Yan Yean Reservoir Park

Yan Yean Reservoir Park is a public parkland surrounding Yan Yean Reservoir in Yan Yean, about 30 kilometres north of central Melbourne, Victoria. Established around Melbourne's oldest water supply reservoir completed in 1857, the park is managed by Parks Victoria. It provides reservoir lookouts, walking tracks, wetlands and picnic areas in a natural bushland setting, with an emphasis on conservation and protection of the closed water supply catchment.

Visitors can expect a bushland park with open lawns, picnic areas and walking tracks offering elevated views over the closed Yan Yean Reservoir. The park contains wetlands, woodlands and grasslands with birdlife, interpretive information about the water supply history, lookouts, and shelters. Visitors can explore short walking trails, use picnic and barbecue facilities, and view the reservoir from designated viewing points. Direct access to the reservoir water, swimming, boating and fishing are not permitted.

Yan Yean Reservoir was completed in 1857 to designs by James Blackburn and is Melbourne's oldest large-scale water supply reservoir. Constructed to address water shortages during the gold rush period, it was the largest artificial reservoir in the world at the time of completion and is listed on the Victorian Heritage Register for its engineering and historical importance.

The park lies on the traditional Country of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation. It is valued for its heritage water supply landscape and as a community recreation and conservation area illustrating the development of Melbourne's water supply system.