Play Australia Congratulates

the Kidsafe National Playspace Design Award Winners for 2025.

Join us on 30 July at 1pm !

Play Australia member, Kidsafe Australia, has announced the return of their National Playspace Design Awards in 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. It was wonderful to see Play Australia Life member, Fiona Robbe and her team recognised in categories!

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

On Wednesday 30 July 2025 at 1pm, Play Australia will host an online presentation by Kidsafe and award winners to showcase the award-winning play spaces. To register go to

         https://www.playaustralia.org.au/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=541

For more information about the Kidsafe National Playspace Design Awards contact Kidsafe NSW by email at schn-kidsafe@health.nsw.gov.au or 02 9845 0899

For information about your local Kidsafe Office contact:

NSW: Kim Cooke – M: 0447 636 818

WA: Scott Phillips – M: 0400 828 011