By Owen Jackson 

Since its opening in December 2015 the Margaret Mahy playground in Christchurch has promoted itself as the biggest playground in the southern hemisphere.

However, the new destination playground at Caroline Bay in Timaru, which is set to open to the public on Sunday December 10th may be about to stake a claim to that title.

The CPlay playground was initially inspired by the Margaret Mahy playground, so we thought it would be a cool exercise to compare the size of the 2 playgrounds to give some perspective on just how big the new playground space at Caroline bay is.

The Margaret Mahy playground covers an area of 16,288.86 m2 including its bike park addition whereas CPlay covers a total area of a whopping 18,085.27 m2 including its skatepark. That’s a lot of play space for the Timaru district community to enjoy!

Regardless of who lays claim to being the biggest playground in the southern hemisphere we all know how beneficial playgrounds are to their communities and CPlay is going to provide hours and hours of free fun and create many lasting memories this summer and for many years to come.