Romaine's Garden

Play Area

Just past the vegetable patch, protected by our friendly scarecrow, is an elevated cubby house with water views of St Georges Basin. It is made of both new and recycled materials. The entrance to the cubby is via a wooden ramp which reminds me of a sheep ramp from a shearing shed. On one side of the ramp is the children's mailbox made of an old tin and a paint tray lid as the flap. My five year old son Raymond has "cleverly" (yes, I am a biased parent) painted it with the number 25 and colours too numerous to count.

Ramp entrance to the Cubby

View from our back Veranda

If you are game enough to venture into the children's cubby house it possibly contains: one recycled table, two cane chairs, three painting books, four matchbox cars, five mobile rabbits, six plastic cups, seven broken pencils, eight apple cores, nine scraps of playdough and a partridge in a pear tree.

A slippery dip rescued from the local tip descends from the eastern side of the cubby house. This happened to be a good aspect because the metal slippery dip is still shaded from the hot summer sun. The children, (or adults if we feel the need) can then land safely in the sand pit to play. Underneath the cubby the children have a variety of swings which lead through a shaded garden to the Woven Willows.

Melissa in the cubbyhouse tree

Our Friendly Scarecrow

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