Correction (1 October 2026): an earlier version of this page listed thirteen “parks” in Roxburgh Park, such as Rex Nature Reserve, Finn Reserve and Roxburgh Wetlands, that we could not find on OpenStreetMap or on any Hume City Council page we read. It also gave each one an invented size, facilities, walking-loop distance and “insider tip”, quoted cafe and dinner prices on a parks page, and said every option had been tested. None of that could be stood behind. The page has been rewritten from scratch: every park below was checked against Hume City Council, Parks Victoria or Heritage Victoria on 1 October 2026, and nothing from the old list was kept.
A park guide is a map before it is anything else, so this one starts with the map. Roxburgh Park sits 21 km north of the CBD in the City of Hume, and it was laid out on purpose: Wikipedia records it was established as a master-planned community in 1992. Inside the suburb, the Hume pages we read list an off-leash reserve, two skate parks and a community garden, and Heritage Victoria lists the homestead the suburb is named after. For bigger country, two Parks Victoria parks sit just west in Greenvale: Greenvale Reservoir Park, whose southern section reopened in December 2025, and Woodlands Historic Park, with its 1840s kit house, walking trails and kangaroo-spotting.
Every park fact below comes from the council, Parks Victoria or Heritage Victoria page linked under Sources, and the suburb facts from Wikipedia. Where an official page doesn’t say something (a loop distance, a toilet, a tap), this guide doesn’t say it either.
The quick picks
| If you’re after | Head to | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Off-lead time for the dog | Lakeside Drive Reserve | Roxburgh Park’s entry on Hume’s off-leash list |
| A skate park with toilets | Arena Recreation Reserve | Public toilets, with a playground and shaded seating nearby |
| Local history and a garden plot | Roxburgh Park Homestead | Heritage-listed farm site, now a community centre and free-to-join garden |
| A reservoir view and a picnic | Greenvale Reservoir Park | Four picnic areas, one of them a foot-only lookout; southern section reopened December 2025 |
| A proper bush walk | Woodlands Historic Park | Walks of 1.5 km to 9 km, gravel shared trails, kangaroos |
Inside Roxburgh Park
Lakeside Drive Reserve — Lakeside Drive, Roxburgh Park VIC 3064
Lakeside Drive Reserve is the Roxburgh Park entry on Hume’s list of 42 reserves with designated dog off-leash areas. Hume notes that most of these are only a portion of the reserve, so check its off-leash map before you unclip, and its rules still apply off-leash: a dog has to come back on the lead within 10 metres of formal picnic or barbecue facilities and stay under effective control. Hume’s skate page also lists a Roxburgh Park Skate Park on Lakeside Drive, Melway map 180 A6, with a playground and seated shading nearby.
Water and toilets: Hume’s skate-park listing for Lakeside Drive says public toilets: no, and no tap is listed. Bring water and poo bags.
Arena Recreation Reserve — 175 James Mirams Dr, Roxburgh Park VIC 3064
One of Roxburgh Park’s two council skate parks, and the one to pick when a half-day at the park needs a toilet stop. Hume lists the Arena Recreation Reserve Skate Park at 175 James Mirams Drive with public toilets, plus a playground and shaded seating nearby, so the skaters and the little ones aren’t far apart. Hume’s parks and open space landing page counts 16 skate parks and BMX tracks across the municipality.
Water and toilets: public toilets, yes, per Hume’s skate page (Melway map 179 H3).
Roxburgh Park Homestead — 30 Whiltshire Drive, Roxburgh Park VIC 3064
This is where the suburb’s name comes from. The Victorian Heritage Inventory lists the Roxburgh Park Homestead complex site here. Its history says Donald Cameron bought the land in 1848, and in 1895 flour miller Thomas Brunton bought it and almost certainly named it Roxburgh Park, after his birthplace on the river Tweed in Scotland; a month later, tenders were called for the brick villa that still dominates the site. In 2000 the site, by then in Hume City Council’s hands, was refurbished as the Homestead Community and Learning Centre. At the same address is the Roxburgh Park Community Garden, one of Hume’s four community gardens, pitched at people interested in heritage fruit trees, bush tucker and growing food. Plot and friend-of-the-garden memberships cost nothing, but you have to book a garden visit before you can book a plot.
Water and toilets: Hume lists an all-access toilet, a shelter shed, undercover seating and off-street parking at the garden.
Next door in Greenvale
Greenvale Reservoir Park — Somerton Road, Greenvale VIC 3059
Just west of Roxburgh Park, and Parks Victoria’s own page says the nearest train and bus stations are at Roxburgh Park. The southern section reopened on 9 December 2025, opening 37 hectares of green space around the reservoir and linking the northern and southern sections into one park. Parks Victoria’s visitor guide (updated August 2026) lists four picnic spots: Cypress Picnic Area, with open space to kick a ball and a playground, close to parking, a drinking fountain and toilets; Blue Wren, with a shelter and barbecue and a short walk to toilets; Brodies Lakes, three ponds for birdwatching; and the foot-only Greenvale North Day Visitor Area, with views over the reservoir to the city skyline. The Greenvale Cypress Trail is a purpose-built bike track along the southern section. Coming on foot from Roxburgh Park, Parks Victoria says you can walk into the Greenvale North Day Visitor Area through the pedestrian gates on Venezia Promenade; parking is not permitted on the north-east side of that street.
Distance / grade / surface: no loop distance is published; the guide marks a shared path, walking tracks and a bike track. Rules: dogs on lead, no fishing or swimming, and no bins, so take your rubbish home. Hours: 8am to 4:30pm under AEST, 8am to 8:30pm under daylight saving (AEDT).
