Things to do with kids in Pioneer Bay
- Playgrounds
- Parks and reserves
- Cafes and restaurants
- Walks
- Bike trails
- Rainy day
- Free
- Toddlers
- Teens
- Dog friendly
- School holidays
Pioneer Bay in the Bass Coast area has 1 playground in our data.
Landmarks
Our data shows 1 public toilet in Pioneer Bay.
Getting around
There's no train station in Pioneer Bay. The closest to Pioneer Bay is East Pakenham Railway Station (metro), about 33 kilometres from the suburb centre in a straight line. Buses on the Cowes - Fountain Gate via Anderson route stop in Pioneer Bay. V/Line coaches stop in Pioneer Bay. By car from Pioneer Bay, Wonthaggi is about 33 minutes away, Pakenham about 34 minutes and the Melbourne CBD about 78 minutes, without traffic.
Nearby places for kids
The closest pool or water play area to Pioneer Bay is Koo Wee Rup Swimming Pool in Koo Wee Rup, about 20 minutes' drive. For a library, San Remo Library in San Remo is about 21 minutes' drive from Pioneer Bay. The closest beach to Pioneer Bay is Corinella Beach in Corinella, about 17 minutes' drive. The closest skate park to Pioneer Bay is the skate park at Cochrane Park in Koo Wee Rup, about 20 minutes' drive. The closest cinema to Pioneer Bay is Wonthaggi Union Community Arts Centre in Wonthaggi, about 32 minutes' drive. The closest indoor play centre to Pioneer Bay is Jump Crazy Trampoline Park in Pakenham, about 33 minutes' drive. For a zoo or wildlife park, Maru Koala & Animal Park in Grantville is about 5 minutes' drive from Pioneer Bay. Wonthaggi is the closest bigger centre to Pioneer Bay, about 33 minutes away by car, and has 10 playgrounds, a pool, a library and a cinema. The closest places for kids by road from Pioneer Bay are Maru Koala & Animal Park in Grantville (5 min), the playground at George Bass Memorial Park in Bass (13 min), the playground at Thwaites Park in Lang Lang (13 min), Corinella Beach in Corinella (17 min), Chicory Kiln in French Island (18 min) and Art Fusion in Anderson (17 min).
Best for
Families happy to drive a little for a day out from Pioneer Bay.
Nearby suburbs
Grantville, next to Pioneer Bay, has 1 playground and a zoo or wildlife park.
Playgrounds
Within 5 km
- Playground on Sonia Crescent
0.0 km by road · 1 min drive · Playground · Pioneer BayToilet nearbyFreeBus 1 min walk
- Playground on Pier Road
4.0 km by road · 4 min drive · Playground · GrantvilleToilet nearbyFreeCoach 1 min walk
10-20 km
- Playground on Smythe Street
15 km by road · 15 min drive · Playground · CorinellaToilet nearbyFreeBus 1 min walk
- Playground at George Bass Memorial Park
15 km by road · 13 min drive · Playground · BassFreeCoach 1 min walk
- Playground on Cutty Sark Road
15 km by road · 17 min drive · Playground · Coronet BayToilet nearbyFreeBus 2 min walk
- Playground at Thwaites Park
15 km by road · 13 min drive · Playground · Lang LangToilet nearbyFreeCoach 3 min walk
- Playground at Dick Jones Park
15 km by road · 13 min drive · Playground · Lang LangToilet nearbyFreeCoach 4 min walk
- Playground at Clarks Road Reserve
16 km by road · 14 min drive · Playground · Lang LangFreeCoach 8 min walk
- Playground at James Street Reserve
16 km by road · 14 min drive · Playground · Lang LangFreeCoach 9 min walk
- Playground on Railway Road
19 km by road · 16 min drive · Playground · CaldermeadeToilet nearbyFree
Parks and reserves
Within 5 km
- The Gurdies Nature Conservation Reserve
0.7 km by road · 1 min drive · Park · The GurdiesFree
- Western Port Foreshore Reserve Grantville Coastal Reserve (COM)
2.3 km by road · 3 min drive · Park · GrantvilleFree
- Grantville Bushland Reserve
