Parklands Adjoining The Yarra River - Parklands

Parklands

Below is a list of parklands that adjoin the Yarra River, their locations and their uses (from downstream to upstream):

  • Greenwich Reserve - Newport (baseball, toilets, jetty)
  • Newport Park - Newport (athletics track, skate park, playground)
  • Riverside Park - Newport/Spotswood (jetty)
  • Westgate Park - Port Melbourne (toilets, lake)
  • Stony Creek Park - Spotswood
  • Batman Park - Melbourne (barbecue, toilets)
  • Enterprize Park - Melbourne
  • Birrarung Marr - Melbourne (playground, barbecue, toilets)
  • Alexandra Gardens (bike hire, skate park, toilets)
  • Kings Domain (barbecue, toilets)
  • Royal Botanic Gardens - Melbourne
  • Melbourne Park - Melbourne (sporting facilities, Rod Laver Arena)
  • Olympic Park - Melbourne (sporting facilities)
  • Gosch's Paddock (toilets, sporting oval)
  • Darling Gardens - South Yarra (barbecue, playground, toilets)
  • Herring Island Environmental Sculpture Park (barbecue, toilet)
  • Como Park - South Yarra (sporting oval, playground, toilets)
  • Como Park North (barbecue, cafe, toilets, sporting oval)
  • Winifred Crescent Reserve - Toorak (playground)
  • K. Bartlett Sporting and Recreation Complex - Burnley (toilets, sporting oval, playground, barbecue)
  • Fairview Park - Hawthorn
  • Wallen Road Reserve - Hawthorn (barbecue, toilets)
  • Burnley Park - Burnley/Richmond (sporting oval, circus, toilet, barbecue, playground)
  • O'Connell Reserve - Richmond (river landing)
  • Yarra Bank Reserve - Hawthorn (playground, barbecue)
  • Pridmore Park - Hawthorn (playground)
  • Victoria Bridge Reserve - Kew
  • Victoria Bridge Reserve - Kew
  • Flockhart Reserve - Abbotsford (barbecue)
  • Dights Falls Park - Abbotsford (toilets, lookout, historic buildings)
  • Yarra Bend Park - Kew/Fairfield (sporting ovals, toilets, barbecues, lookouts, shelters)
  • Dickinsons Reserve (picnic area, playground)
  • F.A. Andrews Reserve (playground, picnic area, canoe ramp)
  • Studley Park (restaurant, toilets, barbecues, boat hire, shelters, lookouts)
  • Deep Rock Picnic Area (toilet, sporting ovals)
  • Bellbird Picnic Area (toilet, shelter, barbecue, lookouts)
  • Fairfield Park (restaurant, toilets, barbecues, shelter, boat hire, playground, amphitheatre, sporting oval)
  • Coate Park - Alphington
  • Alphington Park - Alphington (lawn bowls, toilet, barbecue, playground, sporting oval)
  • Willsmere Chandler Park - Kew (the Kew Billabong, sporting oval, toilet)
  • Chelsworth Park & Wilson Reserve - Ivanhoe (tennis, sporting ovals, playgrounds, toilet)
  • Yarra Flats - Ivanhoe East/Eaglemont (sporting ovals, shelters, barbecues, toilets, info centre, various billabongs)
  • Bulleen Park - Bulleen (archery, sporting ovals, pavilion, playground, barbecue, toilets)
  • Banksia Park - Bulleen (shelters, barbecues, picnic areas, playground, toilets)
  • Warringal Parklands - Heidelberg (sporting ovals, pavilion, barbecue, shelter, netball, tennis, toilets)
  • Banyule Flats Reserve - Viewbank (sporting ovals, barbecue, various billabongs)
  • Birrarung Park - Templestowe Lower (playground, shelters, barbecues, picnic areas, toilets, various billabongs)
  • Unnamed Parklands - Lower Plenty
  • Finns Reserve - Templestowe Lower (templestowe history pavilion, barbecue, playground, toilets, scout hall)
  • Montpeller Reserve - Lower Plenty
  • Westerfolds Park - Templestowe (toilets, shelters, barbecues, picnic areas, lookouts, canoe launching ramp, gallery and cafe)
  • Candlebark Park - Templestowe (viewing platform, boardwalks)
  • Petty's Orchard - Templestowe (operational orchards, boardwalks)
  • Eltham Lower Park - Eltham (playground, barbecues, sporting ovals, miniature railway, pony club, lenister farm)
  • Sweeneys Flats - Eltham (river flats and billabong)
  • Tikalara Park - Templestowe (historic markers, Templestowe Hillclimb ruins)
  • Unnamed Parklands - Eltham
  • Unnamed Parklands - Warrandyte (Longridge Farm)
  • Unnamed Parklands - Warrandyte North (Laughing Waters, Bobs Wetlands)
  • Pound Bend Reserve - Warrandyte (toilet, canoe launching ramp, information)
  • Warrandyte State Park* - Warrandyte/Warrandyte North/Wonga Park
  • Pound Bend (rangers office, walking trails, views)
  • Black Flat (walking trail, no dogs, no horses)
  • Jumping Creek (barbecues, toilets, canoe launching ramp)
  • Yarra Brae (walking trails)
  • Cresco Park (scouting park)
  • Taroona Reserve - Warrandyte (equestrian trail)
  • Stiggants Reserve - Warrandyte (scout hall, playground, barbecue, toilets)
  • Warrandyte/Kinglake Nature Conservation Reserve - Kangaroo Ground/Bend of Islands
  • Clifford Park - Wonga Park (scouting park, camping, canoe launching ramp)
  • Wittons Reserve - Wonga Park (canoe launching ramp, parking)
  • Spadoni's Nature Reserve - Yering (model aircraft club)
  • Yarra Glen Recreation Reserve & Showgrounds - Yarra Glen (sporting ovals, pavilions/shelters, barbecue, historic bridge)
  • Everard Park - Healesville (picnic area, canoe launching ramp)
  • Waramate Hills Flora & Fauna Reserve - Gruyere
  • Waramate Nature Conservation Reserve - Gruyere (hiking trails in the Warramate Hills)
  • Haining Farm - Launching Place (toilets)
  • Doon Reserve - Yarra Junction (caravan park, shelter, public phone, toilets)
  • Yarra State Forest - Warburton (hiking trails)
  • Chisholm Park - Warburton (barbecue, toilets, sporting oval, lawn bowls, historic bridges)
  • Yarra Ranges National Park (hiking trails)

(*) = Note: this list only includes parklands within the Warrandyte State Park that are adjoining the Yarra River.

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