‘Junk parts’ playground gives kids alternative ways to play amid crates and concrete tunnels

It might look like junk, but for these children, it’s an outdoor rumpus room teeming with endless possibilities for play. Loose parts litter the grassy playspace – bread crates, oil drums, concrete tunnels, old tyres and ropes. The “play sanctuary” was established two years ago through a partnership with the Australian Institute of Play for a primary school.