3.4 km by road · 4 min drive · Park · GrantvilleFreeBus 6 min walk
- Colbert Creek Bushland Reserve
3.5 km by road · 3 min drive · Park · GrantvilleToilet nearbyFreeBus 3 min walk
- Hurdy Gurdy Creek Nature Conservation Reserve
4.4 km by road · 8 min drive · Park · WoodleighFree
- Western Port Intertidal Coastal Reserve
4.7 km by road · 5 min drive · Park · GrantvilleFreeBus 7 min walk
Libraries
20-50 km
- Wonthaggi Principal Library
37 km by road · 33 min drive · Library · WonthaggiToilet nearbyFreeBus 2 min walk
- Drouin Library
50 km by road · 50 min drive · Library · DrouinFreeBus 4 min walk
Skate parks, BMX and pump tracks
Within 5 km
- Skate park on Sonia Crescent
0.5 km by road · 1 min drive · Skate, BMX or pump track · Pioneer BayToilet nearbyFreeBus 1 min walk
20-50 km
- Skate park at Cochrane Park
24 km by road · 20 min drive · Skate, BMX or pump track · Koo Wee RupToilet nearbyFreeBus 5 min walk
- Skate park at Wonthaggi Railway Historic Reserve
24 km by road · 21 min drive · Skate, BMX or pump track · KilcundaToilet nearbyFreeCoach 8 min walk
- Nyora skate park
27 km by road · 22 min drive · Skate, BMX or pump track · NyoraToilet nearbyFreeCoach 3 min walk
- Skate park on Evans Street
33 km by road · 26 min drive · Skate, BMX or pump track · TooradinFreeBus 1 min walk
- Wonthaggi Skate Park
37 km by road · 32 min drive · Skate, BMX or pump track · WonthaggiToilet nearbyFreeBus 4 min walk
- P.B. Ronald Skate Park
41 km by road · 34 min drive · Skate, BMX or pump track · PakenhamToilet nearbyFreeBus 6 min walk
- BMX Jumps Track
42 km by road · 35 min drive · Skate, BMX or pump track · PakenhamFreeBus 1 min walk
- Skate park on Reilly Street
44 km by road · 39 min drive · Skate, BMX or pump track · InverlochToilet nearbyFreeCoach 3 min walk
- Skate park on Charles Street
45 km by road · 35 min drive · Skate, BMX or pump track · KorumburraToilet nearbyFree
- Skate Park
46 km by road · 37 min drive · Skate, BMX or pump track · ClydeFreeBus 1 min walk
- Criterium Cycling Track
46 km by road · 38 min drive · Skate, BMX or pump track · Cranbourne EastFree
- Maple Park Pump Track
46 km by road · 38 min drive · Skate, BMX or pump track · ClydeFreeBus 8 min walk
- Clyde North Skatepark (Bernardins Street)
46 km by road · 43 min drive · Skate, BMX or pump track · Clyde NorthFreeBus 5 min walk
- Pump track at Casey Fields
47 km by road · 41 min drive · Skate, BMX or pump track · Cranbourne EastFree
- Casey BMX Club
47 km by road · 42 min drive · Skate, BMX or pump track · Cranbourne EastFree
- Pump track at Casey Fields
47 km by road · 42 min drive · Skate, BMX or pump track · Cranbourne EastFree
- Skate park on Ashtead Street
47 km by road · 40 min drive · Skate, BMX or pump track · ClydeToilet nearbyFreeBus 7 min walk
- Skate park on Baxter - Tooradin Road
47 km by road · 37 min drive · Skate, BMX or pump track · PearcedaleFreeBus 4 min walk
- Pearcedale BMX Track
48 km by road · 38 min drive · Skate, BMX or pump track · PearcedaleFreeBus 3 min walk
- Skate BMX Park
48 km by road · 43 min drive · Skate, BMX or pump track · GarfieldToilet nearbyFreeBus 5 min walk
- BMX track at Greenland Court Reserve
49 km by road · 45 min drive · Skate, BMX or pump track · GarfieldFree
- Cranbourne West BMX Track
49 km by road · 41 min drive · Skate, BMX or pump track · Cranbourne WestFreeBus 7 min walk
- Drouin Skate Park
50 km by road · 49 min drive · Skate, BMX or pump track · DrouinToilet nearbyFreeBus 5 min walk
Beaches
10-20 km
- Corinella Beach
16 km by road · 17 min drive · Beach · CorinellaToilet nearbyFreeBus 6 min walk
20-50 km
- Shelly Beach
23 km by road · 20 min drive · Beach · KilcundaFree
- Punchbowl
