Finally, a playground that offers a diverse range of play opportunities for everyone. Welcome to Caboolture Region Environmental Education Centre (CREEC) Adventure Park at Burpengary.
This location caters to all adventurers’ needs, offering various experiences. Two-storey towers and a vast nature play mountain await adventurous, boisterous climbers. Similarly, specifically designed spaces appeal to kids who prefer a quieter style of play. Inclusive play equipment allows children of all abilities to play alongside their peers. The space enables active, sensory, musical, imaginative and social play for visitors, ensuring there’s something for everyone to enjoy.
CREEC Playground
This fully fenced playground, designed with engagement in mind, has so much to offer.
The latest addition to the playground is a nature-inspired sandstone and rubber soft fall mountain, offering a range of embankment play opportunities. Scurry up the bulky sandstone blocks or scale the large cargo net to reach the top. A macadamia nut hut awaits at the summit, offering views over the playground and surrounding area. Two lofty embankment slides return youngsters to the ground.
A wooden agility course offers a challenge that includes balancing and climbing activities, a swaying hammock for rest, and totem poles adorned with local flora and fauna to spark curiosity.
Concrete paths snake around the playground, providing a smooth surface for scooters, wheelchairs and prams.
In-ground trampolines, soft fall domes, a ride-on excavator, and a water play area invite children to play with all their senses.
The central flying fox equipment features two parallel runs for simultaneous flying. One run has a disk seat, while the other has a high-backed seat with a harness, which may suit children who cannot use a regular flying fox.
Next, step into the designated music area and immerse yourself in the delightful sounds. Musical instruments, including a xylophone, resonant tubular bells, and inviting inclined drums, are thoughtfully spaced apart, setting the stage for multiple people to play together.
A large carousel has a seat and room for two wheelchairs for those who love to spin. A tiny hut provides a quiet place to hide. A kiddie conveyor gives a bumpy ride. Swings, including an infant swing and a large plastic nest, are provided for those who love to swish and sway.
A substantial multi-level fort includes several towers with a diverse range of play elements. The smallest tower can be accessed via a mini climbing wall or a ramp with handrails. The ramp is wide enough for a wheelchair, with interactive panels lining the walls, making it an ideal space for toddlers learning to walk and play.
The additional towers, designed for older children, are interconnected and motivate kids to explore. They include climbing nets, bubble windows, a track ride for speed, a tunnel for crawling through, steep banister bars, and multiple slides for an easy descent.
Imagination Factor at CREEC
Explore a world of open-ended play opportunities in this space. Inspired by nature, the environment and play elements offer countless chances to delve into the natural world. Walk on stepping stones through the gardens, follow printed animal tracks along the paths, and discover sculptures of native animals.
Read the information in the park to learn about the carefully selected plants that serve as a food source or habitat for birds, insects, and reptiles. Feel the sand and bark underfoot and running water between inquisitive fingers.
The main multi-level playground invites kids to imagine they are entering a treehouse or castle and look out over the land below from atop one of the towers. They can then return to the ground before taking off on another adventure in a different area within the space.
Accessibility at CREEC
The community space is easily accessible, with smooth concrete paths suitable for wheelchairs and prams. The playground features rubber soft fall surfaces and some shaded areas.
The café and toilets, including an accessible toilet and change table, are located on flat ground outside the centre building.
At this location, there are many pieces of play equipment for all abilities, including a nest swing, flying fox seat with harness, wheelchair-accessible carousel, ramp access to part of the play fort, springy gravity rider with arm, foot, and backrests, musical elements, and interactive game panels.
Ample seating is located around the playground’s so parents and caregivers can keep a close eye on children while playing.
Other Areas to Explore at CREEC
Really make a day of you visit to CREEC and explore the Environment Educational Centre before heading off on a gentle bush walk.
The education centre is manned by friendly and knowledgable volunteers who are only too happy to discuss the environment that surrounds CREEC. The kids won’t even know they are learning as they utilise the many fun activities within the centre.
Free to access during opening hours, the centre has magnifying glasses, touch tables, a nocturnal room, books, puzzles, art and craft and plenty of other awesome activities to enjoy.
The walking tracks are set in both natural and man-made ecosystems and vary in length from 400m to 1.5km. The tracks are flat and made from crushed rock, making them wheelchair and pram friendly in fair weather, though at times can become muddy and have obstacles such as holes, uneven ground and puddles.
While you are walking take a moment to look around and see what you can discover – from weird fungus, pretty birds, bugs and maybe even a koala, you never know what you will find on your nature walk at CREEC.
CREEC Playground features
- Large, fully fenced playground
- Shade sails covering some elements
- Base of rubber soft fall, bark chips, and sand connected by concrete paths
- Two embankment slides
- Cargo net
- Soft fall mounds
- Two in-ground trampolines
- Ride-on excavator/sand digger
- Nature-base agility course
- Net hammock
- Swings – regular, infant, and nest swing
- Water play
- Embankment play mountain
- Flying foxes – one modified for children with additional needs
- Wheelchair accessible carousel
- Kiddie conveyor
- Large play fort
- Gravity rider
- Bouncy seesaw
- Wobbly bridge
- Toddler-sized climbing elements and slide
- Slides of varying sizes
- Play panels
- Musical instruments
- Sensory hut
- Accessible toilets with baby change facilities
- BBQs
- Sheltered picnic tables
- A large grassed area outside fenced playground
- Small cafe onsite (check website for opening hours)
- Environmental Education Centre (adjacent to playgrounds)
- Walking tracks
- Off-street parking (including bus parking)
A small onsite cafe (Warba Warba) serves coffee and snacks. The cafe is staffed by Morayfield and District Lions Club volunteers and is open on select days. Check their website or Facebook page for up-to-date opening hours.
While You Are in the Area
If you are still looking for further play opportunities after you have visited CREEC, we suggest popping into the nearby Symphony Crescent Park. With a ninja warrior type obstacle course, plenty of green space and a small traffic track, there is plenty of fun to be had.
About 15 minutes north you will find the brilliant Lightwood Parklands. Built in 2023, this play space has a cool ‘Parkitect’ pump track, basketball half court, sporting field, and a larege ocean themed playground. The perfect destination for all-ages.
What We Thought of CREEC All Abilities Playground
We love the diversity of play opportunities at this location and think CREEC Adventure Park is a gem of a play space that enables everyone to play together for hours. It is also suitable for family outings, play dates and small celebrations. It is also a valuable spot to know about for play breaks on long journeys between Brisbane and the Sunshine Coast.
How to Get to CREEC
The Caboolture Region Environment Education Centre is located at 150 Rowley Road, Burpengary.
Rowley Road, Burpengary, Queensland, Australia
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