A Visit to Upper Kedron Recreation Reserve

On the morning of yesterday, we were engaging in cleaning and moving furniture for the renovated space that was stretched from our house. In the afternoon, we uninstalled the Christmas tree in the living room and stored it for use in the future years. That corner now has become a space for Ivan to play. It was such a busy day that it was too busy to have time to cook and as a result, we ordered pizzas from Domino’s. Ivan was so happy to have a new play space, that he didn’t go to sleep until late at night, and woke up early in the morning.

My wife then suggested going to a park for recreation, but I thought we should make a haircut for Ivan first as his hair has been quite long given that it hadn’t been cut for a very long time. It was not as easy as before to trim his hair, and as one could imagine, he was crying and struggling to leave the chair during the procedure. However, it was also fortunate that we hadn’t gone out in the morning as there were a few showers, some of which were quite heavy.


After a few showers, the sky turned out to be blue with some clouds that were as white as snow in the afternoon. We then rethought the idea of going out. My wife said she planned to go to a place in Upper Kedron. I naively thought it was a place nearby as Kedron was just a neighbourhood suburb from here. However, it was in fact quite far away. The park was large and quiet. There were few people when we arrived. Later some people came to the park but it had never been as crowded as some other popular parks with big playgrounds.

There was a big round wheel that was facing the sky and with four seats at the corners. The wheel could be spinning when one push from either in a clockwise or anticlockwise direction. We called the wheel a boat. My wife held the baby, stepped into the wheel and then sat on one chair. I slowly turned the wheel moving around, and then sang the nursery rhyme “Row, Row, Row your boat. Gently down the stream. Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily. Life is but a dream!” However, we soon found there was some noise when the wheel was in motion. I then said to my wife, “You may be too heavy to sit on it as it was designed for children.” However, the noise did not diminish when my wife went off from it.

There was a corridor, with pictures painted on the walls. Ivan was so excited to see them. He especially liked the butterflies. I thought it was a great sign as I hoped he could learn to admire the arts.

There were two big slides and a few swings in the playground. Ivan spent some time playing the swings. Then we fetched the pram from the car, put the baby in it and then walked through a path to a mountain. From a higher place to look back at the park, the view was splendid.