Free Play at EcoHub (Term 4, 2025)

Welcome to our weekly nature-based, free-play session at EcoHub! In this digital age, it's crucial for kids to disconnect from screens and reconnect with the wonders of the natural world. Our sessions provide a safe and supportive environment where children can let their imaginations run wild, exploring the beauty of nature while engaging in unstructured play.

Meet local parents, enjoy a coffee on us and relax at these regular play sessions.

Play items onsite

• Nature based books aimed at pre-school aged children
• Mudkitchen with pots, pans and utensils
• Plastic animals
• Musical instruments
• Timber steppers, balancing log and dry creek bed
• Paper and coloured crayons
• Open grass area

Free Play at EcoHub Play is part of our ongoing toddler programs at EcoHub including: Buds n Blooms Intergenerations Nature Group, Tales and Trails Storytime and Little Makers Loose Parts Play. Please checkout out Eventbrite Environment and Sustainability Collection for all upcoming event details.

What to expect:

Length

This event goes for two hours, and is quite informal.

Start time

This event is open for guests to come and go as they please.

Location

Bottom Level - Ngoolark Space, outside in the amphitheatre and garden, with a quiet indoor space also available in Moodjar Room.

Requirements

Sessions will run outdoors in all weather so we recommend bringing a change of clothes, wet weather gear, hats, sunscreen and insect repellent. Please bring your own drink bottle and your own morning tea. Note that shelter from the rain is available.

Type of event and expectations

Playgroup rules apply - children may freely play whilst parents supervise nearby for safety. Quiet spaces will be available at this event.

Accessibility

Sitting areas available, some areas for activities are unpathed.

One ACROD parking bay is available at front of EcoHub, rooms are located on multiple levels via a ramp and toilets are available within the venue. For specific access requirements please feel free to call or email EcoHub at (08)9364 0191 or ecohub@melville.wa.gov.au.

Some safety requirements:

• Carers are responsible for the children in their care and must supervise them closely at all times. Please note that there are hazards around EcoHub including insects and spiders, reptiles, branches, trip hazards, ponds, vehicles.
• The ramp and railing can be dangerous. Climbing on the ramp is not permitted, and running on the ramp should be discouraged.
• Please ensure your child/ren are not adding items to the water feature or fish pond.
• Please respect areas that are coned off or taps off to restrict access.
• Please do not drink EcoHub tapwater. Only drink water that has been bolied or is from the provided water coolers.

Directions to EcoHub

Please consider using public transportation. A bus stop, just a 2-minute walk away, is conveniently located near EcoHub and services multiple routes.

EcoHub is located at 555 Leach Highway, Winthrop in the Piney Lakes reserve. To reach us, if heading westbound, take the first left after Murdoch Drive on Leach Highway. If coming from the Fremantle area, continue on Leach Hwy across Murdoch Drive and use the designated U-turn just after the lights to move to the westbound lanes. Go back through the lights at Murdoch Drive and take the first left. Please park in the signed public carpark.

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Recycling hub

Bring the following items in household quantities for recycling at EcoHub when you attend: household batteries, printer cartridges, light globes, mobile phones and chargers, plastic bread tags, oral care products, plastic bottle lids, metal bottle lids, beer can clips and corks.

For more recycling option check out Bottle Top Hill recycling events held at EcoHub monthly, second Saturday 9.00am to 11.00am.