Northwood Reserve

Northwood Reserve is a neighbourhood park in the Rosedale area that backs onto a whole lot of native bush with a stream that runs all the way through it. This is a really awesome park for walking the dog or taking children to as there’s so much room to run around, there’s a playground with a covered shade area and seats, and theres even a barbeque station set up so it pretty much keeps the whole family happy. I take a lot of pram walks down here because its close to my work and it is perfect for quiet walks with the baby mainly because there is hardly ever anybody here! The reserve had a major overhaul last year when the council put some power lines underground so there was a lot of digging and fenced off areas but it seems to have recovered okay and you’d hardly even know anything had happened here. For a neighbourhood park I always wonder why this place isn’t always packed but I think its because the area is still relatively quiet so nobody knows about it yet! I’m pretty sure this will change fairly soon. In the meantime I’m happy to take peaceful walks through the park on my own.