woodlands park, essendon
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Woodlands Park is the perfect green space amongst the beautiful homes and businesses of Essendon. An excellent, spacious spot for a picnic. Nestled behind Bulla Road - it's a great open space with wetlands, a playground, lush green grass and beautiful old trees.
Recent upgrades have included improvements to the ponds with the addition of three new floating islands, creating a habitat for local wildlife, upgrades to pathways and park furniture, new exercise equipment and bike repair stations, new bbq areas and rotunda and a new storm water harvesting project, helping to more sustainably irrigate the park.
The playground has been improved while retaining some favourite play structures like Bunyip Sculptural Garden, the large seesaw and the bumble bee rocker. The most noteworthy new additions are the nature play elements like rocks, dry creek beds, logs and beams. There are rope climbing frames, small and larger slides, monkey bars, swings and lots more.
Woodlands Park House is being upgraded during the next phase of development and will eventually be available for hire.
The most special part is all the wildlife you can spot. There are lots of duck families living in the ponds. Just a reminder - do not feed the ducks! They have all the food they need in their natural environment.
Mamma's special mention: Demazzi Stone and Grill is literally a 4 minute walk and worth checking out. There is a bike path, playground and lake. Essendon Traffic School is also nearby for future reference.
the nitty gritty
Toilet - undercover BBQs - Shelter - free street parking - smooth pram friendly paths - picnic benches and tables - shady picnic spots - active supervision of children needed around water
Cnr Woodlands Street and Carnarvon Road, Essendon
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