Hercules Street Park Hamilton

Hercules Street Park is unlike anything we’ve seen before. It’s a Brisbane playground creation that will certainly burn a lot of energy. With its huge rubberised mound, an abundance of cargo netting and mega slides, it’s an active kid’s dream come true.

Hercules Street Park playground

The playground has an industrial cargo warehouse theme, with some of the play equipment designed to look like repurposed shipping containers – tying into the location of the park near the docks and Port of Brisbane. The play equipment is all black and yellow metal slides, cargo netting, industrial frames and steel bridges.

The first thing you’ll notice (apart from the slides) is the unique plastic mound construction that sits atop three massive tunnels. Up the sides of the mound, there are numerous climbing apparatuses to climb even further from stairs to nets or just via the plastic mounds themselves.

The mound is also connected to the general playground structure and its maze of cargo netting. The upper level offers more agility and climbing opportunities with a huge metal bridge that’s perfect for towering over friends on the lower level. A large metal spiral slide leads back to the ground. 

On the lower level of the metal structure is a chalkboard (you’ll need to pack your own chalk and duster), hammocks for some quiet time, basket swings and more cargo netting to climb.

Water Play at Hercules Street Park

After all that climbing, running and fast-paced activity, there’s a walkthrough water play area to cool off. It’s a fairly simple setup, with water jets spraying down from above and mist spraying from below. Perfect for a refreshing break on a hot summer’s day. These water jets are switched off in the winter and the path becomes a thoroughfare for riding scooters and trikes.

More Fun at Hercules Street Park

Next to the playground is an off-leash dog park, grassy areas for picnicking and a huge field – great for kicking a ball around.

In this area you’ll also find a basketball court and a bounce wall with targets, painted on wickets and tennis markings. Next to the bounce wall is a table tennis table (BYO bats and balls) and exercise equipment. A lovely flat smooth path circles the oval, great for bikes and scooters.

Hercules Street Park features

• Partially fenced playground (along the roadside only)
• Solid rubber softfall
• Partially shaded
• Toilets
• Large rubberised mound
• Three metal slides
• Swings – toddler, normal and basket
• Hammocks
• Chalk board (BYO chalk and duster)
• Cargo netting climbing
• Tunnels
• Climbing walls
• Spinner
• Rebound wall for ball games
• Table tennis table (BYO bats and balls)
• Large grassy field
• Paths for scooters
• Exercise equipment
• Sheltered and unsheltered tables and chairs
• BBQs
• Off leash dog park
• Limited off street parking
• Street parking with restrictions

Imagination Factor at Hercules Street Park

The playground has been designed to get kids moving, climbing, jumping, crawling, running and burning lots of energy. It’s perfect for a game of tag, obstacle courses, ninjas and other physical challenge games. With plenty of hiding spots and tunnels to dash through, it’s also well-suited to a good game of hide and seek.

Accessibility at Hercules Street Park

While this is a fantastic playground it does have a few accessibility drawbacks.

Being in a high-density area there is limited street parking, and a very limited off-street carpark with only six spaces. 

The shading in the playground is excellent – the main play equipment is fully covered by heavy, solid canopies which keep the UV rays away. The rest of the park is exposed to the sun.

This is a busy park, especially on weekends and school holidays. Owing to the large scale of the playground it can be quite difficult to keep an eye on multiple children, but it is fenced along the roadside.

The waterplay is integrated with the play space so even if you have no intention of letting your children get wet, it may be inevitable. Wet children then play on the equipment, which makes the playground damp.

This playground is firmly geared towards older kids. While toddlers will still enjoy the equipment, they may feel a little overwhelmed by the older kids running around. A better playground suited exclusively for toddlers would be Ascot Park.

There is little for kids with special needs to play on – a more inclusive playground in this area would be New Farm Park at New Farm.

While You Are in the Area

The location of this playground makes it a great stop-off point for outings to Bluey’s Word, Eat Street Markets, Portside at Hamilton or China Town. It’s also convenient to Brisbane Airport for some plane spotting.

How to Get to Hercules Street Park

Hercules Park is located on 40 Remora Rd, Hamilton QLD 4007.

The small off-street carpark is accessed by turning off Kingsford Smith Drive onto Northshore drive only. There is no right turn into the carpark. If parking on the street, be careful of yellow lines and signage regarding time limits. Be prepared to walk a short distance. 

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