Renshaw Reserve playground has a slide, rocker and lots of fun climbing and balancing challenges for young children.  The fenced reserve is 200 metres from the Leeds Street milk bar.

Suitable age group: 2 to 7 years

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This is a great place for kids to explore and immerse themselves in the outside world.

Discover the sculptures dotted around the trails in the bush. Landscapers, sculptors and artists have helped create a natural play space for kids to explore at Currawong Bush Park. Can you spot the kangaroo? Play in the woven cubby, curl up in the giant nest or count the ants the echidna is about to eat.

See if you can spot the native birds, lizards and frogs on your adventure, or maybe you will be lucky enough to catch sight of a  wombat, or koala. 

Stay for a bite to eat and enjoy a picnic in the bush, or cook up a feast using the onsite barbecue.

Places and spaces

There are many tracks around the park to explore on foot. Our self-guided walks will familiarise you with different areas such as the scar tree and the billabong:

• All Manna of Gums Walking Guide – Takes you along the Mullum Mullum Creek via the Mullum Mullum Trail and Currawong Bush Park
• Currawong Bush Park Walks are a series of eight walks, each focusing on different aspects of the reserve. All of these walks start and finish at Currawong bush Park. Downloading the audio guides will enhance your Currawong experience
• Mullum Mullum Trail is popular with nature loving cyclists and walkers. The trail runs on the other side of the Mullum Mullum Creek and is connected to Currawong Bush Park with a pedestrian bridge just north of Reynolds Road.
• Conference Centre available for hire for your next functions, meetings or seminars

Getting there and car parking

You can park your car at one of the two carparks from the Reynolds Road entrance.

• The first carpark is at the top of the driveway and is closest to the conference centre.
• The second carpark is closer to the park, you will find the carpark further along the road.

Walk to the park and enjoy the surroundings. Cross the pedestrian bridge near the Mullum Mullum Trail north of Reynolds Road. This track forms part of a 4.5 kilometer circuit walk through the park or for a shortcut, take the driveway to the central area.

Take the bike and use the pedestrian bridge from the Mullum Mullum Trail and the vehicle track from Arnold Drive. To protect the park and animals that live here, you can only use bikes on vehicle tracks.

Please also check the weather before arriving, the park will be closed on total fire bans days.

Please don't bring your dog

Dogs are not allowed at Currawong Bush Park because it is a protected habitat.

Fire safety at Currawong Bush Park

All Manningham reserves are closed on days of total fire ban, or higher extreme or catastrophic Fire Danger Rating. Visiting a reserve on these days places you at risk and potentially in danger.

To check the current Fire Danger Rating or find out if it’s a total fire ban day, go to the CFA website. 

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Please let us know if you notice anything unsafe, like a broken tree branch or damaged playground.   

What we do to reduce fire risk at Currawong Bush Park

Finer fuels such as leaf litter, tree branches and twigs raise the level of risk within reserves. Large fallen trees require a much higher level of heat to burn and provide habitats for native wildlife.

Here are some actions we take throughout the year to reduce the fire risk at this reserve:

• create and maintain fuel breaks within the reserve
• maintain grass heights with slashing, brush cutting and tractors year round
• remove fine fuels such as loose and fallen branches
• annual inspection and maintenance of Fire Access Tracks, to ensure emergency service vehicles can access the reserve
• inspect access points, gates and locks

We manage 20 per cent of the land in Manningham, but the other 66 per cent is privately owned. Visit the CFA website for information on how to prepare your private property for fire.

Safer Together

Watch the video below to learn more about:

• different types of vegetation
• how a fire may behave within the reserve
• how to prepare for a fire

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Leawarra Reserve is a small attractive corner reserve with landscaping, basketball half court with four square markings and play equipment. 

Suitable age group: All ages

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Celeste Reserve West is a great playground suitable for older children. Plenty of hanging, gliding and climbing equipment, to develop their upper body strength, as well as a basketball ring.

Suitable age group: 3 to 12 years

Celeste Reserve East

Celeste Reserve East is less than a 400 metre walk down the street from Celeste Reserve West.  It contains a swing only.

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Deep Creek Reserve is a baseball facility located next to the Mullum Mullum Creek Linear Park. Home to the Doncaster Dragons, this is the only baseball facility in Manningham and the club caters to a wide regional catchment that extends beyond Manningham. A section of the Mullum Mullum shared trail has been constructed between the baseball field and the creek.

Places and spaces

• Doncaster Baseball Club
• modern change rooms, including umpire's change room
• storage amenities
• a function space 
• a kiosk
• two dug outs
• spectator seating 
• access to the Mullum Mullum Trail.

