Three children injured in jumping castle accident as 80km/h winds hit Sydney

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Maddison, M. (2026, September 5). Three children injured in jumping castle accident as 80km/h winds hit Sydney. The Sydney Morning Herald. https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/three-children-injured-after-freak-jumping-castle-accident-20260905-p60upu.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed

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The Sydney Morning Herald · collected 2026-09-05 · by Max Maddison

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A woman was also injured in addition to three young children who were hospitalized after a jumping castle became airborne at Gardiner Park in Banksia due to 80km/h winds. The jumping castle incident occurred around 1:20pm on Saturday, and the children were taken to Sydney Children's Hospital with head injuries, while the baby had minor injuries. Approximately 40,000 Ausgrid customers lost power during the strong north-westerly winds, which also caused damage to one of the company's substations in Sydney's west. The outages followed a cool change that swept through NSW, leaving thousands of homes without power across Sydney, Newcastle, and the Central Coast.
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Three young children in Sydney's inner south were injured when a jumping castle was lifted into the air by powerful winds with gusts of up to 80km/h on Saturday afternoon. The incident occurred at Gardiner Park in the suburb of Banksia, about 12 kilometers south of the city center, around 1:20pm. The children were rushed to Sydney Children's Hospital after being treated by paramedics at the scene. Meanwhile, a cool change brought strong winds and power outages to thousands of homes across Sydney, Newcastle, and the Central Coast, with 40,000 Ausgrid customers and an additional 50,000 Endeavour Energy customers left without electricity. As of 7am on Sunday morning, crews were still working to restore power to approximately 1,400 homes, with services expected to be restored by midday.

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Max Maddison
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Ausgrid Endeavour Energy’s NSW Newcastle Sydney

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Sydney GPE · 6× Ausgrid ORG · 3× Banksia GPE · 1× Endeavour Energy’s ORG · 1× Geelong GPE · 1× NSW GPE · 1× NSW Ambulance ORG · 1× Newcastle GPE · 1× Sydney Children’s Hospital ORG · 1× Victoria GPE · 1×

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Three young children had to be rushed to hospital after powerful winds lifted a jumping castle into the air in Sydney’s inner south as wild weather cut power to thousands of homes across Sydney, Newcastle and the Central Coast.
framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-09-06
🔮 An Ausgrid spokeswoman said crews were still working to restore power to approximately 1400 homes as of 7am on Sunday morning with services expected to be restored by midday.
2026-09-06 · The Sydney Morning Herald
Three children injured in jumping castle accident as 80km/h winds hit Sydney · assertive framing

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Three young children had to be rushed to hospital after powerful winds lifted a jumping castle into the air in Sydney’s inner south as wild weather cut power to thousands of homes across Sydney, Newcastle and the Central Coast. asserted
weather → have → Sydney
An Ausgrid spokeswoman said crews were still working to restore power to approximately 1400 homes as of 7am on Sunday morning with services expected to be restored by midday. asserted
services → say → midday
The outages followed a cool change that swept through NSW, with wind gusts surpassing 80km/h recorded at Sydney Airport late on Saturday afternoon. asserted
that → follow → afternoon
Temperatures in Sydney had hovered around 30 degrees, accompanied by strong north-westerly winds. asserted
Temperatures → hover → winds
At the height of the outages, about 40,000 Ausgrid customers were left without power after high winds damaged one of the company’s substations in Sydney’s west. asserted
winds → leave → west
Another 50,000 customers on Endeavour Energy’s network were also left without power. asserted
customers → leave → power
Emergency services were called to Gardiner Park in Banksia, about 12 kilometres south of the CBD, about 1.20pm on Saturday after the jumping castle became airborne, a NSW Ambulance spokeswoman said. asserted
spokeswoman → call → Saturday
The children were taken to Sydney Children’s Hospital after being treated by paramedics at the scene. asserted
children → take → scene
A preschool-aged boy and girl suffered head injuries, while a baby was treated for minor injuries. asserted
baby → suffer → injuries
A woman was also taken to hospital with minor injuries, the spokeswoman said. asserted
spokeswoman → take → injuries
This was the second incident involving an airborne jumping castle recorded in a matter of hours on Saturday. asserted
This → involve → Saturday
Two children were injured at a party near Geelong in Victoria in the morning. asserted
children → injure → morning
Both children were taken to hospital with injuries to their upper bodies and were in a stable condition. asserted
children → take → condition
Greater Western Sydney and the Blue Mountains were the areas worst hit by the wild winds. asserted
Sydney → hit → winds
Crews are currently working to make damaged areas safe before restoration work can commence,” an Endeavour Energy spokeswoman said. asserted
spokeswoman → work → ?
The company’s website estimated that power would not be restored until the early hours of Sunday morning. asserted
power → estimate → morning
In a statement, an Ausgrid spokeswoman said most customers were expected to have their power restored by 7pm with the remainder by 11pm. asserted
power → say → pm
“There are currently approximately 40,000 customers without power after strong winds moved through Sydney and the Central Coast this afternoon,” she said. asserted
she → be → Sydney
“Hardest-hit areas include Bankstown, Milperra and Revesby where high winds have caused some damage to one of our substations.” asserted
winds → hit → substations
Outages were being experienced right across Sydney, including in Mosman, St Ives, Bellevue Hill, Rosebery and Summer Hill. asserted
Outages → experience → Mosman
Get alerts on breaking news as it happens. asserted
it → get → news
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