Selwyn Domain

Due to the wet and cold weather and the girls getting used to the new bugs in Auckland we haven’t got out to many parks yet, but at the weekend we made it out to Mission Bay.

After spending the morning in Kelly Tarlton’s we headed further round the coast to Selwyn domain. We spotted the playground and gave the kids a quick play before going for lunch.

There’s a good range of equipment at the playground, split into 4 areas. There’s the swings with a configuration that I’ve seen a couple of times now a couple of times in New Zealand. They have the swings in a circle so that they all swing into the middle and the kids can talk to each other but don’t touch.

There’s a sandpit and wet play area, which we have to fight to keep the kids out. Will be good in the summer but not in this weather for us. Even so there were some kids playing in there splashing around.

A younger kids climbing and slide area (in the foreground) and finally an older kids climbing and slide area (in the back ground). Both good for the kids even if the younger kids one could do with some simple steps to a slide.

Even in this weather you can see the playground was busy and with a good range of restaurants on the road behind it makes for a good morning out destination. Get the kids running around so they are good and hungry and then feed them. We went to the Attic Bar and I’ll be doing a write-up later. In the summer I can imagine that the large grass area would be good for picnics as well.