Carrum Beach is located on Melbourne’s Port Phillip Bay, stretching for 2km south of the Patterson River mouth towards Seaford.  The calm waters make this a family friendly beach with a big playground on the foreshore.

The beach is easily accessible from the accessible parking, providing access onto the decked and paved pathways, through the shelter of the Carrum Surf Life Saving Club and straight on to the beach. 

The beach has been equipped with adjustable beach matting which stretches 70 metres and provides access directly to the beach. A floating wheelchair is available during regular patrol hours (noon to 5pm, Sat-Sun-Public Holiday, mid-Nov to Easter). While they don't take bookings, you can call the Club on 9776 0504 during those times to confirm availability and suitability of conditions. 

The beach also offers mobile hoists, accessible shower, accessible toilet & changing places. There are lead up pathways, a park directly attached to the facilities & plenty of places to eat & retail within 150 metres.

Desginated parking can be found at the Surf Life Saving Club.

Carrum Beach

Ballam Park features two playgrounds at separate play areas at opposite ends of the park., 30 hectares of open areas and sporting fields including a premier athletics track, AFL, soccer & cricket along with outdoor gym equipment.

On the Eastern side of the park is a wooden structure full of climbing walls, slides, bells & tunnels surrounded by large trees for shade along with numerous shaded rotundas.

On the Western side is the adventure park with a skate park, metal climbing bars, basketball court, in-ground mini trampolines, flying fox, swings, tunnels, tennis wall & a seriously wide slide.  There is an accessible carousel & wide flat pathways around the park for easy rolling accessibilty along with paved walking trails.  

There are four new BBQs with eight hotplates, three new shelters, ten picnic tables, drinking fountains, multiple benches dotted around, accessible toilets onsite & car park.

There is both dog friendly on-leash & off-leash areas along with a dog agility park with hurdles of differing heights, jump through hurdles, balance beams, a crawl tunnel, weave poles bridge and sit-stay platforms. There is also a grassed area with picnic facilities, seating and a drink tap with dog bowl.

The Park is also home to Ballam Park Homestead, an historic home and museum from the 1850s run by the Frankston Historical Society.

Ballam Park Reserve Playground

Roy Dore Reserve features a playground with huge, wooden, shaded Pirate ship; complete with cannons, wobbly netted bridge, ladder & tunnel.  There is a smaller ship for little ones with slide & lots more climbing apparatus, hiding spaces, slides, swings & sandpit.  

There are accessible footpaths, accessible parking, accessible toilets & baby change facilities.  

The reserve also features two large sport ovals, tennis courts, fenced dog park, rebound wall, cricket nets, bike stands & trails, drinking fountains, showers, seating, shelter & outdoor gym equipment.  

Roy Dore Reserve Playground

Kananook Reserve features a fenced playground located opposite the football oval with parking & regular toilets, accessible ones can be found 2kms away at Bayside Shopping Centre.

The playground includes multiple slides an intricate climbing structure, a rock wall, monkey bars, swings, ladder, shop front & red springer.  The main climbing structure’s roof in the shape of leaves, wooden stumps to climb over, heaps of trees & the ground is covered in tanbark. 

There is a water tap inside the fenced area & outside the fence is an unshaded table, BBQ, picnic tables, off-leash dog area, walking trails (not fully accessible), free parking, grassed area & lots of large mature trees dotted throughout.

Playgrounds · 33 Kirkwood Ave, Seaford VIC 3198, AustraliaKananook Reserve Playground

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