Residents of Holland Park are so lucky to have Glindemann Park at their door step. People talk…read moreabout increasing house value by adding a swimming pool or being close to public transport. If you ask me, the houses off Lawn Street should be worth a fortune by having this field of gold at their door. Glindemann Park has 2 main play areas- up the hill is for the younger kid. It is mostly a shaded fort structure. Older kids need to manoeuvre down a tricky gully to get to the lower area which has a climbing web, swings and slides. There's also a third area a little distance away with a basketball half court and a small skateboarding square. There are a few picnic tables and BBQs but not heaps. I haven't come down on the weekends but I imagine it would be a really popular family picnic destination. The only problem I foresee is that this park is not fenced. This is a particular issue as the toddler area backs onto a fairly busy road. Mums and dads - have fun but keep an eye on roving, young children.

Got a chance to see the Belle Lume Sculpture and just wow! So very aesthetically pleasing to the…read moreeyes. Very sturdy and beautiful!

From the owner: Over the last 40 years the staff of Natureworks has produced the masters for most of the "high…read morequality" fibreglass life-size animal art currently being sold on the world market. Natureworks has been sculpting moulding and casting life-size wildlife for almost 40 years. The collection of moulds of sculptural features now numbers over 2000 different individual pieces. Casts can be made in a variety of materials from Fibreglass, Glass Reinforced Cement (GFRC), Hard-Coated Urethane Foam and Cold Cast Bronze. New pieces are being created all the time. They can be adapted for domestic use, playground or zoological standard and are designed, reinforced & finished to varying standards as appropriate to its use.

What is there for two recent university graduates do on a Tuesday afternoon other than chill out in…read morePerrin Park and play in the playground? Perrin Park is quite beautiful with is expansive grassy areas, footpaths, fenced area to unleash your dog, plenty of parking spaces, clean toilets, fresh play equipment (some of which is still under construction since the recent flooding), and plenty of trees and shade to rest under. Tucked away in Toowong, this park offers a place to escape. The park is deceptively big with different sections split in the middle by a little creek. There are also some quite fun bike-things to play on. And the best bonus of all is that when I visited it today, there was a mama and a papa duck and 5 little ducklings (one for each star I give this park).

This is the sort of park I wish existed when I was a kid. As it is, I love it as an adult. Why?…read moreBecause finally they've put mini-roller-coasters in parks! Well, not exactly a roller-coaster - but as close enough as we'll get for free in a public park. What is described in elegant fashion by the Totaltravel website as "a pedal powered carson on a circular track" is like a giant toy train on a wheeled closed circuit. Unlike most trains, but similar to vehicular locomotion in The Flintstones, your feet are used to power the train. As fast as you peddle you can't break the kiddie-safe speed, but it's still awesome to ride, like you're a toy human in some giant's train set. I'm not the only immature one, either. The first time I glimpsed the roller-coaster addition to the park and yelled for the driver to stop the car, my companions (in their 20s and 30s) also got out and jumped on. That meant a few of us were late to uni classes. Totally worth it. There's old-school swings (read: new, but not awesome like a giant train) in the playground and there's also a rebound wall and off-leash park for dogs. *This biased review has been brought to you by the creator of the We Should Replace Public Transport With Roller-Coasters Facebook Group.

You know what I love about my memories here, the fact that when I first drove up this mountain to…read morethe lookout with a friend, he said to me, 'remember the blair witch project? This drive is going to be just like that'. Oh secret yay! Okay. Freaked me out? Yes. Similarities? Totally! This place seems crappy to drive up (compared to the spectacular views driving up Mt Cootha), but once you get up there, the view is very very pretty. Pretty awesome. You can even look across and see the other of the 2 lookouts in Brisbane. There have been stabbings up here late at night to early in the mornings (time yet to be determined) but if you ignore that, the people who shout (usually the young ones) the people trying to get it on (don't know why) and the hustle and bustle of a secluded hilltop, the view is breathtaking. It's not as popular which means, not so many people as well, always able to find a park, most of the time. There is a good riding path for intermediate to advance riders and it will definetely be a workout walking up here, why would you? If you're into views and mountains, check it out.

I remember driving up to Mt Gravatt Lookout about ten years ago prepared to admire the scenic city…read moreviews but scurrying away after some drunk bogans in a couple of utes shouted derogatory comments. It was so disappointing that the lookout was an abandoned cesspit inhabited only by derros at night. How times have changed. These days Mt Gravatt Lookout is a busy cycling track in the mornings. The 2km ascent is a decent work out for most experienced riders and not insurmountable for beginners. The entrance to the reserve starts at the end of Shire Road which turns off Logan Road. While there are some safe walking tracks along the reserve, it is unsuitable for runners. Furthermore the roads, which are narrow and winding, are shared by cyclists and cars. Be sure to pack a picnic basket if you want to take your time and bask in the panoramic views of the Brisbane CBD, Mt Coother and even the Glass House Mountains (on a clear day). If you don't feel like BYO, at the top of Mt Gravatt Lookout is a wonderful restaurant called Echidna Magic. I didn't get the chance to try it on my last visit but it's definitely on my list of restaurants to try. The view from this restaurant is amazing and it looks family friendly with an attached playground and the native education gardens. I'll be sure to write another review once I've experienced the Echidna Magic but so far Mount Gravatt Lookout is a five out of five.

Paradise Park is (until now, maybe ;) one of Brisbane's best kept secrets. It has a lot to offer: a…read morebasketball half court, a community herb garden, barbecue facilities, a children's playground and the piece de resistance -- a clay cob oven which you can cook pizza in! Last year I made some pizza bases and sauce from scratch and took them, some toppings and some friends down to our little slice of Paradise for some, well, slices of wood-fired paradise. It was a bit of a learning experience. Turns out that to get the best cooking effect you probably want to get there a few hours early so you can get some coals going. Also, a word to the wise, don't use baking paper on your cooking tray or it will stick to the pizza bases during cooking. It can also be hard to get the cooked pizza from the tray, so ideally you want a good metal sliding implement to extract your bounty. A pizza cooking stone would probably hep too. In the end though we enjoyed our pizzas (and easier to extract calzones) immensely and had a really fun time. There was a weird moment about halfway through our little party that we realised that there was a lone figure sitting in the children's playground, nearly motionless (we'd thought it was a trick of the light earlier). Weird. Good pizza though!

Well gee Oliver, I guess if you're going to review this little well kept secret I may as well do it…read moretoo :) Don't hate us locals! We're just trying to share the love! I bback everything Oliver says and more, the vibe of this park is truly lovely, it's like a gentle little patch of a more innocent, peaceful time just waiting to soothe your cares away. I've never tried cooking my own pizza's there, but I'm damn tempted to now - although heating requirement is duly noted.

Great kids playground, awesome facilities at a good price. Yes you do need to supervise your kids…read morebut isn't that every parents responsibility? Only problem is the prices have just gone up!

This is a huge park! Its very clean and has also some party rooms for birtdays…read more They are very clever on how they charge: the entry for kids includes a little snack plus a juice and the adults entry is just 3,50 but includes a coffee or other drinks. Being built in a huge warehouse, they still have lots of spaces to fill and few areas look half done, but they are doing good. They just started bringing music, art and sports classes as an extra which I think is fantastic.