This is a rather small park located across from the railway station, and it is basically where the…read morewar memorial is located. However, it is more than just the war memorial, having some play equipment, some rest rooms, and of course a picnic area along with a barbeque. Yeah, it is quite a pleasant park, even if it isn't particularly big. Still, it's nice and I like it.

Pretty good local park. The playground, BMX track, and picnic area attracts a lot of families…read more The football field is used for organized sports most weekends. The best feature of this park is that it connects the fully separated bicycle paths that link the two primary schools, the train station, and the supermarket.

The Tim Neville Arboretum in Ferntree Gully is a perfect spot for an afternoon out with a young…read morefamily. There is a large playground that has been recently renovated and is brand new. It has a child safe gates and a fence around it to encourage supervision. It is a pretty popular playground and gets quite busy on sunny days. The park has two really pretty lakes complete with ducks. There are boardwalks and bridges to walk over and a nice track that meanders all around the park. To appreciate the peace and the beautiful scenery make sure to take a seat at one of the park benches scattered all around - they are perfectly placed for the best views. Although if you are coming for peace and quiet you'd be best off coming during a weekday as on weekends and school holidays there will be kids everywhere. The Knox Bicycle Track runs alongside the park making it a great picnic lunch spot if you're going on a big ride. Kids often ride their bikes around the tracks in the park and there are plenty of grass areas big enough to kick a ball around and be more active. Supervision of kids is essential around the lake as there are no barriers or anything to prevent people from falling in. Dogs are common visitors to the park and must be kept on a leash at all times. The park is really unique in that it caters to every member of the family, young and old and it really is a beautiful spot. Very popular for wedding receptions and events there is a pergola at one end that often plays host to quite a crowd. There are adequate parking spaces available as well as side street parking.

With the outer east slowly building up and attracting more and more new residents to the area, one…read moredifference we have to the west is the amount of greenery we hold dear. At the foot of the Dandenongs, between Fern Tree Gully and Boronia, sits the Tim Neville Arbouretum, a huge expanse of lakes, fountains and open space that has been a favourite for picnics, weddings and lazy Sunday afternoons for as long as I can remember. As a kid we used to come here on our bikes and tear around the paved track that winds its way through, across the footbridge and past the amphitheatre, that is home to yearly Christmas Carols by Candlelight. Perfect on a warm day, there are also BBQ's to use, and plenty of rooms for a large group.

I really do like seeing, and visiting, wetlands, even though you can't really walk through them…read morelike a normal park (there are wetlands after all). However, this one does have some walkways around the edges, which is pretty cool, though it really isn't all that close to decent public transport - okay, the train is a ten-minute walk away. Still, like a lot of wetlands you can see some lovely birds, and some nice plants as well. It is certainly a great addition.

Ahh, another one of those rather charming parks that one seems to encounter when one wanders…read morethrough a country town. Well, this isn't quite the case since Healesville is reasonably close to Melbourne, but it is far enough away to consider it to be a country town. The park itself is quite large actually, and has quite a bit of shade, in the form of trees, as well. Another thing is that there is a creek flowing through it, which I also quite like. Oh, and there are plenty of places to sit, as well as play equipment, and the gym type equipment that you tend to find in a lot of these places as well.

I love parks, and I definitely love going for a stroll through parks, especially when they are…read morelocated in the middle of a city. However, what really captures my attention is a park with a lake because, honestly parks with lakes are really, really cool. Okay, when I was younger I also liked parks with play equipment, as well as parks with lakes you could swim in (though you can't actually swim in most lakes these days because they happen to be pretty filthy). Sure, this park is probably not one of my favourites, namely because it happens to be one of those suburban parks that don't stand out as much as some of the parks closer to the city, but it still has a charm of its own.

I haven't been to this park for quite some time, and I was informed that the playground area and…read moretoilets have been revamped, so I decided to take my 3yo granddaughter to check it out, she had a great time playing on the play equipment and looking at all the ducks and other birds, it was a wonderful time for her and that made me very happy 10/10

I actually quite liked this park, but that may have something to do with the really nice stage that…read morethey had here. Then again, a rather handy park can also be a great place to sit down and feast on some takeaway food, which is actually what I did here. Sure, the seats aren't the most comfortable, but this place was still quite shaded, and rather easy to access as well. Oh, and it also had some quite good facilities.

This park is quite large, and it is also the starting point of the walking trail that takes you all…read morethe way to Warragul (not that it is actually all that far - you can walk it in about two hours, going at my pace of course). The park itself is pretty cool. In fact they were have an outdoor sound-shell for events, and of course there are all the things that you would expect in a park like this. Yeah, this place is pretty cool, and it is certainly worth checking out.