Things to do with kids in Waterloo

Waterloo is in the Pyrenees area, and our data lists 3 parks and reserves in the suburb.

Landmarks

Waterloo State Forest is the largest mapped park in Waterloo, at about 1,701 hectares. Waterloo Bushland Reserve and Granite Hill Scenic Reserve are the next largest.

Getting around

Waterloo has no train station; Beaufort Railway Station (V/Line) is the closest, about 6.7 kilometres from the suburb centre as the crow flies. No bus or tram routes stop inside Waterloo, so most trips start by car. By car from Waterloo, Ararat is about 44 minutes away, Ballarat about 47 minutes and the Melbourne CBD about 2 hours, without traffic.

Nearby places for kids

For a pool or water play area, Beaufort Pool in Beaufort is about 10 minutes' drive from Waterloo. For a library, Beaufort Community Resource Centre in Beaufort is about 10 minutes' drive from Waterloo. The closest skate park to Waterloo is the skate park at Beaufort Skate Park in Beaufort, about 10 minutes' drive. Ararat is the closest bigger centre to Waterloo, about 44 minutes away by car, and has 5 playgrounds, a pool, a library and a cinema. From Waterloo, the nearest places for kids by road are the skate park at Beaufort Skate Park in Beaufort (10 min), the playground at Beaufort Skate Park in Beaufort (10 min), the playground at Wotherspoon Reserve in Beaufort (10 min), Beaufort Community Resource Centre in Beaufort (10 min), Beaufort Pool in Beaufort (10 min) and Talbot Outdoor Pool in Talbot (36 min).

Best for

Families happy to drive a little for a day out from Waterloo.

Nearby suburbs

Next door to Waterloo, Beaufort has 3 playgrounds, a pool and a library. Lexton, next to Waterloo, has 2 playgrounds. Main Lead, Langi Kal Kal and Chute also border Waterloo.