Grevillea District Park

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Grevillea Park is a 13.5 hectare area on the northern shore of Lake Burley Griffin’s East Basin.

The park has pleasant views across the lake to Jerrabomberra Wetlands, Kingston and Parliament House.

The sandy beach and boat ramp provide easy access for watercraft (power boats are prohibited). Model boats also use the area.

The park offers great pedestrian and cycle access to explore Lake Burley Griffin and the Molonglo River.

There are no barbecues and the water is not suitable for swimming.

A restaurant is nearby.

Dogs are welcome on-leash as outlined on the dog exercise area map and are prohibited within 10 metres of a public play space, fireplace or barbecue in use.

What you'll see

At Grevillea District Park, you can see:

magnificent sunsets
dragon boating teams on the lake
poplars, willows and other deciduous trees planted adjacent to the water's edge

Things to do

Activities

Features

Boat ramp / launch
Canoe / kayak entry point
Dogs on-leash
Picnic tables

Restricted or prohibited

Motorised watercraft prohibited
Swimming prohibited

Ngunnawal Country and People

Grevillea District Park is located on Ngunnawal Country, an ancient and diverse landscape managed by Ngunnawal people for tens of thousands of years.

For time immemorial Ngunnawal people have maintained a tangible and intangible cultural, social, environmental, spiritual, and economic connection to these lands and waters.

European heritage

Walter Burley Griffin named key areas after indigenous Australian flora in his 1918 plan for Canberra. One of these places was ‘Grevillea Place’ on the southern shore of East Basin, however this name was lost in the late 1920s.

In 1963, when Lake Burley Griffin was under construction, the name was resurrected. The gazette naming the park stated that the genus Grevillea comprised "about 240 known species of trees and shrubs, widespread in Australia".

The park development was started in the early 1960s. Plantings were informal with mixed species of eucalypts and wattles to link with the nearby landscape of Mount Pleasant.

Before you go/How to get there

Before you go

Prepare by understanding safety and checking alerts and water quality.

How to get there

Grevillea Park is accessible via Morshead Drive in Russell.

Parking is available.

More information

Find out about:

Location

Boundary mapping is indicative only.

In a life threatening emergency dial Triple Zero (000)

triple zero 000

5124 0000

6201 6111

1800 629 354

6205 1065

13 11 26

5124 9977

(02) 6205 1700