It was rather difficult to find the entrance to the carpark coming from Mt Dandenong Road. It enters via a narrow road next to petrol/service station.
There is a lack of simple and more informative direction signs, and I took some trial and error to find my friends who had already arrived and were waiting at the pavilion.
It requires a few minutes to walk from the carpark to the pavilion which is in the middle of an a lake, connected by a bridge. It can be quite a distance to carry food stuff to the open picnic area or the pavilion.
Once in the park proper, it is hard to believe the busy Maroondah Highway, the Ringwood train and bus station are just close by or just about 10-minute walk.
It is a great park covering 8.5 hectares with the playground, shelters, seats, public toilets, barbecues, bushland and approximately 1.1km long walking and cycling trails.
The many ducks inhibit the lake are protected. Visitors are not to feed the duck with bread as it is unsuitable food for them, and waste bread causes bacterial growth in the lake, which can be deadly to the ducks. While we were there, a magpie came to "share" our food.
Now that many of my friends and I are not in active employment, we can enjoy the tranquil setting of the park on weekdays.
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