Water play and swimming for kids in Melbourne's South-East & Bayside

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30 places to cool off across the region: water parks, pools, beaches, lakes and swimming spots, nearest first from Cheltenham. Choose your suburb at the top to sort from where you are staying.

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Melbourne City & Inner Suburbs →Melbourne's Eastern Suburbs →Mornington Peninsula →Yarra Valley & the Dandenong Ranges →
Nearest first, from Cheltenham

Beaches and islands

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Mentone Dog Beach
Mentone
under 5 min
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Parkdale Beach
Parkdale
about 5 min
Ricketts Point Marine Sanctuary
Beach
Ricketts Point Marine Sanctuary
Ricketts Point Marine Sanctuary
Shallow water, rock pools and sandstone reefs; Beaumaris Life Saving Club patrols weekends Nov-Easter; Junior Ranger rockpooling programs.
about 5 min
Photo: Rawairocks, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Beach
Half Moon Bay
Small patrolled beach under the Red Bluff with the HMVS Cerberus wreck offshore; jetty, life saving club and accessible toilets.
about 5 min
Mordialloc Beach
Beach
Mordialloc Beach
Wide flat beach with a surf life saving club, the 300 m Mordialloc Pier and the Peter Scullin Reserve playground behind.
about 5 min
Photo: Beckmc, CC BY-SA 3.0
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Beach
Sandringham Beach
Sheltered swimming below red cliffs, picnic spots and the 1926 band rotunda; parking off Jetty Road; patrolled on summer weekends.
about 10 min
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Hampton Beach
Beach access matting with floating beach wheelchairs to book in summer; patrolled weekends and holidays in summer; Starfish Nippers.
about 10 min
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Aspendale Beach
Aspendale
about 10 min
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Brighton Beach
Brighton
about 10 min
Brighton Beach Bathing Boxes
Beach
Brighton Beach Bathing Boxes
Sheltered cove beach in front of the historic bathing boxes; patrolled by volunteer lifesavers on summer weekends and holidays; train to Brighton Beach or Middle Brighton station.
about 10 min
Photo: Bernard Spragg. NZ from Christchurch, New Zealand, CC0
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Beach
Edithvale Beach
Edithvale
about 15 min
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Sandown Street Beach
Brighton
about 15 min
Chelsea Beach
Beach
Chelsea Beach
250 m from Chelsea station; long sandy beach with beach huts and the Victory Park playground, BBQs and toilets.
about 15 min
Photo: Celco85, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Beach
Bonbeach Beach
Bonbeach
about 20 min
Carrum Beach
Beach
Carrum Beach
2 km walk
2 km beach from Patterson River to Seaford with a boardwalk, a large playground, BBQs and a surf life saving club.
about 20 min
Photo: Neb.st, CC BY-SA 4.0

Waterfalls, lakes and swimming

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Mentone Sports and Aquatic Centre
Mentone
under 5 min
Karkarook Park
Lake
Karkarook Park
Sandbelt Parklands
15 ha lake for canoeing and fishing (no powered boats); Lake Trail all the way round; Dragonfly Picnic Area has a playground and an observation tower.
about 5 min
Photo: Smartiejl, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Glen Eira Sports and Aquatic Centre
Bentleigh East
about 10 min
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John Marshall Pool
Brighton East
about 10 min
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Carnegie Memorial Swimming Pool
Carnegie
about 10 min
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Grenda Aquatic Centre
Keysborough
about 10 min
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Noble Park Aquatic Centre
Noble Park
about 15 min
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Dandenong Oasis
Dandenong
about 20 min
Tirhatuan Park
Lake
Tirhatuan Park
20 ha park on Dandenong Creek with two lakes, a wetland and boardwalks on the Dandenong Creek Trail.
about 20 min
Photo: TheArtfulD, CC0
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Pool
Doveton Pool in the Park
Doveton
about 25 min
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Casey ARC
Narre Warren
about 30 min
Over 30 minutes
from Cheltenham
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Casey RACE
Cranbourne East
about 35 min
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Splash's Swimming School
Berwick
about 35 min

Big playgrounds

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Thomas Street South Reserve playground
Hampton
All-inclusive playground with a timber castle, wheelchair trampolines, flying foxes, parkour course and water play; Changing Places toilet.
about 5 min
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Big playground
Booran Road Reserve playground
Glen Huntly
10-metre double-dome climbing net with slide, water play feature, bird's-nest swing and all-abilities flying fox in a former reservoir.
about 15 min
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Region boundary: ABS Tourism Regions 2021 (Tourism Research Australia), CC BY 4.0. Outings from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and venues' own listings; nature spots from OpenStreetMap and park services.