A morning with Tonka truck and Thomas the Tank shovel at Bunnings Park, Capalaba.

Master2 chose a Thomas the Tank engine little light blue shovel with a wooden handle at a cheap as chips store on a long drive we took through the Atherton Tablelands on our recent trip to Palm Cove, FNQ, last school holidays. This shovel then did the rounds of every park in Cairns and it's surrounds for the duration of our trip. Nothing says happiness like a 2 year old with a Thomas the Tank shovel! And I have to say, it got a fair workout at Palm Cove's beach side park while we were there too. Today, though, along with his newly found love of Master6's old very large Tonka truck, Thomas shovel took a trip with us to our new favourite sandpit at Bunnings Park, as it's known by the locals,(Capalaba Regional Park is the official park name according to Google Maps). What I like best is that it is a large dedicated sandpit, with two sail inspired sand tables differing in height. It's at the top of the playground, also, which means Master2 has a good old play in the sand before we head down for a swing and a play in the other areas of the park before heading home. On this occasion, a water bottle was an added attraction, as Master2 loved to pour out the water into the sand tables. Luckily, there is a drink fountain not too far away, as there were many refils! If you are looking for a workout, pushing a toddler on the flying fox, while running with it so he doesn't fall off, will match any aerobic class there is at the gym. Don't forget to jump on and have a go yourself, but beware that it gets quite low in the middle and if you are sitting your bum will scrap the ground. There were two adult visitors to the park today, sans kids, the lady riding the flying fox, while the male partner filmed it on his phone (most likely hoping for a funny moment to upload it to UTube). They were having a ball, who says you have to have kids to enjoy a playground! We also saw a campervan with grey nomads out taking a walk through grounds, and a heap of people out for exercise walks along the bike paths behind the playground, as well as dog walkers taking their dogs to the gated dog park nearby. In case you are wondering why it's called Bunnings park, it's because there is a Bunnings located on the block next door (great, as it has a mobile coffee stand outside!). This is fast becoming one of my fave parks.