After over 100 years as a much loved, and visited municipal park, Edwardes Lake Park is a surprisingly lovely place to go for a 10 minute break, lazy afternoon, or the family BBQ.  100 year old trees, acres of lawn, ducks, swans, playgrounds and more. Quiet winding pathways lead around the lake through rejuvenated wetlands alive with fogs and  water birds.  The public BBQ’S, seating and kids adventure playground are well patronaged, but good upkeep.  And around the perimeter of parks Northern border, a Lawn Bowls club, Scout Hall and Skate park sit just your beyond the line of sight down by the lake shoreline. The park is also home to Athletics clubs, a 400m rubberized athletics track, and a Historic A2 class Steam train.  A highly successful type, designed and built in Melbourne, and once a common sight across the state. Thomas Edwardes gifted the land to the people of Preston in 1914. Work commenced to plant many of the largest trees still growing in the park.  With construction of a dam and a weir, the official ceremony was held in 1920.  Water quality has been a major issue over the past 50 years due to increasing urban expansion along the Edgars creek catchment, killing fish, contaminating the lake bed with oil sludge, and eventually leading to the closure of the Rowing Club, and the Sailing Club which once called the lake home.  Recently improved water management of Edgars creek and the creation of wetlands, will hopefully rejuvenate the lake, wild life, and the park in general.