Koonung Creek Reserve — Attraction in Melbourne

Long narrow strip park which is very popular with locals for walking, cycling, picnics, dog play etc. There is street parking alongside the park and toilets, picnic shelters and playgrounds sprinkled along the length of the park which runs parallel with the Eastern Freeway. ..........and recently, as of 06/02/2023, an impromptu emergency landing strip for an aeroplane, a Piper Cherokee Six, Registration Number: VH-UST, which landed here safely after an engine failure whilst on its return trip to Lilydale Airport. The pilot did a textbook landing magnificently, performing an emergency landing in a highly populated area, on a very short strip of fairly bumpy, hillocky grass with only metres from its wingtips to trees on either side of the hillock on its approach to land. You can check out the final flight on "Flight Radar" by typing in its registration number and selecting it's...

Such a challenging reserve to review. There are still great trails on which to wander, a playground and toilet, and a few greener spots to walk the dog. But the roadworks (which have been dragging on for a long while) have claimed quite a few green areas and aren't the most pleasant thing to look at. I hope that once those are done, the ugly fences will be replaced, not too much of the park will be permanently lost to the freeway, and things can get...

Thousands upon thousands of trees, kilometres of grassy parkland, bike trails kids rode on the weekends. All destroyed in the wake of car-centric urban expansion. We've seen the damage this urban planning style has done to the United States and Canada, so why are we following suit and destroying our...