Zerbes Reserve is an important community recreation reserve with football and cricket clubs, scout and guide activities, and great opportunities for walking, exercising, playground, social gatherings, connecting with nature and simply relaxing.

The opportunities offered at the Reserve cater for all age groups.

Places and spaces

• Avenue of Honour (Saxonwood Drive) and Lone Pine tree memorial
• Guide hall
• Scout hall
• Playground with nature play area (Suitable age group: 1 to 8 years)
• Sportsground for football and cricket
• Barbecue and picnic tables
• Toilets
• Walking and cycling paths including a circuit path around the sportsground
• Areas of open space with significant indigenous vegetation 
• Off street carparking

Pedestrian links

• Hertford Road
• Taunton Street
• Nedlands Court
• Saxonwood Drive
• Blackburn Road

Sports clubs and community groups

• Beverley Hills Junior Football Club
• Doncaster East Football Club
• East Doncaster Cricket Club
• East Doncaster Girl Guides
• Manningham District Scouts
• 3rd Doncaster East Scout Group

Facilities for hire

Zerbes Reserve offers football ground and cricket pitch hire.
Contact us for booking and fee information. 

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Ringwood Warrandyte Reserve contains a natural drainage line, an underground Council drain and a steep hillside at the rear.

It joins directly to Andersons Creek at the eastern end and supports remnant vegetation at its western end as a buffer to Andersons Creek/Colman Park Biosite 27 in Council’s Healthy Habitats Bushland Management Strategy 2012.

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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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Wonga Park Reserve is the hub of the local community and comprises 7.7 hectares of open space. The reserve caters to sporting competition and recreation activities including cricket, netball, tennis, walking and jogging, BMX, playground, barbecues, picnics and connecting with nature.

Places and spaces

• Soccer field
• Cricket pitch
• Bushland areas
• Wonga Park Community Centre
• Community hall
• Car parking
• Public toilets
• Two outdoor netball courts
• Tennis courts and club house
• BMX track
• Three playgrounds
• Two barbecues

Enter from either the community centre on Old Yarra Road or Launders Ave, Wonga Park.

Playground

There are three playgrounds at Wonga Park Reserve.

The playground between the tennis courts and community hall caters for children aged one to seven years, with a junior play unit.

The playground overlooking the main sportsground and next to the barbecues is more challenging with fun climbing, swinging and balancing opportunities.

The Gooligulch playground is based on the  Graeme Base book My Grandma Lived in Gooligulch. This playground allows children to ride kangaroos, befriend wombats, emus and other characters under the watchful eye of Grandma.

BMX track

This popular facility provides a place for young people to come together and improve their BMX skills on a dirt bike track. Three jump circuits of varying skill levels are provided and jumps should not be modified to exceed 1.5 metres.

• Beginners between 0.3 - 0.7 metres
• Intermediate between 0.5 - 1.0 metres
• Advanced between 1.0 - 1.5 metres

Sports clubs & community groups

• Burch Memorial Pre-school
• Wonga Park Community Cottage
• Wonga Park Cricket Club
• Wonga Park Netball Club
• Wonga Park Playgroup
• Wonga Park Tennis Club
• Wonga Park Wizards Junior Football Club (soccer)

Bring your dog

This is an off lead reserve where dogs may be unrestrained provided that the dog is under effective control and not within 15 metres of the playground, barbecue or a sporting event.

Facilities for hire

Wonga Park Reserve offers soccer and cricket pitch hire.
Contact us for bookings and fees.

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Domeney Reserve provides a range of community facilities including sporting oval, netball / basketball court, Domeney Recreation Centre which includes a community centre and sports pavilion, playground, barbecues and picnic shelters.

It plays an important role in the provision of informal recreation and cultural opportunities within its district catchment, including the annual event, Carols by Candlelight. The playground is next door to St Anne’s Primary School and accessibility for Park Orchard residents in general will be improved once the long term bicycle network is implemented.

Playground

Domeney Reserve playground provides a range of equipment suitable for children aged 2 to 8 years. Play opportunities include two slides, swing set, track glide, crawl tunnel, shop front and some climbing challenges. Invite some friends along and stay for barbecue under the picnic shelter in the playground. There is also a drink fountain.

Places and spaces

• Sportsground (football and cricket) with undercover spectator area
• Playground
• Netball and basketball court (full size)
• Two picnic shelters - each with two picnic tables and two barbecues
• Toilets
• Off street carpark including two disabled carparks
• Cricket training nets
• Bike racks outside community centre

Clubs

• Park Orchards Senior Football Club
• Park Orchards Cricket Club
• Park Orchards/ North Ringwood Parish Junior Football Club
• Park Orchards Community House Learning Centre

Carpark

Access is from Knees Road. Domeney Reserve provides off street carparking and is the arrival point for the 100 Acres Reserve (next door). The walking path from Domeney Reserve links to 100 Acres Reserve at the back of the sportsground (next to the netball court).

Bring your dog

Off lead reserve, except within 15 metres of a playground, BBQ area or where a sporting event is in progress.

Bushfire Neighbourhood Safer Place

Manningham Council has designated the Domeney Pavilion Verandah as a Neighbourhood Safer Place - Place of last resort during a bushfire. 

Facilities for hire

Domeney Reserve offers football ground and cricket pitch hire options.

Contact us for bookings and fees.

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Donvale Reserve is 11 hectares in size, with the majority of the Reserve providing a range of sporting facilities, including soccer, tennis, football, cricket, netball and basketball. Off Noonan Way is the Donvale Reserve playspace as well as the Montessori Early Education Centre.

The Reserve has pedestrian access from five streets, including Mitcham Road which has a bus route, and vehicular access from Mitcham and Martha Streets. 
 

Places and spaces

• large combination unit tube slider and junior slide, climbing nets and monkey bars
• triple swing including basket seat
• single rocker, three seat rocker and spinner
• nature play area with timber steppers and log climbers
• picnic table and bench seats
• fitness hub
• two full sized community basketball and netball courts
• tennis courts
• four sportsgrounds for football, soccer and cricket
• public toilets
• off street parking
• cricket nets.
   

Donvale Reserve playspace

The Donvale Reserve playspace is located south of Noonan Way, amongst sports ovals and full-sized basketball and netball courts.

Clubs and organisations

• Donvale Football Club
• Donvale Magpies Junior Football Club
• Donvale Cricket Club
• Donvale Tennis Club
• St. David's Cricket Club
• Montessori Early education Centre
   

Public Transport

There are a number of bus routes which travel along Mitcham Rd and Springvale Rd, Donvale including bus route numbers:

• 907
• 270
• 309

Facilities for hire

Donvale Reserve offers football, soccer and and cricket ground hire.
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Tindals Wildflower Reserve is a special remnant of significant bushland featuring native orchids. Council will preserve the natural habitat and biodiversity to ensure the long term integrity of the area is protected.

The reserve has value and provides interest to plant specialty groups, photographers, naturalists, artists and the general public for nature appreciation and environmental education, and is used in research projects on flora.

Places and spaces

• Wildflowers
• Bushland

Please don't bring your dog

The reserve is a designated dog and cat prohibited area due to the ecological values, including the fenced area of Diane Court Bushland.

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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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