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This, is Keong Park, home now of the Our Place care centre,
Stafford Scouts, Meals on Wheels, a tennis court, a bike track of
sorts, a fitness section, a BBQ area, a football field, a sprint
track, and a community stage. You may never have really noticed
this park, instead, too busy to see a K9 at Stafford, Bats at
Longlands, or a High Happy Valley. And even now, you may see just
another park.
To me, it's all different. I see part of my childhood and growing
up. Our Place was more commonly known as Turner Playground or
Turner Park. My sister and I use to go there on school holidays and
occassionally on the weekend (both parents worked). There was arts
and crafts, red rover, football, cricket and waterslides. And the
centre use to take us skating (yes, at Rollerskating Jam Named
Saturdays), and to places such as Dreamworld and Sea World.
Previously, the whole area was fenced off. This area extended to
the power box at the far right towards Appleby Rd, across to Meals
on Wheels, up to the house, across the tennis court to the house on
the other side, and back down to the power box. Pretty much, where
there wasn't a building, it was fenced in to form Turner Park.
Rather large area really.
What makes it somewhat interesting in comparison of today, is that
whole area was looked after by approximately 6 or so people in the
school holidays, and maybe only 2 on weekends. This could include,
one working in the office, one for inside work, one in the
cafeteria, one usually playing red-rover, one doing arts and
crafts, and one doing general outside work. Now add over 80 to 100
(or more) children in that same area! Tough job
Since then (20 or so years since I started going), the place has
been downsized, possibly to meet general community fears (stranger
danger, paedophiles etc). As well as trying to make it a place for
all types of people to come and play.
This, is the playground of my memories.
BYOP
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