In the words of our 7 year old - "this playground is awesome!"  It is huge! They say that it is the largest free entry playground in Australia.

The Apple Fun Park was built as a community project in the town of Donnybrook, which is on the South West Highway about 1/2 hour out of Bunbury (and 2.5 hours south of Perth).  Donnybrook is famous for its apple growing, so the park has a fruit theme. 

It has everything you could want in a playground plus more.  There is a toddler area with lots of low ride-on animals and kiddie swings, a preschoolers climbing and slide area and a huge piece of playground equipment with four-level towers and slides, rope bridges and flying foxes.  There is also a spacenet, some low rock climbing walls and more swings.  To keep the parents fit, there is also an adult friendly area that has gym circuit type exercise equipment made of metal that you and the kids can use to have a workout (pretend or otherwise).

Along the side of the play equipment are three huge shade sail gazebos that cover the picnic tables and bbqs, and a grassed area to sit. The toddlers area has shade sails over it, but the rest of the playground does not.  The whole park has a fence around it, to keep everyone safe. 

And the coffee?  The park is walking distance to the main shopping precinct of Donnybrook.  There are a number of cafes and bakeries etc that do coffee.  We got takeaway coffee from the Big Apple Bakery on South West Highway, and had a picnic morning tea at the playground.  Also, the B&B directly across the road from the park sells coffee and icecreams.

Well worth the trip if you are looking for a weekend away, or happen to be in the South West.