Hayley Rees took her three children, including 16-month-old Maliah Corby, to Elston Park on Sunday morning at about 10.30am. The children were playing, going from the water park to the equipment and back.

Then Ms Rees’ son picked up Maliah and put her into the bowl swing.

“She was in it for no more than a minute because she started screaming a really horrible, high-pitched, ‘I’m in pain’ scream and because I couldn’t get there fast enough another mum heard her screaming and pulled her off,” Ms Rees said.

“We thought she might have hit her head. But when I was running over there I had no shoes on because I had been in the water and I stood on the bark chips and noticed they were really, really hot. I put my hand inside the swing and I could have burnt my hand.

“I was like ‘oh my god, she’s got burns’.”

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As well as burning the bottom of her toes and balls of her feet, Maliah also burnt small patches on her knees.

Ms Rees said she took her daughter to Dubbo Hospital where they instantly ran the “significant burns” under water for the next 40 minutes. The hospital contacted Westmead Hospital to see if Maliah would need to be transferred, but because the burns weren't in the creases of her feet, it was decided it wasn’t necessary.

Now Ms Rees wants Dubbo Regional Council to take action.

“I want to get to the next point where someone listens and recognises how serious this is. There could have been some other child or someone with a disability who couldn’t get off that equipment,” she said.

“Unfortunately my daughter was the one who suffered the consequences.”

A spokesperson from Dubbo Regional Council said shade was always a consideration when planning playgrounds.

“When funding permits shade is installed and in other instances natural shade by way of trees is utalised. Elston Park has recently had new trees planted ti improve the shade conditions,” the spokesperson said.

“Dubbo Regional Council encourages parents and carers to be mindful of the warm weather and to please check the surface of equipment before allowing children to play on it.”

Ms Rees said there were already parks herself and other mums wouldn’t go to because they didn’t have adequate, if any, shade. Whenever council asked the community what they would like see at parks they were renovating, the mother said about 80 per cent of the social media comments called for shade.

The burns have had a lasting impact.

“[Maliah’s] doing a lot better but it was very traumatic and she’s still really affected now. If we go outside to put on the washing she goes ‘oh hang on, if I stand on this concrete is it going to be hot?’. It’s affected all of us,” Ms Rees said.