We are creating a new Open Space Strategy and we want your feedback.
Open spaces play an important role in everyday life. They give us places to relax, stay active, connect with others and enjoy nature. They also support community health and help protect our natural environment.
From 17 July to 31 August 2026, you can share your feedback on how you use open space, what matters most to you and what could be improved.
Your feedback will help guide future planning, design and investment in open spaces across Manningham, so they meet the needs of our community now and in the future.
What is open space?
Open space includes outdoor areas that everyone can use for leisure and outdoor recreation or which provide environmental benefits. These include:
- parks and reserves
- playgrounds and sporting fields
- walking and cycling trails
- bushland and nature reserves
- creeks, rivers and waterways.
Have your say
There are a few easy ways to share your feedback:
Complete the survey online
Complete a printed survey
You’ll find a copy of the printed survey in the August edition of Manningham Matters. Alternatively, it is available from the Civic Centre at 699 Doncaster Road, Doncaster.
Prefer to talk to us in person?
Join us at one of our pop-ups:
Park Orchards Market
- Saturday 18 July
- 10am to 2pm
- 1 to 3 Bowmore Avenue, Park Orchards.
Tunstall Square Market
- Sunday 26 July
- 8:30am to 12:30pm
- Corner of Doncaster Road and Tunstall Road, Doncaster East.
Wombat Bend Playground, Finns Reserve
- Saturday 1 August
- 12pm to 3pm
- 4 Duncan Street, Templestowe Lower.
wonguim wilam Playspace
- Saturday 8 August
- 9am to 12pm
- 217 Yarra Street, Warrandyte.
Ajani Neighbourhood House
- Wednesday 12 August
- 10am to 1pm
- 2/284 Thompsons Road, Lower Templestowe.
Ruffey Lake Park (Victoria Street entrance)
- Saturday 22 August
- 11am to 2pm
- 99 Victoria Street, Doncaster East.
