Antonio Park

Antonio Park is seven hectares in length and includes a playground, walking trails, remnant bushland, a BBQ area and chicken watching possibilities. The park is known as after the Antonio family who had been first associated with the land in 1892. The web site of their authentic weekend shack is now a part of the Antonio Park Primary School grounds. In early 1900's the own family bought what is now the principle body of the park and constructed a permanent home in Deep Creek Road. Remnants of the lawn are nonetheless gift inside the formal a part of the Park. The circle of relatives talented the land to the previous Nunawading Council in 1955, however participants of the family lived there till 1963.

The northern segment of the park, known as the "New Lands" become purchased from Charles Schwerkolt in 1975 to replace the land bought to the Education Department for Antonio Park School. Antonio Park is probably a begin or cease factor for a stroll to Schwerkolt Cottage or Yarran Dheran. The fundamental park vicinity is a large grassy, barely sloping place dotted with timber. There are three shaded tables, water tap, refuge with tables, bathrooms and a playground. At the northern stop is a slender dust path via the bush. If you observe this to the north-west corner and go the road, you reach every other phase of the park. The hairy strolling sections of the park are quite small and do no longer take lengthy to traverse.