Water play sea creatures come to life at Broadwater Parklands
Natureworks manufactured and installed a series of true to life local sea creatures with spurt and spray features. They now dot the shallow rapids water park at the Broadwater Parklands on the Gold Coast.
Collectively the sea life characters provide a functional, sturdy and attractive playground for thousands of children to adore and engage in nature-based water play all year round.
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Animals at the water playground
The playground items installed include:
- The oversized mud crab stands centre stage for older children to climb upon and play with the streaming water jets spraying upwards to the sky.
- The highly detailed finish of the loggerhead turtle is a popular sit-upon feature with a 6-metre spray jet extending from its mouth.
- The cute finely dressed fur seal pup whose whiskers have become whisker-jets is a popular sit-upon character that adds fun and warmth to the site.
- The spotted eagle ray showcases its detailed and unique skin pattern adding a touch of class and natural sea-life wonder.
- The brightly coloured octopus reveals its true-to-life underside suction cups, adding texture and depth to this finely detailed sculpture.
- The dusky flathead is a life cast off a very large flathead that every fisherman dreams of catching! It is nestled in the shade near the edge of the pool.
Nature-based play sculptures
These nature-based playground items showcase only a few pieces of Natureworks’ extensive library of highly detailed animal replicas. All sculptures have been specifically adapted to meet the Australian Playground Standards with anti-slip finishes and integrally coloured in polyester gel-coats, to ensure the longevity of the finishes and allow safe play experiences.
If you want to create a stimulating, educational and vibrant public play space or water play park, we hope you are inspired by Naturework’s sculpture collection and project case studies.
Project details
| Client: | Broadwater City Council |
| Location: | Broadwater Parklands – Marine Parade, Southport QLD 4215 |
| Date: | 2016 |
| Target audience: | Local families with children, tourists |
| Related products: | Marine life sculptures, Water Play animals |
| Related catalogues: | Nautical water play, Nautical Theming, Child’s play |
| Similar projects: | Keppel Kraken Aquatic Playspace Yeppoon QLD, Water slide for public water play splash park, Marine themed playground at Straddie |
Water play and playground ideas
Are you looking to create a water park? Or perhaps you need some educational water play components for your childcare facility? Choose from a large range of nature-based play components ready to be delivered. We can also create custom internal water spouts for most of our wildlife animals. Just call or send an email and we will be happy to help get your project or tender underway.
With our incredible range of Safari Animals – water play, Amphibians – water slide and Giant Soldier Crab we can create a wide variety of natural habitats, playgrounds, and exhibits.
Please contact Natureworks to discuss custom projects.