Brisbane’s fairytale playgrounds are not just spaces to play; for little kids they are like portals to a realm where imagination takes flight and childhood dreams come to life. From magical castles to mystical glades, toadstools and hidden fairy doors – each of the fairytale-themed playgrounds listed below will provide hours of play fun for your Brisbane kid – with a sprinkle of magic too!
Fairy Playground Features: Magical Forest
Other Playground Features:
- Climbing equipment galore!
- Rope nets
- Balance beams
- Cliff climbers
- Tunnels
- Ledges to climb and balance upon
- Tunnel slide
- Toddler’s wide slide
- Play base of rubber soft fall and bark
- Hand rings
- Unfenced playground
- Scooter track
- Covered and uncovered picnic tables
- BBQs
- Accessible toilets
- Concreted walking paths
- Basketball half-court
- Grassy areas
- Fenced dog park
- Car park and street parking
Address: Batten Street in Kedron
Garth Webb Park Playground, Camp Hill
Garth Webb Park – Photo Credit: Playscape Creations
The newly renovated Garth Webb Park Playground features all the usual play equipment children love to explore with a distinct fairytale theme running throughout.
A beautifully hand-carved fairy door is one of its central features, as are the delightful fairy stools. Each stool is inlaid with a beautiful resin fairy scene. To encourage discovery through the space, several hide and seek Animal-themed medallions have been concealed throughout the play items as well.
Fairy Playground Features: Hand-carved fairy doors and stools with fairy scenes.
Other Playground Features:
- Climbing towers
- Slide
- Sensory panels
- Bark Base
- Fairy doors
- Stools
- Swing
- Seesaw
- Animal-themed medallions
- BBQs
- On-street parking
- Unfenced
- No toilets
Address: 127 Kennington Road, Camp Hill
Hidden World Playground, Fitzgibbon
The Hidden World Playground in Fitzgibbon may reside on a relatively unremarkable suburban road, but that is where the “boring” ends. This northside playground, filled with bright and colourful play equipment that features giant caterpillars, half-buried dragons, and other mystical creatures, is the perfect environment for would-be fairies to play.
We also recommend checking out the manhole cover and the mystery surrounding this spectacular space- the truth is out there!
Fairy Playground Features: Fairy Castle-like fort, mystical creatures, gnome, buried dragon
Other Playground Features:
- Unfenced Playground
- Accessible toilets
- Sand-base (can get hot in the heat of the day)
- Multi-level wooden forts, swings (including standard, toddler and nest swing), slides
- Spinning bucket, 3-way springer, sway Fun (multi-user, all-inclusive glider)
- Wheelchair carousel, climbing structures, musical elements
- Sheltered picnic tables and BBQ facilities and rubbish bins
- Fenced dog off-leash park
- On and off-street parking
Address: Roghan Road, Fitzgibbon
Civosity Park
Not your usual playground set up, Civosity Park is an enchanting garden that offers plenty of nature and imaginative play opportunities for Brisbane kids. The play garden features a small creek, mini bridges, and plenty of enchanting decorations along the way, including giant mushrooms, fluttering butterflies and a playful platypus.
At night the garden transforms into an illuminated magical forest, lit by well-placed coloured fairy lights.
Fairy Playground Features: Fairy-lit garden with giant toadstools and characters to be found.
Other Playground Features:
- Partially fenced
- No toilets
- Shade from large trees
- Timber boardwalk with small bridges over a stream
- Artistic and sculptural elements
- Giant Connect 4 game
- Cubby house
- Fairy lights at night
- Street parking on Fletcher Parade
Address: 7 Fetcher Parade, Bardon
Enchanted Forest Playground, Ashgrove
The Enchanted Forest is a popular park for local families, boasting musical toadstools with slides, swings, climbing nets, and fort-style constructions.
This park gives kids the backdrop to any imaginative play world they would like to enter. There is the fairytale castle climbing fort and a witch’s store complete with the cauldron, spider webs, pumpkins and more – perfect for creating their own spells and potions. The magical toadstools and forested environment make this an ideal fairytale playground in Brisbane for birthday parties.
Like any tree dense playground in Brisbane, always bring some insect repellent.
Fairy Playground Features: Musical toadstools, enchanted forest, castle climbing fort, witches store.
Other Playground Features:
- Playground equipment for a variety of ages over a bark base
- Partly fenced playground
- Trees shade the playground throughout the day
- Swings – infant and regular, fort, skateplaza, percussion equipment, climbing net, see-saw, slides, musical mushrooms
- BBQs, shelters
- Toilets
- Carpark off Frasers Road
- Cafes and wonderful gluten-free treats are located nearby on Frasers Road
Address: Frasers Road in Ashgrove
Apex Park, Ormiston
Apex Park has so many wonderful features that will inspire a child’s imagination. The small Gumnut house area off to one side is perfect for little ones who want to pretend they live in a magical forest land of fairies and woodland creatures. With giant ladybugs and dragonfly slides complete with a wooden log seat and letterbox, these whimsical offerings are rare in a suburban playground like this. The park is covered by shade sails and features flying fox, sandpit, nature play space, bike pump track, multi-sport half court and so much more!
Fairy Playground Features: Small fairy house, gumnut house
Other Playground Features:
- Accessible toilet facilities
- Nature plau area, gumnut house and dragonfly slide.
- Multiple swing types
- Flying fox, spinners, sandpit, rope bridges and climbing course
- BBQs, Picnic shelters with tables
Address: 8-12 Starkey St, Wellington Point
Bray Farm Park Playground
- No toilets
- Multistorey playground fort with slides
- swings and climbing net
- Covered picnic table
- On street parking
Address: Riverbreeze Estate on Rivermint Street, Griffin
Please read our full review of Bray Farm Park
Funderwood Hollow
Fairy Playground Features: Fairy themed playground structure
Other Playground Features
- Toilets
- A unique Spielart adventure playground
- Additional play features in the wider Underwood Park
- Shady
- Playground shelters and BBQs
- Off street parking
- Off leash dog park
Address: Underwood Park is located on Underwood Road in Priestdale.
Kumbartcho Sanctuary & Fairytale Village
This beautiful community-managed forest reserve features a native nursery, an interactive walking trail, a delightful children’s playground, and a fairy garden. You can find this wonderful space at the end of one of the smaller walking trails that children adore here. With gnomes, fairy houses, fairy doors and even a tiny fairy letterbox for children to send a letter to the fairies, the Kumbartcho fairy garden and playground is overflowing with nature and imaginative play opportunities.
Fairy Playground Features: Fairy Garden
Other Playground Features:
- A bark-based playground, partly shaded by shade sails, features a slide, climbing net, swings, and a bouncy rocker.
- Large grassy area with a lot of trees providing shade with picnic tables. (More picnic tables are also on offer further within the sanctuary)
- Barbecues
- Walking paths
- Frog sanctuary
- Rivers, streams and lagoons
- Toilets
- Carpark
Address: 15 Bunya Pine Court, Eatons Hill
Play spaces that spark imaginative play in children is something that our team at Brisbane Kids love. If you are looking for more playgrounds that we think foster this you may also be interested in:
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