Overall: Definitely the best of what’s available at this shopping centre. Handy location and easy to find, in a corner hallway of the food court. Nappy change, rest, feed and play. To get the best parking for this Parent Room, follow the signs for Coles in the car park and get as close to the travelator as possible.
Good Points: Very handy location. Bright interior. Separate nappy change and food prep areas. Television and working microwave. Wall mounted activity centre. Two feeding cubicles. Adult and child size toilets. Auto-slide push-button door makes for easier access into the Parent Room.
Bad Points: If there is air conditioning in this Parent Room, it doesn’t seem to work too well. No additional powerpoints in the feeding cubicles. No front curtains or doors to the feeding cubicles. Wall mounted activity centre is missing a few parts.
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| Christmas tree in the centre of the food court |
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| Just at the end of the corridor to the left |
This is the best Parent Room available at Winston Hills Shopping Centre. After discovering this one, I would not use the other one near Big W unless in an absolute emergency. This one is clean, easy to find and is fitted out with the essentials.
This room gets the thumbs up firstly because of it’s location, right next to the Food Court and indoor playground. This is the best place to have a Parent Room, so it’s great to see one here. It’s at the end of the small hallway in the corner of the Food Court. It’s not the best Parent Room I’ve come across, but for what’s available in this centre it is the best you will find here.
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| The main part of the room |
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| The doorway |
I love a Parent Room that has an auto-slide push-button door. I feel confident even before I get inside that this room is going to be okay. Most of the time, I’m right. The inside of this room is very brightly decorated. It’s blue all the way through with loads of underwater scenes painted on the walls. Both my little one and I enjoyed looking at all the different fish.
At the far end of the room is the food prep area, television, wall mounted activity centre and armchair. Just having the food prep area separate to the nappy change area makes this room better than the other one near Big W. Much more hygienic keeping the two functional spaces separate. There’s a microwave, hand towels and soap dispenser too.
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| Nappy change area |
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| Feeding cubicles and toilets |
Now directly to the right, just inside the door, is the nappy change area. This is actually a pretty good place to put it. Changing bottoms if the main reason these rooms are here, so having the nappy change area right inside the door is great. It’s a bench with two change bays, and the nappy bins are right underneath it. The only major negative about the nappy change bench is there’s no sink for washing hands, except for the one in the food prep area.
Just past the nappy change area are the two feeding cubicles and the toilets.
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| Adult and child size toilets |
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| Armchair and bench in feeding cubicle |
The feeding cubicles are very basic, but still better than the other parent room. At least there are semi-private cubicles in this one. There’s no curtain or door for privacy, but there are two sectioned off spaces for feeding. Each cubicle has an armchair and a bench, that’s it.
Past the feeding cubicles are the toilets. There’s an adult and child size toilet, but space is quite limited as the two toilets have a dividing wall between them. Odd but what can ya do. It’s still better than the other room which only has one toilet in a very tiny space.
If you are going to Winston Hills Shopping Centre and need a Parent Room, do make sure you visit this one first. It honestly is the best of the two available. It’s easy to find, clean, with all the essentials. Go check it out and let me know what you think of it.