All public amenities comply with Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) requirements and meet Baseball Australia Club Facility Resource Guide and Regulations for New Baseball Fields, and Sport and Recreation Victoria's Design for Everyone Guide.

Facilities for hire

Deep Creek Reserve offers baseball and softball pitch hire.

Contact us for bookings and fees.

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Deep Creek Reserve pavilion upgrade

The upgrade to Deep Creek Reserve Pavilion is an exciting project that we are undertaking in partnership with the Victorian Government and the Doncaster Baseball Club.

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Morna Reserve is a local reserve with a playspace, picnic area and plenty of open space.

The reserve features:

• multi-age play unit
• double swing set
• two spring rockers
• picnic area and seating 
• drinking fountain
   

Getting there

Morna Reserve is close to Devon Plaza Shopping Centre.

It is located between Morna Road and Roger Street, with pedestrian access via either of the streets. 

There is also a bus stop for the 901 and 906 outside 89 Blackburn Road.
 

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Ruffey Lake Park’s Church Road North playground provides a different experience to the other playgrounds in the park.

Smaller and set amongst mature shade trees, the playground focuses on playing in the natural landscape and features a rock labyrinth, see-saw, swing suitable for all ages, junior see-saw and a cubby.

Cook something on the electric barbecues and enjoy a bite to eat in the large picnic shelter, or on the many picnic tables. 

Parking

You can park the car in Church Road North.

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Gaudion Reserve is a small reserve with trees planted along the street and in the Reserve in 2012 which will soon improve aesthetics and provide shade.

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Geyde Reserve is small but contains some significant local native trees on the rear driveway entrance that add to the visual appeal of the reserve.

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Carisbrook Reserve is located next door to Donburn Primary School and has a swing set under the shade of large Eucalypt trees.

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Rieschiecks Reserve provides a range of community, recreation, heritage and sporting facilities including Schramms Cottage, Scout Hall, athletics track, football and cricket oval and Heimat Centre.
 

Places and spaces

• Athletics track 
• Doncaster Athletics Club
• Victorian Masters Athletics Club
• Doncaster Little Athletics Centre
• Schramms Cottage Museum
• Doncaster Templestowe Historical Society
• Heimat Centre
• 1st Doncaster East Scout Group
• Playground
• Sporting oval, practice nets and pavilion (football/ cricket)
• Manningham Cricket Club
• Public toilets
• Off street carparking
• Accessible carparking

Tom Kelly Athletics Track

Tom Kelly Athletics Track is the only athletics facility in Manningham. As well as serving local residents through the junior and senior club structure, it also services schools within and outside of Manningham.

Tom Kelly Athletics Track Usage Plan

As part of our ongoing commitment to making sporting facilities more accessible we have reviewed the way in which the community use the Tom Kelly Athletics Track. We spoke to many users of the Athletics Track through our onsite consultation sessions and online survey.

After hearing your ideas, we developed the Tom Kelly Athletics Track Usage Plan.

The Plan was endorsed at the 31 October Council Meeting and implementation of the Plan is now underway.

Bookings

There is no public access to Tom Kelly Athletics Precinct, including toilets, during club/casual allocations. 

To discuss bookings and fees, contact us.

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Bring your dog

Off lead except 15 metres from a playground, barbeque or organised sporting event.  Dogs are prohibited on the Tom Kelly Athletics Track facility.

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St Clems Reserve extends along a drainage line from the corner of Tunstall Road and Maggs Street to Grevillea Road.

A walking/cycling trail has recently been completed and some play equipment installed.

The reserve is large (almost three hectares) and is accessible to a large portion of the population to the east of the precinct. It provides a thoroughfare from the north east of the precinct to the south east for pedestrians, joggers and cyclists and a link to the Koonung Creek Linear Park.

Bright and colourful play opportunities in a shady setting. It’s a perfect park to walk from home and have a picnic. Don’t forget to bring a ball. 

Suitable age group: 1 to 8 years

Places and spaces

• Walking path
• Playground

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Catering mainly for young children, Dryden Reserve playground features a junior unit with slide, rocker, swings and a monkey bar for the older children.

Located on the corner of Ascot Street, East Doncaster Secondary College is located next door.

Suitable age group: 1 to 8 years.

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Wetherby Retarding Basin Reserve was purchased by Council for the purposes of creating a stormwater retarding basin. 

A path connects the Wetherby Road entrance to the Coolibah Street entrance. 

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