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Lorikeet Park in Worongary is a super cool parrot playground on top of the Skyridge hill. The Park is at Skyridge Boulevard, Worongary QLD 4213.
The big lorikeet is built from timber, with a blue head, a red beak and stripes of green, yellow, orange and red running down its body. A green slide runs off its back, and a smaller grey slide sits at ground level beside it. Under the bird there’s a tic-tac-toe panel, and my kid went down the little slide next to it in the photo. Wide shade sails cover most of this section.
There’s something here for every age
The park covers play for kids of every age. Babies have a ramp and small slides. There’s also a fixed-wheel rail for carrying wood chips, and in my photo a toddler is hanging off the chain beside the yellow gear wheels while a baby sits in the seat below. Two more slides are built into a grassy mound, which makes them easy to get on and off.
Older kids get climbing nets of different difficulty levels and treehouses. In the photos the nets run between timber towers with round porthole windows, and there’s a rope bridge up high. Looking out from the bridge, you can see the Gold Coast high-rises in the distance. There’s also a bird-cage dome with a real tree growing up through the middle, and my kid climbed around the inside of it.
All around there’s a ring of water pumps and a little creek. Kids take one look at them and won’t move on.
Make a day of it on the weekend
If you go on a weekend, you can drop in on their display homes as well. It’s a good summer activity for escaping the heat and killing time. There’s also a restaurant nearby that serves American-style pork ribs, Mike’s Kitchen, which is worth a try.
There’s enough shade, but summer is still hot. There are toilets on site.
What else is worth knowing
Skyridge’s developers commissioned KOMPAN to design the park as a landmark playground, because its hilltop position looks over the Gold Coast. The two centrepiece structures are the lorikeet and the Sky Walk towers, and KOMPAN lists the park as suited to ages one and up. The park also has a 180-step stair climb that rises over 30 metres, a 500-person amphitheatre, a water play area, BBQ areas and a fully fenced off-leash dog park, and the address is the corner of Skyridge Boulevard and Sandpiper Terrace. The playspace was nominated for a 2026 Parks and Leisure Australia award in the over-$1 million category, though a nomination isn’t a win.
Would we go back?
Yes, mostly for the creek and the rope bridge. If you’re planning the trip around a holiday, check the Queensland school holiday dates first, because a park this big still gets crowded when school is out.
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