Encompassing over 530 hectares, central Melbourne boasts ten of the most beautiful parks and gardens in the world. With more than 2,000 parks and reserves, it comes as no surprise Melbourne is capital of the Garden State.
Open Gardens | MelbourneEvery Saturday, Sunday
Open Gardens calendar is managed by Victorian Open Gardens Scheme Inc replacing Open Garden Scheme.
The Victorian Open Gardens web site shows the details of open gardens and times.
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1,000 Steps | Kokoda Track Memorial WalkThe 1,000 Steps Kokoda Track Memorial Walk is a unique tourist spot located in the Dandenong Ranges National Park at Mt Dandenong.
The track was created in the early 1900's made from the trunks of tree ferns laid along the wetter areas of the tr
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1853 - 2007 | Flow of History - Yan Yean ReservoirWhen it was first constructed, the nine-metre high dam on the Plenty River to create was then the largest storage dam in the world.
Flow of History
The parched Yan Yean Reservoir was once a mighty testament to a new city's boundless optimism. B
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Agnes FallsAgnes Falls is the highest waterfall in Victoria, falling 59 meters.
Hidden within the green rolling hills of the Strzelecki Ranges, the meandering Agnes River cascades over rocks into a deep picturesque gorge producing Victoria’s highest (59 metr
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Akoonah ParkAkoonah Park is Crown Land reserved as a Show Ground and Recreation Reserve. It is situated in the City of Casey on the eastern edge of Berwick adjoining the Cardinia Creek.
The area of 11 hectares has been developed by the volunteer committe of
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Albert Park and LakeAlbert Park Lake is a man made lake situated in Albert Park bordered by Albert Road, Queens Road, Fitzroy Street and Canterbury Road.
The park is roughly 2.25 square kilometres of parkland including Albert Park Lake with many different sporting fa
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Alexandra GardensAlexandra Gardens are set out on five hectares of land off St Kilda Road, at the foot of Princes Bridge between the Yarra River and Alexandra Avenue.
Alexandra Gardens are part of a larger group of parklands directly south-east of the city, betwee
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Alfred Nicholas Memorial GardensAlfred Nicholas Gardens are in Sherbrooke in the Dandenong Ranges near Kallista, about an hour's drive from Melbourne.
The gardens cover a massive 13 hectares of plantings including Australian native plants. The many linking paths through this ga
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All Nations ParkAll Nations Park
Separation Street, Northcote
Melway Reference: 30 G7
All Nations Park is a contemporary 13 hectare regional park created on the site of the former 'Northcote Landfill'. The official opening on the 23 February, 2002 was attended
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Argyle SquareArgyle Square Piazza Carlton is located off Lygon Street in Carlton.
Part of the site is a tree-lined park and part is the site of the former Carlton Bowling Club. In 1995, the Carlton Bowling Club closed and the land became vacant. The City of M
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Ashcombe Maze & Water GardensHome to Australia's oldest and largest traditional hedge mazes Ashcombe also features the first circular rose maze of its kind in the world. 1200 rose bushes specifically chosen for their colour and perfume make this maze a sensory delight and chall
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Avenel MazeAvenel is a very different maze to those of England’s Hampton Court or France’s Palace of Versailles. For one thing it is set in a stunning Australian landscape, overlooking, through gum trees filled with cockatoos, magpies and parrots, the hazy Goul
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Ballarat Botanical GardensThe Ballarat Botanical Gardens is one of Australias most significant cool climate gardens
The Ballarat Botanical Gardens covers 40 hectares divided into three distinct zones - the central Botanical Gardens which preserves the 'gardenesque' style o
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Batman ParkThere are a number of parks named Batman Park but the best known is the Batman Park below the railway bridge near the corner of Clarendon and Flinders Streets.
Connected to the Enterprize Park, Batman Park was named after the founder of Melbourne
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Batman's Pigeon LoftThe Pigeon Loft at Batman Park was built by Melbourne City Council to encourage the cities pigeons to roost away from popular tourist areas.
