Freedom Fortress - Yarrabilba Community Backyard & Loose Parts Play Space

04/11/2026

Sunny days playing in the pool, balancing, playing games and creating things 🔆

03/11/2026

🟥🔊CLOSED🔊🟥

We will be closed today due to weather warnings including hail and thunderstorms.

We’re so sorry to all our play friends. After a huge cleanup from last week hopefully this storm isn’t as aggressive and everyone stays safe 🤝

02/11/2026

🔆What a wonderful playsession with our friends in that afternoon sun🔆
Today was learning all about balancing and how much we weigh,some painting and whittling too🤸🏼‍♀️

30/10/2026

We’d love to have your vote for People’s Choice Award 😃

28/10/2026

🟥Closed🟥
More storms forecast today.
Stay safe and see you next week 🤸🏼‍♀️

27/10/2026

This afternoons session was halved due to the storms hanging round but still got some great play in that hour 🤸🏼‍♀️
The kids really enjoyed meeting our newest playworker and seeing all of his skills 🙌

27/10/2026

Closed early, due to the storm…
Big thanks to all our play friends who came for the first half 🙌

26/10/2026

🟥Closed 🟥
Unfortunately we have just spotted lightning and will be closed for the rest of the day. Sorry for any inconvenience caused. Stay safe and hopefully see you all tomorrow

19/10/2026

🟥Closed the rest of session today🟥

Due to rain and weather Freedom Fortress will be closed for the rest of the day. Thank you all for understanding 🔆

16/10/2026

Do you love Play? Are you from the immediate area? Want to support children to have amazing childhoods?

Get in touch!

🌿 Expression of Interest – Casual and Relief Playworkers 🌿

Neighbourhood Backyards – Loose Parts Play Space, Eagleby, Yarrabilba and Logan

We are seeking expressions of interest from Logan community members who would love to support children’s play in our loose parts play space at Neighbourhood Backyards.

We have a casual position for after school play at Joomunjie Land at Eagleby for 16hrs per week, Tues to Thurs.

We are also seeking casual relief Playworkers.
To fill shifts across Mondays to Thursday after school play sessions. This can be across both Joomunjie Land and Freedom Fortress - Yarrabilba Community Backyard & Loose Parts Play Space

Why Child-Led Play Matters:
Child-led play empowers children to explore, create, take healthy risks and learn through real experiences. It builds confidence, resilience, problem-solving skills and social connection in a way structured learning cannot replace.

Duties include:
• Supporting safe, self-directed, child-led play
• Setting up and packing away loose parts and play environments
• Engaging positively with children and families
• Observing play without directing or controlling it
• Maintaining a safe and inclusive atmosphere for all participants

Requirements:
• Current Working With Children Check (Blue Card) – essential
• Passion for play, community and children’s wellbeing
• Reliability and positive communication

If you’re interested, please comment below or send a message for more information.
We’d love to hear from you! 🌿
[email protected]

You can find out more about us here : www.australianinstituteofplay.org