Valley Conservation Reserve — Attraction in Melbourne

One of the newest and nicest public adventure parks in Melbourne's East.

The toilets and drinking fountains are clean and perfectly maintained (although bringing your own soap is a good idea in case they run out on a popular day). Facilities for parents are very comfortable, and there's plenty of shaded seating for breast feeding out of the hot sun.

Picnic spots are comfy.

There are hectares of beautiful walking paths, and the local friends of the park group do a fabulous job keeping the area clean and local vegetation healthy.

The playground itself has a great variety of challenge levels for kids from toddler to teen, and is well designed and a lot of fun.

Also a handful of Pokemon Go and Ingress stops for...

Natural, secluded setting among thick wild flora, little bellbirds and Willy wag tails flitting about. Soothing; therapeutic. The play area and all equipment nude or natural in colour, beige, tan, cream, grey, khaki green, wood, rope. The bench seats and table settings are also worked in with large smoothed logs and short stumpy ones to sit on. A hidden treasure, this Valley Reserve. Thoughtful playground. Victoria has some remarkable playgrounds. (It’s unfortunate we live in a world where weirdo’s and creeps lurk about and I wouldn’t be at this beautiful park unless other family orientated people...

This reserve is a classic example of the foresight and planning of the MMBW, (Melbourne & Metropolitan Board of Works) now Melbourne Water. The setting aside and eventual management of Valley Reserve by Melbourne Water gives the Eastern Suburbs one of several easily accessible and vitally important natural habitat areas for a wide range of fauna. Its main water way, Scotchman's Creek is home to a couple of very rare aquatic animals, and its numerous species of flora and trees is a fairly healthy set of "lungs" contributing to high air quality for...