Parks and nature
Experience nature, parks, walks
The City of Melton offers a wide range of parks and leisure spaces for people of all ages including skate parks, lakes, adventure playgrounds and barbecue facilities. Bridge Road Regional Play Space, Burnside Heights, Navan Park and Taylors Hill West Recreation Reserve offer play spaces for all abilities.
See a list of park and recreation spaces.
Dingo Discovery and Research Centre
Dingo Discovery
350 Gisborne Road, Toolern Vale, (visits by appointment only)
(03) 5428 1245
Melton Botanic Garden
The Melton Botanic Garden currently includes:
- Indigenous plantings including creek and lake rehabilitation, Indigenous Grassland and the Koori Student Garden
- Dryland Eucalyptus Arboretum with Australian understory vegetation
- Indigenous Peoples Garden
- Sensory Garden
- Western Australian Garden
- South Australian Garden
- Southern African Garden
- Mediterranean Garden
- Californian, Central and South American Bed
- Bushfoods Garden
- Victorian Volcanic Plains Garden
- Botanic Trail around the main lake
- Amphitheatre for events
There is seating, BBQ facility, accessible toilets, public car park (Lakewood Boulevard) and walking paths.
The Plant Nursery is located at 21 Williams Street, Melton. The Melton Botanic Gardens public car park is located on Lakewood Boulevard.
Opening hours are Tuesday, Thursday and every 2nd and 4th Sunday of the month 10am - 1pm.
Friends of Melton Botanic Garden
Melton Reservoir (also known as Exford Weir)
Exford Road, Exford
Southern Rural Water
Managed by Southern Rural Water
1300 139 510
Grey Box Forest at Eynesbury (forest walking trail)
Eynesbury Rd, Eynesbury
Eynesbury
Walks/Trails
Walks, parks and trails
Leisure activities
Golf
Eynesbury Golf
487 Eynesbury Road, Eynesbury
(03) 9971 0400
Melton Valley Golf Club
156-200 Melton Valley Drive, Melton
(03) 9747 8216
Swimming
Melton Waves
206 Coburns Road, Melton
(03) 9747 4333
More Information
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