Logans Beach Nature-Based Playground and Picnic Area

Nature-based playground, Logans Beach Whale Nursery, nestled behind sand dunes, east of original carpark. Playground entrance would feature site-specific educational resource, life-size, realistic sculpture of whale calf by local artist. Accessible to all ages at any time, designed to encouraging parents to play with their children. To include amphitheatre, water play area, wet and dry sandpits, slides, swings, balance-beams and monkey-bars of various sizes and climbing frames; one a large log frame, loosely representing a mother whale in shape and size. Indigenous Bush-tucker plantings and equipment would echo surrounding environment, blending in and keeping within councils overlay for the area.

Provide a much-needed playground to the East of Hopkins River. Logans Beach is near residential areas, would also be used by the greater community and visitors, particularly in Whale Season, when many hundred of people visit the Viewing Platform each day. Having an all ages playground that was protected from the prevailing winds would mean whale watchers would be more likely to stay longer, making it a hotspot for gatherings and connections to be formed along with a greater chance of people spotting a whale the longer they stayed.
Research indicates nature-based playgrounds can positively influence children’s behaviour and development.