Kidsafe National Playspace Design Awards Showcase

On Wednesday 30 July 2025, Play Australia will host an online presentation by Kidsafe and award winners to showcase these award-winning play spaces and hear more about their design and build.

 

Kidsafe Australia, has announced their  2025 National Playspace Design Awards 2025.

Since their last celebration of great places to play in 2020, many more playgrounds and play spaces have been created across Australia and Kidsafe uses these awards to publicly recognise excellence, innovation, inclusivity and most importantly community involvement. 

This year Kidsafe Australia acknowledged the importance of community engagement and their innovative approaches to embracing risky and challenging play whilst integrating the use of sustainable resources.

Congratulations to the following award recipients:

Category 1a: Preschool/Long Day Care

Winner: Fit Kidz Learning Centre, Box Hill, NSW

Designer: Urban Landscape Projects

2a: Infants and Primary Schools

Winner: Galston Public School Quiet Playground, NSW

Designer: Fiona Robbé Landscape Architects

Highly Commended: Hurstville Grove Public School, NSW

Designer: Outhouse Design

3a: Public Playspaces - up to $500K

Winner: Fagan Park Children’s Forest - Hornsby Shire Council, NSW

Designer: Fiona Robbé Landscape Architects

3b: Public Playspaces - $500K - $1M

Winner: Karlkula Bush Park, Hannans, WA

Designer: Nature Playgrounds

Leyster Meares Award goes to:

East Cottesloe Nature Trail – Town of Cottesloe, WA

Designer: Nature Based Play

 

 

When
July 30th, 2025 from  4:00 PM to  5:15 PM