Things to do with kids in Dereel

Golden Plains Shire Council · 3352

Dereel is in the Golden Plains area, and our data lists 1 playground and 7 parks and reserves in the suburb. Dereel also has a skate park.

Landmarks

Dereel Lagoon Wildlife Reserve (no hunting) is the largest mapped park in Dereel, at about 56 hectares. Dereel H27 Bushland Reserve and Dereel H26 Bushland Reserve are the next largest. Other parks and reserves in Dereel include Dereel H24 Bushland Reserve, Dereel H25 Bushland Reserve and Dereel H28 Bushland Reserve. Playgrounds around Dereel include Dereel Hall & Recreation Centre Playground. Our data shows 1 public toilet in Dereel. For older kids in Dereel there's Dereel Skate Park. For walks and rides, Rainbow Bird Trail and Kuruc-a-ruc trail cross Dereel.

Getting around

Dereel has no train station; Ballarat Railway Station (V/Line) is the closest, about 30 kilometres from the suburb centre as the crow flies. Buses on the Ballarat - Rokewood via Ross Creek route stop in Dereel. By car from Dereel, Ballarat is about 30 minutes away, Colac about 63 minutes and the Melbourne CBD about 2 hours, without traffic.

Nearby places for kids

For a pool or water play area, Rokewood Lagoon in Rokewood is about 10 minutes' drive from Dereel. The closest library to Dereel is Sebastopol Library in Sebastopol, about 25 minutes' drive. For a cinema, Showbiz Cinemas Ballarat in Smythes Creek is about 29 minutes' drive from Dereel. For an indoor play centre, Empire Bowling Saloon in Golden Point is about 31 minutes' drive from Dereel. The closest zoo or wildlife park to Dereel is Ballarat Wildlife Park in Ballarat East, about 36 minutes' drive. Ballarat is the closest bigger centre to Dereel, about 30 minutes away by car, and has 4 playgrounds, a library and a cinema.

Best for

Teens who skate or ride, with Dereel Skate Park in Dereel. Free days on the Rainbow Bird Trail and in Dereel's parks.

Nearby suburbs

Next door to Dereel, Rokewood has 2 playgrounds, a pool and a skate park. Enfield, next to Dereel, has 1 playground and a skate park. Next door to Dereel, Corindhap has 1 playground. Berringa, next to Dereel, has 1 playground. Rokewood Junction, Mount Mercer and Illabarook also border Dereel.

Playgrounds

Within 5 km

1 place

5-10 km

2 places

Parks and reserves

Within 5 km

5 places

Libraries

20-50 km

2 places

Skate parks, BMX and pump tracks

20-50 km

21 places

Cafes and restaurants

20-50 km

40 places