As a humane measure to curb their breeding, the pigeons eggs are removed from the roost and replace with p
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Bicentennial ParkSydney may have its Bicentennial Park (ie Sydney Olympic Park) but in Melbourne, or more accurately, Chelsea we also have our own Bicentennial Park.
Managed by Kingston City Council, Bicentennial Park is is Scotch Parade, Chelsea
Mel Ref: 93 E12
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Birrarung MarrBirrarung Marr is Melbourne's newest major parkland in more than 100 years.
Birrarung Marr 8.3 hectare park was opened on Australia Day, 26 January 2002 situated between Federation Square and Melbourne Park, providing a promenade link between CBD
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Bollygum ParkWHERE THE STORY COMES TO LIFE!
AN ADVENTURE PLAYGROUND IN KINGLAKE, VICTORIA
A magical playground located at 40 Whittlesea - Kinglake Road, Kinglake, Victoria, Bollygum Park is based around the award winning children's book 'Bollygum' by Garry Fl
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BolobekBolobek, a magnificent heritage property nestled in the foothills of Mt Macedon in Victoria, has inspired Australian gardeners for more than a century.
Bolobek is listed on the Victorian Heritage Register for its importance aesthetically, historic
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Boneo Maze & Mini GolfBoneo Maze and Wetlands Centre is a magnificent eco-tourism complex, only 5minutes from Rosebud, off Boneo Road. The wetlands gives visitors a unique experience to walk along the 2km of boardwalk winding through 15 acres of swamp and wetlands.
Vi
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Brighton General Cemetery1853 - 2003 : 150 Years of History
Brighton General Cemetery, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Looking for the burial index
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Bundoora ParkBundoora Park is Melbourne’s most diverse park providing a wealth of activities and experiences for the whole family.
Bundoora Park is a 180 hectare parkland set in natural bushland beside the Darebin Creek and rising to Mount Cooper.
A sceni
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Burnley GardensThe Burnley Gardens in Richmond date back to 1861 when the Horticulture Society of Victoria established experimental gardens. The aim was to introduce new plants to the colonies, and to promote botanical and horticultural science.
The land was gra
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Canterbury GardensCanterbury Gardens are an example of the Gardenesque style of gardens from the early 1900s.
The park features rolling lawns, specimen trees and superb, colourful displays of perennial borders and annual beds.
The gardens are situated on an area
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Caribbean Park | Gardens and MarketCaribbean Park is 100 acres of gardens, markets, rides, cafe surrounding the beautiful Lake Caribbean. Throughout the picnic grounds are BBQ's and plenty of picnic tables under the share of beautiful elms, gums and pine trees.
Rides include the
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Carlton GardensCarlton Gardens adjoins the northeastern corner of Melbourne's central business district, near Victoria Street, Rathdowne Street, Carlton Street and Nicholson Street.
The Gardens slope gently down to the northeast and southwest from the Exhibition
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Catani GardensCatani Gardens are recognisable in photographs for their avenues and rows of palm trees right on the St Kilda foreshore.
Reflecting St Kilda’s past life as a continental-style seaside resort, the Catani Gardens comprise some six hectares of magnif
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Caulfield ParkCaulfield Park is a very large open park space in south-east Melbourne.
It provides recreational opportunities for a wide range of users. These include casual users as well as tennis,bowls, soccer, cricket, lacrosse, recreational walking on a sur
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Caulfield Racecourse ReserveCaulfield Racecourse Reserve is parkland, public recreation and horse racing.
It could be Melbourne's best kept secret: about 15 MCG's worth of open space in the heart of inner suburbia.
