The Age has an article today that cites a study listing Launceston as australia’s most ‘family-friendly’ city, with our own glorious national capital mooching in just behind.
Let’s try, in this centenary year, to boost our ranking ahead of that tasmanian interloper, eh?  how would we do this..?

It has long occurred to me that Canberra has a distinct lack of places where you can take your young’uns at the weekend – and by that I mean a place where kids can have:

a bit of freedom to run around safely,
decent, challenging, safe and non-vandalised play equipment 
decent healthy affordable food
insode activities for rainy/wintery days

and where [...]