Molonglo River Reserve — Attraction in District of Molonglo Valley

The concept for this new Canberra Nature Reserve is good. While only in its initial stages of development, there appear to be no plans for public amenities. There are no toilets, taps or drinking fountains and accessibility doesn’t seem to have been considered. The park has many paths but only the access tracks are open for dogs. All the interesting features in the park are off limits to dogs, even on leash.

Bring your own water—there is none in the park or car park.

There is a playground but there’s no shade, no fountain and no toilet. Kids need to go when kids need to go so I’m not sure what the planners were thinking.

The signage around the park is inadequate, as distances are not marked. With no water available, people could find themselves in trouble on hot days.

The car park is badly sign-posted and has a potentially dangerous entry. It’s off Coppins Crossing Road, between the Coppins Crossing Bridge and where the road becomes Sir John Gorton Drive. It’s a hard turn onto gravel off a busy 80km road.

I hope the park custodians have a re-think and consult parents, people with disabilities and dog owners about how this place can be made more...

This park is in development but fantastic! The planning and work that has gone into this is phenomenal. There has obviously been huge input into design, development and rock and timber carving by aboriginal artists. There is a special playground area and a fire pit for smoke ceremonies surrounded by beautiful timber logs. This place once finalised and with some vegetation growth could become a showpiece for other aboriginal projects around Australia. The organisers deserve high praise. The rock carvings and wire sculptures are a real highlight. There are many other features too! The bridge providing foot access is huge with a great river view and a feature...

Visited Namarag on 21 Feb 2023 and found it to be in extremely poor condition with the whole area overgrown with weeds and with multiple paths showing growing erosion gullies. As a result, this place is not suitable for anyone with ambulation issues.

There are no toilet facilities, no BBQ facilities and parking is very poorly sign posted and therefore hard to find.

Not sure who is responsible for upkeep - the local aboriginal people or the ACT government - both of whom talked it up as so important when it was opened. In any case, this park is now an embarrassment and I recommend not visiting it until...