John Street Reserve Nature Playground

If you’re passing through Mogo, this little reserve on John Street is worth a stop. It’s the kind of nature playground where kids actually have to use their imagination rather than just climb the same plastic equipment they’ve seen a hundred times before. The natural setting does a lot of the heavy lifting, and there’s something genuinely refreshing about a play space that leans into its surroundings instead of fighting them. Local families know about it, tourists mostly don’t — which keeps it pretty relaxed.