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Fallguard Bark
Soft landing is a finely screened, 10 – 15mm Pine Bark chip with a rich brown tone. Perfect for landscaping and playgrounds.
Features & Benefits:
- Certified as soft fall for playground surfacing in schools, parks, and childcare facilities
- Highly decorative premium landscape
- Finely screened, small 10-15mm Pine Bark chip

Composition
A refined premium landscape product, crafted to provide stylish and durable protection in both playgrounds and gardens. Soft Landing is a finely screened, 10-15mm Pine Bark chip with a rich brown tone.
Ideal for
- Certified as soft fall for playground surfacing in schools, parks, and childcare facilities.
- Residential and commercial play areas that require certified soft-fall protection.
- Easy installation and maintenance when applied at the recommended depth and coverage.
- Highly decorative premium landscape mulch suitable for both indoor and outdoor projects.
- Shielding your garden or play area from weeds, soil erosion, and temperature extremes
- Keeps the soil and plants healthy, stable, and resilient in every season
Benefits
A refined, premium landscape product designed for dependable protection around playgrounds and gardens. Soft Landing combines safety with lasting beauty. Crafted by Bassett Barks Pty Ltd from high-quality pine bark, triple screened to reduce splinters and manufactured to meet stringent Australian Standards. It delivers excellent impact absorption to help reduce injury risks in play areas.
This natural product provides insulation against temperature extremes, ensuring a safer and more comfortable play environment. Designed for durability, it is long-lasting and low-maintenance, making it ideal for high-traffic areas.
Soft Landing is applied over the play surface (following installation guidelines) to create a protective, cushioned layer that helps soften impacts and enhance safety.
Certification
Soft Landing meets Australian Standards for playground surfacing, specifically in Impact Attenuation and Fit for Purpose.
If you are planning, designing, building, or maintaining a playground, refer to the following Australian Standards:
- AS 4685:2004 (Parts 1-6)
- AS/NZS 4486.1:1997
When using this product for playground surfacing in accordance with AS44.2022.
Recommended Installation depth: 300mm and should never be below 200 mm
Regular Maintenance is required to maintain this level In line with AS4422
Critical Fall Height: > 3.0m
Warning: Installation depth is critical to the operation of playground surfacing; failure to install playground surfacing to the correct installation depth may result in an injury, minimum 300mm depth.
For playground surfacing to be effective, it must be maintained and inspected daily with a comprehensive inspection done every 12 months by a competent person as per AS 4685:2021.
If you are planning, designing, building, or maintaining a playground, refer to the following Australian Standards:
- AS 4685:2004 (Parts 1-6)
- AS/NZS 4486.1:1997
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