Short Street, Laurieton.