Parklands adjoining the Yarra River

Parklands

Below is a list of parklands that adjoin the Yarra River, their locations and their uses (from downstream to upstream):^[1]

• 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)

• 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, café, 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 café)
• 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)
• Glynn's Reserve – Eltham
• Morrison's Bushland – Eltham
• Unnamed Parklands –
  Warrandyte
  (Longridge Farm)
• Unnamed Parklands –
  Warrandyte North
  (Laughing Waters, Bobs Wetlands)
• Pound Bend Reserve –
  Warrandyte
  (toilet, canoe launching ramp, information)
• Warrandyte North/Wonga Park

• 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.

Gallery

• 
  Yarra Flats Park
• 
  Wombat Bend Park
• 
  Bolin Bolin Billabong

See also

• Yarra River
• Parks and gardens of Melbourne
• Geography of the Yarra River
• Parks in Victoria

References