Let's go to the Park

Noumea has the best parks.  At the bottom of the hill we live on is the digger park - so named by a friend because of all the roadworks and accompanying diggers that took up shop beside it last year.  Now that the road works is finally finished, I guess it should be called the boat park because of the great view out over a marina beside it.  Max now says 'bateau' when we arrive!

I love this park because it's a one minute drive and a five minute walk away.  It's shady and has great playground equipment.  Everything's coded by age group (not that Max's mate Murphy takes any notice of that) and has good soft, squishy stuff under it to make falls slightly less of a saga.

A little further afield is Ouen Toro park.  It's snuggled into the hillside and has serious adventure playground equipment for bigger kids.  It's a great place to hang out in after a swim at Anse Vata. It's funny because parts of town are so run down...but some smart councillor has set aside some serious cash for the parks.  I say, two big thumbs up!