Most people wouldn't even know they could stroll right in
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Central Park | Malvern EastCentral Park - Burke Road, Malvern East
Covering almost 19 acres, Central Park is decoratively embellished with avenue trees, shrubs and flowerbeds and adjoined by an open oval for cricket and other team sports. The park's features include, a fun
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Civil Twilight EndStriking for the first time last night, Civil Twilight End is a bronze bell devised by artists Kate Daw and Stewart Russell that will ring each day at the end of civil twilight — when the sun has dipped below the horizon but the sky is still light.
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Coburg Lake ReserveAt Coburg Lake Reserve there is Coburg Lake, playground, bbq facilities, walking and bike paths, weir, all opposite the old Pentridge Prison.
Several playgrounds include the cleverly decorated Outdoor Lounge and the Doug Hull Space Adventure playg
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Como GardensComo Gardens in the Dandenong Mountains is a beautiful historic garden established in 1873.
Garden
The garden holds two collections of plants, Magnolia and Prunus, which are registered with the Ornamental Plants Collection Association of Austral
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CoranderrkCoranderrk was a Government reserve set up in 1863 for Aboriginal people who had been dispossessed by the arrival of Europeans to the state of Victoria.
The reserve was closed in 1924, with most residents removed to Lake Tyers Mission. Five older
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Cremorne GardensCremorne Gardens was a pleasure garden (amusement park) established in 1853 on the banks of the Yarra River in Richmond and closed in 1863.
Cremorne Gardens was created by James Ellis who had earlier established similar gardens of the same name on
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Docklands ParkDocklands Park – a green place, a description by its developers VicUrban.
Docklands Park is a softer, greener area suitable for passive recreation, but importantly a great area for kids (big and little).
It is a major contemporary park for Mel
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Domain ParklandsDomain Parklands including King's Domain, Queen Victoria and Alexandra Gardens.
The Domain was originally reserved from sale by the Superintendent of the Port Phillip District, Charles La Trobe, as a site for a future Government House. Today the D
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Doongalla Homestead Picnic GroundsDoongalla Homestead was built in 1892, originally named 'Invermay' by the first owner, Sir Matthew Davies. The homestead consisted of 32 bedrooms and servants quarters and was situated on a parcel of the 279 hectare lot of land.
In 1908 'Invermay
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Earimil GardensEarimil Gardens offers 3 acres of manicured colourful floral artistry superbly located at Mt Eliza on the Mornington Peninsula.
Elaine and Reg Smith invite you to their magnificent private and colourful 3 acre garden overlooking Port Phillip Bay a
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Edinburgh GardensEdinburgh Gardens in North Fitzroy is one of Melbourne's best and most popular parks. Every weekend there is something happening in the gardens, whether it be a BBQ, group get-together, kick to kick of the footy, skate board riding, meeting point fo
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Edwardes Lake ParkEdwardes Lake Park is a 26 hectare district park, the second largest in the Darebin municipality after Bundoora Park, providing the setting for the 6.3 hectare Edwardes Lake.
The lake is a part of the Edgar’s Creek catchment, which is a stream of
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Elsternwick Park | Sportscover ArenaElsternwick Park covers 90 acres between Glenhuntly Rd, Head St, New St and St Kilda St Brighton including a sports oval, parkland and lake.
The reserve served as the Elsternwick Racecourse from 1880-1891. A public reserve, which includes a nine-h
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Emerald Bank Adventure ParkOpen 10.00 - 4:30pm weekends
7 days during school holidays.
Closed public holidays.
Emerald Bank Leisure Land is a family friendly destination with plenty to see and do.
Whether it is shopping, adventure or relaxation you are looking for,
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Emerald Lake ParkEmerald Lake Park is a park for all seasons and a delightful destination for absolutely everyone.
With two beautiful lakes, Lake Treganowan and Nobelious, and 50 hectares of rolling parklands, Emerald Lake Park offers discovery, enjoyment and rela
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Enchanted Adventure GardenEveryone from kids to kids-at-heart are invited to discover the Enchanted Adventure Garden.
