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Finbarr is our fundraising Funky Monkey whose NEW line of T-shirts, designed by Mulga The Artist, is raising funds to support the Telethon Kids Institute to fight COVID-19. The Finbarr T-shirt is a high quality, cool, white cotton Gildan shirt, made for fun and durability and available in youth sizes; small, medium and large.

We are excited to announce the WINNER of the Ultimate Backyard Giveaway and 6K worth of the best backyard play equipment in Australia is; Shona of Condell Park in Sydney.  Shona is an Intensive Care Nurse at Westmead Hospital in Sydney and has been nursing COVID-19 patients

Funky Monkey Bars annual GOLDEN RUNG GIVEAWAY campaign has brought joy around Australia including a very happy Dunbar family in Northmead, New South Wales who unwrapped a GOLDEN RUNG on Christmas eve.

The Dunbars received a full refund on the The Gorilla plus Pull-Up Bar by Funky Monkey Bars making it one very, merry Christmas!

Share your photos or videos of Summertime fun on Funky Monkey Bars on our social pages for your chance to WIN one of three Funky Gift Cards totalling $1,000.  

Capture the Summertime beauty of your backyard and the joy of kids at play.

Melbourne it’s your last chance to shop and play before Christmas with our final Funky Monkey Bars Pop-Up for 2019 and we’ve saved one of the best for last at the Melbourne Big Design Market at the Royal Exhibition Building in the Carlton Gardens, December 6 – 8, 2019.

One of Funky Monkey Bars’ best features is the ability to add on to any of the Funky frames, thanks to its unique and clever design. Read on to learn how you can grow your Funky Monkey Bars frame as your family grows too, and turn it into the playground of your dreams with our new and existing add-ons and extensions. 

WIN a full refund on your Funky Monkey Bars frame in the GOLDEN RUNG GIVEAWAY and see how Funky Monkey Bars is sharing the Christmas spirit this year so that more Funky friends and followers can share in the fun!

Family man and Fremantle Dockers legend David Mundy and Sally Mundy were early adopters of the NEW Troop by Funky Monkey Bars and they’re already reaping the benefits in backyard play for their whole family.

Watch-on as David and Sally and their three children take on the challenge of The NEW Troop by Funky Monkey Bars.

Funky Monkey Bars is proud to launch a new range of Australian-made monkey bars that cater for; growing families, gymnastics and circus performers, ninja warriors in training and for the littlest to the biggest in the family.   Watch the launch video with Our Ambassador, Australian Ninja & Olympic Gymnast, Olivia Vivian...

Check out the grins on these two young Victorian lads who've just found out they've WON the best outdoor play equipment in Australia, including The Gorilla by Funky Monkey Bars, as the winners of the Ultimate Backyard Giveaway with 10K in prizes.

Read on as Funky Monkey Bars chats with Mum of two boys, Megan of Glen Iris, about their WIN in a Q & A ...

Funky Monkey Bars has been recognised as one of Australia’s best designers with an invitation to exhibit at the The Big Design Market in Sydney and Melbourne in 2019.

The Big Design Market in Sydney is coming up soon on September 20 – 22, in the Cutaway at Barangaroo Reserve giving Sydney-siders an opportunity to play and order Funky Monkey Bars for a pre-Christmas delivery.

Funky Monkey Bars asked Potential Therapy Services for Children Occupational Therapist, Hollie Rogan about how she uses monkey bars in her therapy program for kids.

“Monkey bars are a great tool for regulation, providing deep proprioceptive and vestibular input like hanging upside down, or swinging.  They’re also great for the development of gross motor skills - such as core strength, motor-strength and motor planning and co-ordination."

Don’t want to purchase a Funky Monkey Bars product in full? No worries. Funky Monkey Bars can help you to secure the best Christmas, birthday or ‘just because’ present with a lay-by plan that allows you to pay off any Funky Monkey Bars frame or accessories over time.

As Funky Monkeys Bars gears up for a stylish week at Melbourne’s Flower and Garden Show we asked a couple of home style experts, “Why Funky Monkey Bars in the backyard?.”

A new study out this week has found the more play equipment you have in the backyard the more active your child will be, yet only one-third of all Australian pre-schoolers are getting enough exercise.

The Christmas spirit was sparkling on Christmas Eve when the last two of the three golden rungs in the Golden Rung Giveaway competition were found in Rockhampton in far north Queensland and Melbourne.

"Thank you for making our Christmas so special and giving that Charlie Bucket feeling. You shared the spirit of Christmas with us in such a memorable way and we are so grateful," said Melbourne Mum, Sarah.

The first of three secretly planted Golden Rungs was discovered on the weekend in Bennett Springs, Western Australia, when the Stingers family installed The Gorilla by Funky Monkey Bars to surprise their four kids with an early Christmas present before Dad had to leave for his shift as a fly-in-fly-out worker.

We love to show-off our Funky Monkey Bars in all 16 fabulous variations, in eight magnificent colours because we are super proud of the products we make right here in Yangebup, Western Australia.  Come on down to the Funky Monkey Bars Open Day, Saturday November 10, 11am to 4pm and see for yourself, buy and pick-up or have delivered ready for the best family Christmas.  

In the spirit of Roald Dahl, Funky Monkey Bars is repeating its hugely popular Golden Rung Giveaway and has this year planted THREE golden rungs in boxes being delivered to three lucky customers before Christmas.

If you unwrap a golden rung you receive a full refund on the purchase price of your Funky Monkey Bar and in the words of Willy Wonka himself, “So shines a good deed in a weary world.” ...

The kids of this happy family in the Hunter Valley are smiling because they’ve won The Orangutan with a Floating Flying Fox in Funky Monkey Bars most popular giveaway ever.