Jenkins Park (also known as Jenkins Playground) forms part of Green Gully Linear Park. It is well located to serve local recreation needs as well as those of the wider district. We've identified this park for sporting use.  The Reynolds Road underpass provides safer pedestrian and cycle access from the north and around the playground contains a series of paths including a circuit and pedestrian lighting.

The playground is suitable for children aged 1 to 8 years and consists of a combination unit with lots of climbing and sliding fun and swings.  It is part of a very large space (5.0 hectares) which contains a series of paths, including a circuit, two exercise stations and pedestrian lighting.

It is earmarked for an upgrade to include play opportunities for all abilities alongside toilet and barbecue facilities. 
 

Exercise equipment

Green Gully Linear Park (Jenkins Park) is one of three reserves in Manningham to have exercise equipment installed as part of a grant from the State Government's 2015 Community Facility Funding Program.

The exercise and stretching equipment suitable for adults includes:

• sit up bench
• power bike
• cross trainer
• free runner
• flex wheel
• body flexor.
   

Places and spaces

• playground (with shade sail)
• walking paths
• off street carparking (Shakespeare Drive)
• exercise equipment

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Ignite your imagination at the all abilities Wombat Bend. Enjoy community art and sculptures, sensory play activities, an amphitheatre and a native forest walk. You’ll love exploring the large mosaic titled ‘The Circle of Friends’ and navigating the maze panels. Or try building your own cubby house from bush materials in the nature play area (east of the playground). With a fully fenced playground, children can run wild along pathways and the native forest walk.

Pack a picnic and relax by the Yarra - or cook a meal on the onsite barbecues. There are also toilets and drinking fountains onsite.

Wombat Bend is great for children, families and people who are young at heart.

Places and Spaces

Our playground includes:

• swings
• maze
• monkey bars
• slides
• flying fox
• sand play

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Koonung Park provides an important function in Manningham’s open space network as a sporting and recreation facility. The Reserve contains a sportsground, community tennis courts, exercise equipment, playground (2-8 years), toilets, treed open space and a hall for hire (Koonarra Hall).

Koonung Park adds to the ‘green’ buffer between the Eastern Freeway and residential area and the Red River Gums in the south-west corner are an important element. The Reserve is accessible from the adjacent Koonung Creek Linear Park, nearby bus stops, early childhood learning centre and the local street network.
 

Places and spaces

• Sportsground - football and cricket (turf wicket)
• Community tennis courts free to the public
• Koonarra Hall (available for hire)
• Toilets
• Barbecue
• Off street carpark
• Bulleen Cricket Club
• Bulleen Cobras Football Club
• Playground
• Exercise equipment
• Drink fountain
• Access to Koonung Creek Linear Park (shared trail)
   

Koonung Park playground

This playground offers play opportunities for all ages, in a lovely park setting under some large gum trees. Bring a footy along as well to test your skills on the handball game. The playground is very close to the Koonung Creek Linear Trail, offering a great excuse to extend your park visit with a walk or bike ride.

Suitable age group: 2-10 years
 

Exercise equipment

Exercising at your local park is a great way to improve health and wellbeing. Koonung Park is one of three reserves in Manningham to have exercise equipment installed as part of a grant from the State Government's 2015 Community Facility Funding Program. The exercise and stretching equipment suitable for adults includes a sit up bench, power bike, cross trainer, free runner, push up bars and a body flexor.
 

Community tennis courts

There are three community tennis courts that are free for the public for recreation use. No bookings are required but please observe the following rules:

• Please apply a 30 minute rotation when people are waiting to use a court
• Professional tennis coaching is not permitted. Penalties apply.

Public transport

There are various bus routes along nearby Thompsons Road, Bulleen. These include bus routes; 200, 905, 305, 203, 205, 280. 

Facilities for hire

Koonung Park offers football ground and cricket pitch hire.
Contact us for bookings and fees.

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Ruffey Creek Linear Park runs along Ruffey Creek Valley in Templestowe from Ruffey Lake Park (King Street) to Finns Reserve, where the creek enters the Yarra River. The park is almost entirely a bush experience landscaped with native vegetation alongside a recently constructed shared path. Highlights of the Linear Park include the fantastic destinations at each end.

Places and spaces

• Ruffey Trail - bicycle and pedestrian path
• Wetland and bush areas
• Wombat Bend Playground and Main Yarra Trail at Finns Reserve
• The Boulevarde, Church Road North and Victoria Street playground at Ruffey Lake Park
• Barbecues, picnic shelters, open parkland, bushland and public toilets at all destinations

Pedestrian links

• James Street
• Montpellier Crescent
• Glen Court
• Kersey Place
• Montpellier Crescent

Bring your dog

Off lead reserve, except within 15 metres of a playground, barbecue area or where a sporting event is in progress. Once the trail is completed (refer Ruffey Creek Linear Park Management Plan 2017), dogs will be required to be on-lead within five metres of the trail.