Woodlands Historic Park — Woodlands Homestead, Greenvale VIC 3059
The big one, 22 km north of the CBD. Woodlands Homestead is a prefabricated timber house brought from Britain in the 1840s, which Parks Victoria calls one of Australia’s first kit-houses, and the paddocks out front are home to retired champion racehorses under the Living Legends program. The Somerton Road Picnic Area, which Parks Victoria calls a popular place to arrive, has electric barbecues, tables and toilets among River Red Gums. The guide lists three walks from there or the homestead:
- Murrup Gurrong Yan (Spiritual Creek Walk): 2.5 km circuit, about an hour. Start at: the footbridge from the Somerton Road Picnic Area.
- Woodlands Hill Walk: 1.5 km return, about 30 minutes, from the picnic area to a vantage point that can also be reached from the homestead.
- Moonee Ponds Creek Trail: 9 km return, about 3 hours. Start at: the Woodlands Homestead car park. Turn-around point: the far corner of the back-paddock fence.
Distance / grade / surface: the main shared trails are generally very flat and wide, and they are all gravel. Water and toilets: the Somerton Road Picnic Area and the homestead both have a wheelchair-accessible toilet. Dogs must stay on lead and are not allowed in the Eastern Barred Bandicoot Sanctuary. Hours: 9am to 4.30pm daily, extended to 7.30am to 7.30pm during daylight saving.
Weather call: check the Bureau’s Melbourne forecast and the fire danger rating on VicEmergency before you head out. Parks Victoria closes Woodlands on Catastrophic fire danger days, and no fires or barbecues are allowed at Greenvale Reservoir Park on Total Fire Ban days.
Quick answers
Is there a dog park in Roxburgh Park?
Lakeside Drive Reserve is the Roxburgh Park reserve on Hume City Council’s list of designated dog off-leash areas; Hume says most off-leash areas cover only part of a reserve, so check its map. For a fenced off-leash area, Hume’s list includes Broadmeadows Valley Park in Broadmeadows and Craigieburn Gardens in Craigieburn. At Greenvale Reservoir Park and Woodlands Historic Park, dogs must stay on lead.
Where is the skate park in Roxburgh Park?
Hume lists two: Arena Recreation Reserve Skate Park at 175 James Mirams Drive, which has public toilets, and Roxburgh Park Skate Park on Lakeside Drive, which does not. Both have a playground and shaded seating nearby.
Can you fish in the lake at Roxburgh Park?
Hume City Council’s page on where to fish in Hume does not list any water in Roxburgh Park, so we cannot tell you fishing is allowed there. Among the waters it does list, Craigieburn Lake (at North Shore Drive, and at Windrock Avenue and Creekwood Drive) is stocked with redfin, and you need a Victorian recreational fishing licence unless you are exempt. Fishing is not permitted at Greenvale Reservoir.
Is there a heritage reserve in Roxburgh Park?
Yes. The Roxburgh Park Homestead complex site at 30 Whiltshire Drive is on the Victorian Heritage Inventory. The site, with its 1895 brick villa, was refurbished in 2000 as the Homestead Community and Learning Centre, and the Roxburgh Park Community Garden is at the same address.
Is Greenvale Reservoir Park open?
Yes. Its southern section reopened on 9 December 2025, joining the northern section into one park. Parks Victoria lists the hours as 8am to 4:30pm under AEST and 8am to 8:30pm under daylight saving, and says the nearest train and bus stations are at Roxburgh Park.
How we checked
On 1 October 2026 we read Hume City Council’s pages on dogs in parks, skate parks, fishing, the Homestead Community and Learning Centre and the Roxburgh Park Community Garden; Parks Victoria’s pages and visitor guides for Greenvale Reservoir Park and Woodlands Historic Park; the Premier of Victoria’s 9 December 2025 release on the Greenvale reopening; and Heritage Victoria’s record for the Roxburgh Park Homestead complex. Each park’s name and location was confirmed a second time on OpenStreetMap. The thirteen parks on the old page were searched for by name on OpenStreetMap and could not be found there or on any Hume page we read, so none were kept. Distances, walk times and hours are as the official pages print them; we did not measure or walk any route. Parks Victoria posts closures and alerts on its park pages, so check them on the day. The photos are illustrative, from Unsplash: they show the kind of place, not these parks.
Seen something out of date? Email [email protected] with the page link and what has changed, and we will check it again.
Sources
- Lakeside Drive Reserve off-leash listing and rules: Hume City Council, Dogs in Parks; location also at OpenStreetMap
- Both skate parks: Hume City Council, Skate, Scooter and BMX; the count of 16 skate parks: Hume City Council, Parks and Open Space; Arena Recreation Reserve also at OpenStreetMap
- Roxburgh Park Homestead: Victorian Heritage Database, Homestead Community and Learning Centre and Roxburgh Park Community Garden
- Fishing in Hume: Hume City Council, Fishing
- Greenvale Reservoir Park: Parks Victoria, its visitor guide and the Premier of Victoria, 9 December 2025; location also at OpenStreetMap
- Woodlands Historic Park: Parks Victoria and its visitor guide; homestead location also at OpenStreetMap
- Roxburgh Park distance from the CBD and founding year: Wikipedia; Greenvale Reservoir’s position west of Roxburgh Park: Wikipedia; Somerton Road, Greenvale access: Premier of Victoria, 24 January 2017
