Mentone Racecourse Reserve — Attraction in Melbourne

It's a lovely park with a nice playground. A beautiful lake so wildlife such as ducks thrive.

They just remade the track with sand, which is nice for bike riding and walking. I believe the place is named "racecourse" because the path is intended for racing around.

There are two undercover areas with BBQ facilities. There are two toilets for everyone (gender friendly, disabled friendly and has a changetable for parents with babies).

Pokemon Go fans, rejoice! There are two pokemon gyms, plenty of pokestops, and an easy route that loops around crossing all the pokestops.

There are also a few 45° parking spots (in range of the pokemon gyms!).

The pokemon gyms are fairly often in team rotation, but the locals seem to have an understanding to allow trainers to stay in for their 8hours so they can get their coins.

The place is semi-dog friendly. You can have the dog, but it is an on-leash area. I often see a lot of people walking their dogs on their leashes as I hunt...

Beautiful park! I've lived in the area for over 3 years and never knew this place existed! Dogs are allowed on leash and this is a family and child friendly haven! So many things to do spread across the park, soccer goal, football posts, sand pit with diggers, flying fox, swings, slides and heaps of play equipment, horse themed statues and play equipment and plenty of drinking fountains for humans and dogs. Public toilets are accessable and a good amenity to have. There are also a number of gas BBQs and under cover areas as well as seats and picnic tables. There's a lot to explore and lots of little offshoot paths as well as open space and grass areas. Lots of beautiful trees and garden beds, not to mention the lovely lake & wild life (ducks and magpies and other birds). There's also a fountain in the lake as well as two bridges to cross. Good walking track and good parking....

I am bias living very close to this park but it's a pretty nice area. Plenty of walking/exercise track around the entire area. Big grass oval for sports. Brick wall for having a bit of tennis or cricket. Basketball ring and area too. Plenty of playground areas, bbq areas for occasions and of course the big lake to feed ducks and other wildlife. Relaxing for groups, solo adventurers or couples looking to be a bit more private. Oh and public toilets that are those self contained metal style ones. Plenty of parking for...