Eltham Lower Park — Attraction in Melbourne

The Lower Eltham park is renowned for its miniature railway, and rightly so. The longest track set up I have ever encountered, coupled with the most comprehensive and realistic train facilities and infrastructure, make for a truly unique and totally awesome experience. Load the family on to one of the dozens of replica trains and enjoy a 15-20 minute run for only a few dollars per adult, children 2 and under FREE (cash only for this wholly volunteer run local institution). After enjoying the trains the kids can romp in the fenced in play area just next door, or head across the cricket oval to the bbq area for a feed with friends under cover. If you've not been here before, stop reading this and get in the car NOW. The train park is an experience that you'll not get anywhere else, and you'll remember for the rest of your...

A pretty good park with a Cricket ground that doubles as Lacrosse pitch and a fully enclosed Dog Park. There's also another green that's used for mixed sports and a miniature railway that runs around the Main Road and Creek section of the park.

On the downside the drainage can be a bit rubbish after high rainfall and the dog park element is lacking better planning, particularly considering there are probably more people using this space to exercises and socialise dogs than use it for sports over the course of a typical week.

There is also a number of trails around the park and plenty of circuits around the park as well as longer walks you can take...

Great park with a few lovely walking paths along the creek and parkland around it. With an open pitch for Football and an enclosed pitch used for Cricket, Lacrosse an enclosed dog park this is a popular, well used community park. Also home to the Eltham minute railway two playgrounds and a BBQ area. The only downside is that in the peek of summer and many weekends (particularly when the railway is open) it can attract more visitors than the already large Carparks can handle and often creates a lot of congestion in and...