Free Play at PLEEC

Welcome to our weekly nature-based, free-play session at Piney Lakes Environmental Education Centre (PLEEC)! 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 and relax at these regular play sessions.

Play items onsite

• Nature based books aimed at pre-school aged children
• Watering cans, spades, rakes
• 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

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
Ngoolark Space - Outside in the amphitheatre and garden, with a quiet indoor space also available.

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.

Disabled parking is available at front of Centre, 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 the centre at (08)9364 0191 or piney.lakes@melville.wa.gov.au

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

The Centre 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 for recycling at Piney Lakes when you attend a workshop: household batteries, printer cartridges, light globes, mobile phones and chargers, writing instruments, plastic bread tags, beauty packaging, oral care products, plastic bottle lids and medication blister packets.