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Cottesloe Nature Discovery Space at Vlamingh

Logs to balance on, rocks to climb, cubbies to build and a baby humpback whale hiding in the landscape - this isn't a conventional playground. The Cottesloe Nature Discovery Space was designed for children to explore, touch, make and imagine within the restored coastal vegetation at Vlamingh. Opened in 2020, it grew directly from Cottesloe Coastcare's work to repair this once-degraded dune site.

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Nature Discovery Space sign and entrance path
Timber posts along a path in the Nature Discovery Space
A small timber fairy bridge over a rock-lined stream among coastal vegetation at the Nature Discovery Space.
Fairy bridge and stream at the Nature Discovery Space.Robyn Benken
Curved timber seating around a tree with the fairy bridge behind at the Nature Discovery Space.
Timber seating and the fairy bridge at the Nature Discovery Space.Robyn Benken
A child in a sunhat climbing on a large fallen log among coastal plants at the Nature Discovery Space.
Log play at the Nature Discovery Space.Robyn Benken

Enter from the coastal path near the southern end of Marine Parade. The discovery space is north of the Vlamingh memorial, among restored coastal planting.

Designed and built by Nature Based Play with Cottesloe Coastcare and the Town of Cottesloe, the space opened on 25 July 2020. Natural logs, limestone, sand and planting are mixed with playful details including a humpback whale climber, fairy bridge, cubby frames, carved creatures and a limestone formation containing shells, corals and other marine elements. Small looking-glass portals invite children to stop and examine patterns in the surrounding plants and landscape.

The play space sits within a much larger Coastcare restoration area. Work at Vlamingh began years before the playground, removing invasive Victorian tea trees and replanting thousands of local coastal species. In 2022 the Nature Discovery Space received the Parks & Leisure Australia National Award for Best Playspace under $500K.

Keep exploring to the formed paths and play areas so the surrounding dunes and vegetation can continue recovering. The Vlamingh Memorial is nearby, with the former Cottesloe Cable Station across Marine Parade.

Coming without a car? Victoria Street Station is the closest train stop, about a 5-minute walk.

Cottesloe Coastcare - Vlamingh

Nature Based Play - Cottesloe Nature Discovery Space

Nature Discovery Space in 2023, with dense coastal planting, pale limestone rocks and a path through the vegetation.
Nature Discovery Space in 2020, with sandy ground, dry grasses and fallen timber among coastal shrubs.
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Slide to compare. Use the left and right arrow keys to adjust, Home to show the after photo, or End to show the before photo.Nature Discovery SpaceThe Nature Discovery Space in 2020 and 2023.Images supplied by Cottesloe Coastcare.

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