Manjimup

We drove to Manjimup to shop at a non-IGA supermarket as the one in Pemberton was pretty small and didn't have all we needed. But the main reason for the trip to Manjimup was the Timber and Heritage Park. This is a very cool place to visit. The park is set up to showcase the timber heritage of the area. There are old trains and other equipment used in forestry and milling to explore. There is a small area of buildings set up that showcase a typical 1930s house and cottage garden, school and the old Manjimup Gaol. There are paths that weave their way through various parts of the site, and labelled trees identifying the different timber species.

But the best part of it (because it is possible to get history-d out) was the playground. Its best feature was the giant, and I mean giant, slide. It is a massive tunnel slide that you need to climb up 65 steps in a tower to get to. The tower goes a further 30 steps up to the top, to represent a fire lookout tower as there is an historical one nearby that has been closed to the public. The slide was AWESOME!!! It is the most fun I have had in ages in a playground. Even Rory went on it a couple of times, all by himself. He loved it until he got burnt on the bottom bit which was sitting in direct sun and getting very hot.

He crashed

View from the top

The other part of the playground I really liked was the play houses. These whimsical house fronts (and backs) contained a range of things for kids to climb up, over and through and then they could slide down again. There was something about their quirky design that really appealed to me and I'd love to build something like it at home.

There were other cool things for kid to play on too, like a bouncing things where you sat on bees, cute mice attached to colourfully painted poles, a log train to sit on, a flying fox and more.