Nortons Park — Attraction in Melbourne

This is a nice and convenient park to meet up with people and bring dogs. You can a take a walk, have a picnic or a barbecue, while your dogs enjoy off-leash time. Amenities include heaps of parking, a serviceable public toilet, drinking fountains for people and pooches, a barbecue, several picnic tables, and a dog playground area. There is lots of grass and shade under the pine trees. It’s close to Jells Park and you get some nice views towards Glen Waverley and Mulgrave.

A few slight cons: the facilities are a bit tired, (but nothing appears to be broken); no undercover area (so no shelter from rain); no rubbish bins - signs clearly ask you to take your rubbish home. Unfortunately lots of people seem to think this does not apply to them. Make sure you take your doggy-doo/rubbish bags in and out! And BYO coffee etc - there is no cafe within walking distance.

NB This park caters for people with fur-babies, not so much for human ones. Older kids who are confident and well-behaved around dogs will be fine. Just keep in mind that there is no children’s play equipment and there are always dogs of all sizes...

A popular exercise park for people and dogs. There was sufficient parking when I was there after 4pm on Sunday.

The park could do with more park benches and table-bench seats. You could also bring your own tables and chairs and rugs for a picnic as there is ample space on the ground under huge old trees.

Toilet needs some work but at least there is a toilet. The BBQ area was closed off when I was there.

There are walking trails that lead to Jells Park according to the map but upon investigation looked like a narrow natural trail through a forest - I would only do this in company of others or my dog - it looked rather deserted and I didn't feel safe attempting this on my own.

There is a dog activity area with signs pointing to it. There were also barriers that look like challenges for dogs. There were doggie water bowls at the...

Plenty of space and a beautiful peaceful place to sit. There were picnic tables in the shade and toilets. I found it difficult to access as someone using public transport as I had to walk on the road a lot (due to lack of footpath and overgrown grass between the bus stop and the park), however there is plenty of car parks if you were to drive. It is a dog off leash area, which means very different things depending on your comfort level around dogs. There were paths I didn't explore in this visit as I wanted to stick to the shade and didn't see much from my vantage point, so I can't say much on those. There were grass mowers while I was there but I found my headphones blocked them out enough. All and all, a great park and I would recommend for anyone wanting somewhere to escape the business and crowded feeling of the roads...