Things to do with kids in Toolern Vale

Melton City Council · 3337

Toolern Vale in the Melton area has 1 playground and 2 parks and reserves in our data.

Landmarks

MacPherson Park is the largest mapped park in Toolern Vale, at about 77 hectares. Yangardook Bushland Reserve is the next largest. Playgrounds around Toolern Vale include Toolern Vale Recreation Reserve Playground. Our data shows 1 public toilet in Toolern Vale.

Getting around

Toolern Vale has no train station; Melton Railway Station (V/Line) is the closest, about 11 kilometres from the suburb centre as the crow flies. No bus or tram routes stop inside Toolern Vale, so most trips start by car. By car from Toolern Vale, Melton is about 10 minutes away, Bacchus Marsh about 20 minutes and the Melbourne CBD about 44 minutes, without traffic.

Nearby places for kids

For a pool or water play area, Melton Waves in Melton is about 12 minutes' drive from Toolern Vale. The closest library to Toolern Vale is Melton Library & Learning Hub in Melton, about 10 minutes' drive. The closest beach to Toolern Vale is Lionhead Beach in Pentland Hills, about 27 minutes' drive. For a skate park, the skate park at Cambrian Way Reserve in Melton West is about 15 minutes' drive from Toolern Vale. For a cinema, Reading Cinemas in Melton West is about 15 minutes' drive from Toolern Vale. For an indoor play centre, Zone Bowling in Taylors Lakes is about 22 minutes' drive from Toolern Vale. The closest zoo or wildlife park to Toolern Vale is Melbourne Zoological Gardens in Parkville, about 39 minutes' drive. Melton is the closest bigger centre to Toolern Vale, about 10 minutes away by car, and has 15 playgrounds, a pool and a library.

Best for

Families happy to drive a little for a day out from Toolern Vale.

Nearby suburbs

Next door to Toolern Vale, Melton has 15 playgrounds, a pool and a library. Gisborne, next to Toolern Vale, has 5 playgrounds, a pool and a library. Diggers Rest, next to Toolern Vale, has 11 playgrounds. Next door to Toolern Vale, Harkness has 9 playgrounds. Kurunjang, Coimadai, Plumpton and Long Forest also border Toolern Vale.

Playgrounds

Within 5 km

1 place

5-10 km

15 places

Parks and reserves

5-10 km

9 places

Pools and water play

20-50 km

12 places

Libraries

10-20 km

1 place

20-50 km

36 places

Skate parks, BMX and pump tracks

10-20 km

11 places

Beaches

20-50 km

7 places

Cafes and restaurants

5-10 km

3 places