Kangaroo Ground War Memorial Park — Attraction in Melbourne

I stumbled across this great lookout / memorial as I was driving past. It has a lovely stone built lookout tower, if you're game you can climb to the top and get some amazing views of the surrounding area. It has ANZAC memorial plaques for all the wars Australia has fought in. It has some seats, so you can sit and wait for others who wish to climb the tower. Over the other side there is a viewing deck. We went at sunset and saw a beautiful sunset. Also a nice surprise was there are lots of kangaroos just down in the valley at sunset that come hoping up the hill. I had an international guest from Korea with me and she was so excited to see the kangaroos and was also surprised to see the Korean War plaque at the memorial. So we both paid our respects 'thank you for your service -...

Every year the Trees block more of the view

You can see the city from the ground and still see a lot of the countryside so it's still worth a look

You can see the view from the top on a 360°view photo in this group of Google Maps Photos which allows one to checkout the tree tops

It's a lovely spot with Toilets and not far from Eltham

Certainly recommend stopping if driving past The best views of Melbourne are from the Lookout they have built at the Ground Level so one doesn't even need to climb the stairs for a good view of the Melbourne CBD

It's like there's two lookouts, the one on the ground to view the City to the West and the tower to see Lilydale to the South East

So for those that go up the Tower make sure you also see the second observation Lookout...

Come here to get a fantastic view of all the surrounding areas. (Melbourne's city sure does look small from up there. Climb the stairs to the top of the tower. Each section has North, South, East and West with all the town names and direction they are located. One a nice day you can walk around and enjoy nature. There is work being done on the tower at the moment, so it is taking a while for it to be cleaned up. A year ago, you couldn't climb it as it was locked. The old original stairs have been replaced. A restroom right next to it, so there is no need to find a bush. Nice place for a picnic with the...