Bundoora Park

Bundoora Park is a 180-hectare public park in Bundoora, within the City of Darebin, about 15 kilometres northeast of central Melbourne, Victoria. Centred near the historic Bundoora Homestead precinct, it combines open parkland, woodlands and the Darebin Creek corridor. Notable for Cooper's Settlement heritage village, a working children's farm, an 18-hole public golf course, Mt Cooper lookout and extensive walking and cycling trails, it is a major recreational and educational reserve for northern Melbourne.

Visitors can expect a large urban parkland with open lawns, woodlands, wetlands and Darebin Creek frontage. The park contains Cooper's Settlement heritage village with historic buildings, Bundoora Park Farm with farm animals and educational displays, an 18-hole public golf course, Mt Cooper summit with views, extensive shared walking and cycling trails, large adventure playgrounds, picnic and barbecue areas, and a café. The setting is predominantly natural and family-oriented with both developed precincts and quiet bushland areas to explore on foot or by bike.

The parkland was part of pastoral estates associated with Bundoora Homestead, built 1899-1900. The land was acquired by Preston Council in 1920 for public recreation and progressively developed as a metropolitan park. Cooper's Settlement, established in the 1970s, preserves and interprets 19th-century rural buildings relocated to the site, while Mt Cooper incorporates a former quarry area rehabilitated as parkland.

Major community recreation, education and heritage site for northern Melbourne. Provides agricultural education through the children's farm, heritage interpretation at Cooper's Settlement, and cultural programming linked to the nearby Bundoora Homestead Art Centre, serving as a community gathering place for picnics, events and outdoor learning.