My ideal play center
  • Fantastic coffee
  • Healthy food options
  • An area that is closed off for the very small people to play without having to worry about being knocked over by a bigger child
  • Some comfy sofas - not just the hard chairs
  • The daily broadsheet
  • Wireless access so working mums can bring their lap-tops (for the BB addicts too lol)
  • A merry-go-round
  • No loud Wiggles/Hi-5 etc


Our favourite is Lollipops in Strathfield. It's nearly always fairly busy and on Saturdays we avoid it unless we're going to a birthday party because it is chockers. They have after-school care too so we clear out at 3 because after that there are lots of school age kids going nuts on the equipment. The boys also like the Wiggles one but I find the constant wiggley bombardment a bit much.