3 Best Parks in Ballarat

“Lake Wendouree Adventure Playground is nestled along the scenic banks of Lake Wendouree, directly across from the Ballarat Botanical Gardens. The park has lovely walking tracks around the lake and the Botanical Gardens. This expansive play area offers a range of play equipment, undercover barbecue areas, picnic tables, and ample rubbish bins. Walking tracks surround the lake and gardens, inviting visitors to explore the natural beauty. The park is also home to ducks, swans, and various water birds, making it an ideal spot for birdwatching and feeding the ducks. Restroom facilities are a short walk away, and entry to the playground is free.”

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“Victoria Park features a variety of play equipment, including a double-flying fox, multiple swings, slides, a carousel, and sports ovals. Designed with inclusivity in mind, the park offers accessible play zones and equipment for people of all abilities, encouraging imaginative play for children. Visitors can enjoy shade shelters, grassy open areas, and a sheltered area with tables and seating. Additionally, Victoria Park is equipped with adult changing facilities that include hoist equipment for those with specific accessibility needs. The park attracts approximately 140,000 visitors each year.”

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“Kirks Reservoir Park is a picturesque area with a valuable collection of native plants, fascinating geological formations, and stunning self-guided bushwalks along the river. The park features a wooden rotunda and a steel rotunda near the reservoir wall, both surrounded by gardens, making them ideal for wedding ceremonies. Kirks Reservoir Park offers manicured lawns, free gas barbecues, wood barbecues, picnic tables, walking trails, bike tracks, and large grassed areas. Scenic views and picnic and BBQ facilities are available on weekends. Kirks Reservoir Park provides multiple parking areas, with a designated parking space located outside the park gates, along the service road next to Daylesford Road.”

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