By Jed Lanyon
Queen’s Park – Healesville
The revamped play space in Queens Park has equipment for younger and older children, including swings, double flying foxes, a sandpit, nature play area, balancing logs, an accessible spinner plus everything else found in a typical playground.
The park is near the roll play bike park where children can practice their skills on a specially-made track.
The park now features a new sculpture highlighting the nests of local birds and is the perfect place for a family picnic and hours of play, all just a short walk from the main shopping area in town.
Lillydale Lake – Lilydale
Lillydale Lake is open at all times and has a range of facilities and activities to suit everyone.
The Lilydale Lake Splash Pad is part of the Lilydale Lake playground. The splash pad has water jets and sprays.
Other features include sensory creek bed with mushrooms, platypus and wood duck climbing sculptures, giant basket swing, expression swing, double flying fox, spinning carousel and liberty swing
Enjoy a picnic or barbecue, walk around the 28 hectare lake, or watch your children enjoy the all abilities playground.
Lillydale Lake features 10 kilometres of shared trail at the park, perfect for walking or bike riding. Bring your fishing rod too as it is permitted at the lake. Your four-legged friends are welcome with two designated dog off-lead areas.
McKenzie Reserve – Yarra Glen
McKenzie Reserve is an award winning, fully landscaped playground with a huge variety of activities suitable for all ages and abilities.
McKenzie Reserve features a skate park and plenty of shade and lawn areas to play and have a picnic.
Grab your picnic supplies from the nearby Bell Street in Yarra Glen and head on over for a lunch under the sun.
This park is a place for imagination as kids can play amongst large beetle sculptures, sandpit with waterfall features and a large spring seesaw.
