Things to do with kids in Yarra Junction

Yarra Ranges Shire Council · 3797

Yarra Junction is in the Yarra Ranges area, and our data lists 1 playground and 3 parks and reserves in the suburb. Yarra Junction also has a library and a skate park.

Landmarks

Yarra Junction Railway Station Historic and Cultural Features Reserve is the largest mapped park in Yarra Junction, at about 5 hectares. Launching Place Bushland Reserve is the next largest. Other parks and reserves in Yarra Junction include Blue Lotus Garden. Playgrounds around Yarra Junction include the playground at Yarra Junction Railway Station Historic and Cultural Features Reserve. Our data shows 1 public toilet in Yarra Junction. Places to visit in Yarra Junction include Yarra Junction public library. For older kids in Yarra Junction there's the skate park at Yarra Junction Railway Station Historic and Cultural Features Reserve. For walks and rides, Lilydale-Warburton Rail Trail and Warburton Rail Trail cross Yarra Junction.

Getting around

Yarra Junction has no train station; Lilydale Railway Station (metro) is the closest, about 24 kilometres from the suburb centre as the crow flies. Bus 683 stops in Yarra Junction. By car from Yarra Junction, Healesville is about 21 minutes away, Lilydale about 29 minutes and the Melbourne CBD about 70 minutes, without traffic.

Nearby places for kids

For a pool or water play area, Warburton Water World in Warburton is about 14 minutes' drive from Yarra Junction. The closest cinema to Yarra Junction is The Memo, Healesville in Healesville, about 21 minutes' drive. The closest indoor play centre to Yarra Junction is PlayPlace in Mooroolbark, about 34 minutes' drive. The closest zoo or wildlife park to Yarra Junction is Lyre Bird enclosure in Badger Creek, about 17 minutes' drive. The nearest larger centre is Healesville, about 21 minutes from Yarra Junction by car, with 2 playgrounds, a pool and a cinema. The closest places for kids by road from Yarra Junction are Street Library in Millgrove (7 min), the playground at Symes Road Park in Woori Yallock (10 min), Warburton Water World in Warburton (14 min), Seville Water Play Park in Seville (15 min), Lyre Bird enclosure in Badger Creek (17 min) and Healesville Sanctuary in Badger Creek (17 min).

Best for

Rainy days at the library in Yarra Junction. Teens who skate or ride, with the skate park at Yarra Junction Railway Station Historic and Cultural Features Reserve in Yarra Junction. Free days on the Lilydale-Warburton Rail Trail and in Yarra Junction's parks.

Playgrounds

Within 5 km

1 place

5-10 km

3 places

Parks and reserves

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7 places

Pools and water play

20-50 km

3 places

Libraries

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1 place

20-50 km

9 places

Skate parks, BMX and pump tracks

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1 place

20-50 km

32 places

Cafes and restaurants

Within 5 km

1 place

5-10 km

6 places