DINOSAUR PARK PLAYGROUND AT TRUGANINA

The Dinosaur Park in Truganina, VIC is a fun attraction for local kids. Set within Stockland’s Grandview residential estate, it provides a place for children and adults in the local community to meet, interact, play and relax.

As well as inspiring young minds to engage in active outdoor play, the prehistoric theming acts as a tribute to an ancient dormant volcano in nearby Mt Atkinson Reserve.

Climbable dinosaur sculptures for exciting prehistoric play

A giant dinosaur head – the ferocious T-Rex – guards the entrance to the dinosaur park. Children can climb on the head (avoiding those fierce teeth!) or go up nearby ladders to get to the play slides. The dinosaur head is reinforced with a steel substructure, making it more than strong enough to cope with young dinosaur-hunting explorers or budding palaeontologists.

At the bottom of the slides, the landing pads are shaped like giant dinosaur feet. There’s a fossil dig, dinosaur tail bones to walk on, and various prehistoric-themed play items like swings and seesaws. Children love seeing the dinosaur eggs with a baby dinosaur hatching.

The dinosaur park is in a natural setting within the residential estate. The play equipment has safe, soft-fall surrounds and the landscaping includes shaded areas and picnic tables.

Safe, strong playground sculptures

The dinosaur park sculptures were designed and built for children to climb on, encouraging active play. Natureworks has extensive experience designing sculptures for playgrounds and public spaces, so we know what gets kids excited! Natureworks also know how to make climbable sculptures that are safe, strong, long lasting and fit for purpose.

Contoured insets on the giant dinosaur head sculpture allow for safe climbing, with no sharp points or crevices to trap little hands. To cope with lots of curious children climbing on it, the giant dinosaur head sculpture was reinforced with an internal steel frame.

Seeing the baby T-Rex bursting from a dinosaur egg delights young visitors to the Dinosaur Park. Although made specially for the purpose, the sculpture is now available as part of Natureworks prehistoric collection, as are hundreds of other dinosaur, egg and fossil sculptures. The Dinosaur Park also includes a fossil dig, which is a creative way for children to play and learn.

Stockland produced the following video to show what the residents of Grandview Estate in Truganina think about the dinosaur park.

Project scope

For this project, Natureworks supplied the following:

• Giant climbable T-Rex Dinosaur Head
• Set of Dinosaur Eggs with baby dinosaur hatching
• Dinosaur bones designed for kids to walk on
• Dinosaur feet for the landing areas of two main slides

Delivery of all items to Truganina, Victoria

Project details

Client | Bild Group - Stockland

Project | Dinosaur Park for Grandview Estate

Date | 2020