Well this is some crazy Beyond Thunderdome stuff right here. The centrepiece of Calamvale District Park is a 7.5 metre high steel-and-rope structure known as the Sky Walk. Four enclosed 'cabins' are joined by fully enclosed net bridges. You have to ascend the tube ladder to get up there, or else clamber up a scramble net. At the end of the four bridges is a gleaming 11-metre long slide that offers an exhilarating ride back to earth. The whole thing looks like the lookout tower of a post-apocalyptic fortress and the views from up top are something else.
The park occupies a large melaleuca grove backing onto a newish housing estate and is a focal point for the local diverse communities – Islander, Tanzanian and Indian groups were all making use of the large barbecue cabanas on the scorching hot morning Time Out visited. The Sky Walk is not the only kid magnet here. A twisting Möbius strip festooned with rock climbing footholds presents hours of fun, and there's also a spinning flat disk resembling a vinyl record player, and pentagon swings. And what destination playground is complete these days without a flying fox? The double zipline here is at least 50m in length, the longest we've ever seen in a public playground. Wheeee!
Amenities include a thoughtfully designed toilet block, boardwalks over a small wetland, a off-leash dog area and plenty of paths to scooter along. Colourful attractions for littler kids include a green play station for making musical sounds and a friendly dinosaur.
