Enter Grant Marine Park at Grant Street and Marine Parade. The northern approach is close to the Bush to Beach information board.
The playground sits on the lower lawn near Marine Parade, with swings, a slide and climbing fort aimed mainly at younger children. On the upper grass there's more room to run around, kick a ball or use the basketball hoop and small cricket practice area with its back net. The park also includes seating and a drinking fountain. The upper section is a designated off-lead dog area.
Don't miss the quieter side of the park. Cottesloe Coastcare began restoring the badly degraded native dune here in 2003, removing masses of weeds, closing informal tracks and replanting local coastal species. Follow the small trail through the vegetation to the lookout and you'll see how dramatically it has recovered - the dense planting now provides habitat for birds, insects, lizards and bobtails. Coastcare has even re-established Sweet Quandongs here, a native tree with edible red fruit that had become so rare locally that only one small patch was known to remain in Cottesloe.
Ron Gomboc's Relationship: Together Series is the sculpture within the park, while the beach is just across Marine Parade. Getting here without a car is easy: walk straight down Grant Street from Grant Street Station or catch the Transperth Route 102 bus, which stops on Marine Parade at Grant Street. There is also a small car park, but it can fill early on warm beach days. There are no public toilets here - the closest are at North Cottesloe Beach.
Town of Cottesloe - Grant Marine Park
Cottesloe Coastcare - Grant Marine Park
