Ponting Drive Reserve Playground

Ponting Drive Reserve is one of those spots the locals quietly keep to themselves — a genuinely calm patch of Warrnambool without the crowds you’d find closer to the foreshore. The open grass field gives kids aged 2 to 12 plenty of room to just run, which honestly makes a nice change from playgrounds where everyone’s tripping over each other. Parents will appreciate being able to keep an eye on the kids without much effort — good sightlines, no real blind spots. It’s not flashy, but that’s kind of the point.