The Enchanted Adventure Garden is an award winning natural attraction nestled in the beautiful hinterland of Arthurs Seat. From humble beginnings, it has g
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Enclave WetlandsSet to be a major health and environmental asset for thousands of residents, a new 2.5 hectare park and wetlands sanctuary worth more than $6.8 million has opened at Enclave, Ascot Vale.
Located just seven kilometres from Melbourne’s CBD, the ope
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Endeavour Fern GullyEndeavour Fern Gully provides visitors with a glimpse of the original natural environment of the Mornington Peninsular.
It includes 17.5 hectares of natural indigenous bushland that has natural regrowth of many indigenous middle and ground story p
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Enterprize ParkEnterprize Wharf located in Enterprize Park commemorates the spot where the first settlers aboard the good ship Enterprize went ashore to establish a settlement on 30 August 1835.
The landing point on the north bank of the Yarra River is the site
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Fairies Tree | Fitzroy GardensThe amazing Fairies Tree is located in the Fitzroy Gardens in Melbourne.
Ola Cohn's Fairies Tree, comprising a series of lovely carvings on the stump of one of the original Red Gum trees in the Fitzroy Gardens, well over 300 years in age.
From
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Fawkner Park | South Yarra Fawkner Park is named after Melbourne's co-founder, the Hon. John Pascoe Fawkner, and was created in 1862 comprising 100 Acres (40 Hectares).
In the 1890s sections of the park were set aside for up to ten different sporting activities, ranging fro
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Ferny Creek Ornamental GardensThe Garden is about four hectares in all, with numerous distinctive features.
On the western side of the Hall (towards the Ferny Creek Recreation Reserve) the ‘old’ garden is dominated by large Mountain Ash and Mountain Grey Gums. Extensive collec
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Fitzroy GardensFitzroy Gardens was named after Sir Charles Augustus Fitzroy, Governor of New South Wales and Governor-General of the Australian Colonies.
The Gardens have a long history of over 150 years, few other capital cities can boast such a significant ga
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Flagstaff GardensFlagstaff Gardens forms one of Melbourne's most historic sites dating back to the early settlement of Melbourne.
Features include lawns and trees with two significant avenues of trees and two remnant boundary rows of trees. They contain floral an
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Flinders ParkRenamed to Melbourne Park, not a very popular decision.
Tram from Cnr of Batman Avenue and Flinders Street, Melbourne.
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Gordon Reserve - CityLocated in Spring St, Melbourne near the Parliament buildings, it was named for Adam Lindsay Gordon. Also in the reserve is a plaque commemorating the completion of cable-laying between Melbourne and Sydney by the Postmaster-General Department (PMG).
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Gumbaya ParkCome to Gumbuya Park, nature's playground where a unique blend of natural and man made attractions makes for a memorable family outing.
Gumbuya Park was originally a pheasant farm which was converted into a wildlife park in 1978 by Ron Rado.
Pa
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Harpley’s Cultural Adventure ParkHarpley, is a Lend Lease community.
Open space
An abundance of open space at Harpley ensures every member of the family can get active and inspired or simply relax in the tranquil natural surrounds.
On completion, Harpley will feature more t
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Hedgend MazeHedgend Maze and Laser Strike.
A beautiful 20 acres of stimulating, fun filled activities for all ages.
Hedgend offers a unique environment that stimulates a fun personal journey for everybody.
If you love being active, run through our mazes
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Herring IslandHerring Island | Environmental Sculpture Park is accessible only by boat, 3.2 hectares in size, is just 3 km from the city located in the Yarra River.
This informal parkland has provided the inspiration for curator Maudie Palmer to develop a conc
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Islands in VictoriaPeople are surprised to discover Melbourne has two islands and Victoria has 28 in total.
River Islands
-:- Beveridge Island (Murray River)
-:- Coode Island (Yarra River)
-:- Gunbower Island (Murray River)
-:- Herring Island (Yarra River)
-:-
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