Help us design the new playground
We're upgrading the Watson Park playground, located at 58 Munro Avenue, Ashburton.
Help us create a design for the new playground, based on your ideas. What do you love about the existing playground and want to keep? What could be improved?
You can share your ideas in one of 3 ways:
We’ll consider all feedback when developing a draft design to share with you in early-2026.
This stage of consultation closes at 5 pm on Wednesday 12 November 2025.
About the upgrade
We’re planning to upgrade the Watson Park playground to:
- improve accessibility
- offer new and different play opportunities
- better meet the needs of children and families, now and into the future.
We’ve prioritised this playground for an upgrade as the equipment is ageing and some posts in the main timber play structures are starting to rot.
About the existing playground
The current playground was built in 2005 and is much-loved for its variety of play options, including:
- two combination units with multiple slides, rope walkway, fireman poles and shop front underneath
- sandpit and excavator
- swings
- seesaw
- height measuring chart
- rock climbing wall
- turnover bars
- carousel.
This playground is classified as a district playground in our Playground Development Strategy. A playground’s category determines the budget, design focus and scope of the upgrade.
Read more about this on our Upgrading Boroondara’s playgrounds page.
The following will stay the same because they are still in good condition:
- barbeque
- shade structure
- sandpit
- digger
- height chart
- carousel.
The following items are out of scope for this upgrade:
- lighting
- fencing
- footpath upgrades.
Complete a short survey
Share you ideas or upload a drawing/photo
We encourage children to participate. They can share their ideas by drawing a picture using our colouring sheet or uploading their own drawing for everyone to see.