23 km by road · 21 min drive · Beach · San RemoNo dogsFree
- Kilcunda West 1 Beach
24 km by road · 20 min drive · Beach · KilcundaToilet nearbyFreeCoach 7 min walk
- Kilcunda West 2 Beach
24 km by road · 21 min drive · Beach · KilcundaToilet nearbyFreeBus 8 min walk
- Kilcunda East Beach
25 km by road · 21 min drive · Beach · KilcundaToilet nearbyFree
- San Remo Beach
26 km by road · 23 min drive · Beach · San RemoToilet nearbyFreeBus 5 min walk
- Back Beach
26 km by road · 23 min drive · Beach · San RemoToilet nearbyFreeBus 8 min walk
- Bonswick Beach
26 km by road · 24 min drive · Beach · San RemoFreeBus 6 min walk
- Foots Beach
26 km by road · 24 min drive · Beach · San RemoFreeBus 4 min walk
- Griffith Point
26 km by road · 24 min drive · Beach · San RemoFree
- Powlett River West
28 km by road · 27 min drive · Beach · KilcundaFree
- Powlett River East
29 km by road · 30 min drive · Beach · DalystonFree
- The Colonnades
30 km by road · 29 min drive · Beach · Cape WoolamaiFree
- Mannings Launch
31 km by road · 28 min drive · Beach · Cape WoolamaiFreeBus 8 min walk
- Aussie Track
31 km by road · 29 min drive · Beach · Cape WoolamaiFree
- No Dogs
31 km by road · 29 min drive · Beach · Cape WoolamaiFree
- Speedies
31 km by road · 29 min drive · Beach · Cape WoolamaiFreeBus 8 min walk
- Woolamai Back Beach
31 km by road · 29 min drive · Beach · Cape WoolamaiToilet nearbyFreeBus 5 min walk
- Anzacs
31 km by road · 29 min drive · Beach · Cape WoolamaiToilet nearbyFreeBus 8 min walk
- Williamsons Beach
32 km by road · 38 min drive · Beach · WonthaggiFree
- Magiclands
32 km by road · 30 min drive · Beach · Cape WoolamaiFree
- Smiths Beach
37 km by road · 36 min drive · Beach · RhyllFree
- YCW
38 km by road · 36 min drive · Beach · Smiths BeachToilet nearbyFree
- Baxters Beach
41 km by road · 40 min drive · Beach · WonthaggiFree
- Cutlers Beach
41 km by road · 42 min drive · Beach · WonthaggiFree
- Silverleaves
42 km by road · 41 min drive · Beach · CowesFree
- Main Beach
43 km by road · 41 min drive · Beach · CowesToilet nearbyFreeCoach 7 min walk
- Wreck Bay
43 km by road · 42 min drive · Beach · Harmers HavenFree
- Hutchinson Beach
44 km by road · 42 min drive · Beach · VentnorFree
- Coal Point East
44 km by road · 44 min drive · Beach · Harmers HavenFree
- Coal Point West
44 km by road · 44 min drive · Beach · WonthaggiFree
- Thorny Beach
44 km by road · 43 min drive · Beach · VentnorFree
- Berrys Beach
45 km by road · 44 min drive · Beach · VentnorFree
- Second Surf Beach
45 km by road · 46 min drive · Beach · Cape PatersonFree
- Ventnor Beach
45 km by road · 43 min drive · Beach · VentnorToilet nearbyFreeBus 2 min walk
- Saltwater Creek Beach
46 km by road · 44 min drive · Beach · CowesFreeBus 9 min walk
- Summerland Beach
46 km by road · 43 min drive · Beach · VentnorFree
- Flynns Beach
46 km by road · 44 min drive · Beach · SummerlandsFree
- Undertow Bay
46 km by road · 43 min drive · Beach · Cape PatersonFreeBus 5 min walk
- The Bay
46 km by road · 43 min drive · Beach · Cape PatersonToilet nearbyFreeBus 4 min walk
Cafes and restaurants
Within 5 km
- Ray's Pizza & Pasta
4.1 km by road · 4 min drive · Cafe or restaurant · GrantvilleCoach 6 min walk
- Euro Bites Greek Eatery
4.1 km by road · 4 min drive · Cafe or restaurant · GrantvilleToilet nearbyCoach 1 min walk
10-20 km
- McDonald's
13 km by road · 12 min drive · Cafe or restaurant · Bass
- Daniel's Donuts
17 km by road · 14 min drive · Cafe or restaurant · CaldermeadeToilet nearby
- McDonald's
17 km by road · 14 min drive · Cafe or restaurant · CaldermeadeToilet nearby
- McCafé
17 km by road · 15 min drive · Cafe or restaurant · CaldermeadeToilet nearby