I love what Mount Gambier has done with their old rail lands. It is amazing, in particular the nature playground they have created. Kids love it!
I love that they have retained most of the old buildings and incorporated the railway tracks into the landscaping design.
There are some wonderful sculptures throughout, my favourites are the stumpy tail lizard by Ant Martin, and the animals carved into the rocks amongst the man made creek. Sam Wass' limestone carvings, the frog and wombat are highlights too.
There's an onsite cafe, to keep the coffee lovers happy and the Wehl Street Homestyle bakery right next to the park with a shopping centre on the other side. I actually took the kids into the shopping centre, bought Wendys for lunch and they ate it in the rail lands.
Mount Gambier has some fantastic play areas for kids, this is one of our new favourites.
I wish our council would do something fabulous like this with our rail lands.