Vegetation

Within the Linear Park, Ruffey, Biosite 30 comprises 7.35 hectares remnant vegetation located in three sections; one at the Yarra River at Finns Reserve, another upstream of Foote Street at St. Kevins Primary School and the third in Ruffey Lake Park. The vegetation is considered high priority in Council’s Healthy Habitats Bushland Management Strategy 2012. The creek valley has always been considered important as a wildlife corridor and appropriate screen planting of indigenous vegetation, weed management and integration of these adjoining reserves should continue.

Ruffey Trail

The Ruffey Trail, a major feature of the Linear Park, offers a bushland experience for pedestrians and cyclists on an off-road three kilometre shared path. The trail crosses four major roads between Finns Reserve and Ruffey Lake Park. There are underpasses (with lighting) at King Street and Williamsons Road and road crossings at Foote Street and Parker Street. Cyclists and pedestrians currently also use Eumeralla Avenue as there is no footpath or trail in this section.

Trail Length

3.0 km (sealed)

Topography

Valley

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Gainsborough Reserve is a pleasant small corner reserve that provides green space for informal recreation. 

Places and spaces

• Play equipment
• Trees and low planting beds for colour, texture and nature play opportunities
• Concrete path
• Park seats

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This park is relatively undeveloped with a drinking fountain and a cricket pitch. There is a playground located across the road in Whistlewood Reserve.

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Eric Reserve has a shaded table seat and some mature planting and landscaping. 

Eric Reserve playspace upgrade

We’re building a new playspace at Eric Reserve for local residents in Templestowe Lower.

This project is part of our Parks Improvement Program and will be delivered under our 2024/25 open space capital works program.

The proposed playspace will include a new:

• play unit with slides, monkey bars, and a covered platform (suitable for ages 2 to 12)
• double swing
• picnic table, drinking fountain and seating
• new trees for natural shade

More information

Visit Your Say Manningham to find out how you can have your say on the new space.  
 

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Cat Jump Park is a large, attractive, undulating park with a playground and abundant space for walking, exercising and ball games.

Places and spaces

• Playground
• Rebound wall / Hit up wall
• Basketball ring
• Soccer goal
• Path network

Pedestrian Links

• Polaris Drive
• Leslie Street
• Ellerton Court
• Miramar Court
• Carbine Street

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Argyle Reserve is a small playground with a swingset, rockers and a park seat making it an ideal place for local children to meet friends for a play.

Suitable age group: 1 to 4 years

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Stutt Reserve has a fun playground that includes a single rocker, climbing frame, junior unit with slide and swings. The reserve is attractively landscaped and has seating and steps that connect the park to the busy Stutt Avenue local shopping centre.

Suitable age group: 0 - 7 years

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Stanley Reserve provides a toddler unit suitable for the smallest of park visitors, and a swing set. The bench seating and picnic table amongst the large shade trees makes this is the perfect spot for a picnic.

Suitable age group: 2 to 6 years

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Studley Reserve's fun new playspace caters to children of all ages. Located next to Doncaster Park Preschool, the exciting play unit offers children creative play opportunities including swings, monkey bars, a see-saw and a slide.

There is lots of informal open space and a great hill to roll down! Studley Reserve is situated on the western boundary of the Eastern Golf Club and its future redevelopment is a significant opportunity to improve the amenity and connectivity of this reserve for surrounding residents.

Suitable age group: 2 to 11 years

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Anderson Park offers both sporting and biodiversity conservation. The remnant indigenous vegetation is considered a high priority bushland reserve.

Walkers and cyclists can access the park via an off-road shared path along Anderson Creek Road and an on-road bicycle path along Reynolds Road.

Places and spaces

• Doncaster Rovers Soccer Club

Facilities for hire 

Anderson Park offers two full sized grass pitches and a smaller synthetic soccer pitch. 

Contact us for bookings and fees. 

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Bus Services

Bus routes along Reynolds Road and Andersons Creek Road: 273, 280, 305, 318 and 961

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The 100 Acres Reserve is 41 hectares and classified as a Conservation Reserve of Regional significance. The Reserve also provides a range of recreation opportunities in a natural bush setting including walking, jogging, dog walking, horse riding and nature appreciation.

A review of The 100 Acres Reserve Management Plan (1996) was completed in 2010 and improvements include continuing to improve the Reserve’s biodiversity, weed and pest control programs, protection of rare or threatened flora species, path upgrades, signage and changes to dog controls in high conservation areas.
 

Pedestrian Links

• Knees Road (Domeney Reserve carpark) 
• Arundel Road
• Berringa Road
• Wirth Road
   

Bring your dog

Dogs on lead except the identified area of environmental significance in the north west corner of the Reserve where dogs are prohibited.

Fire safety at The 100 Acres Reserve

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 The 100 Acres Reserve

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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