EE Gunn Reserve

Set across a sprawling three-and-a-half hectares, EE Gunn Reserve has great open spaces and amenities for fun in the sun with friends and family. If you want to play or stay in shape, the reserve offers well maintained green space and shared paths, allowing connections to cycling routes, walking paths and onsite fitness stations.

Features

  • BBQ Facilities

  • Birdie golf cage

  • Dogs – off leash

  • Dogs – on leash

  • Toilets

  • Walking Path

  • Playground

  • Rotunda or picnic shelter

  • Tables

  • Seating

  • Fitness station

  • Shared path

  • Cricket nets

  • Baseball batting cage

Playground

Most of the playground at EE Gunn Reserve is under shade cloth, providing great protection on sunny days. It includes:

  • swings
  • slides
  • a metal and rope climbing frame and monkey bars
  • stand-on spinner
  • tic-tac-toe, a shop front and maze panel
  • two large rockers in the shape of a yellow bee and green grasshopper

Picnic shelter and BBQs

The picnic shelter is located close to the playground, with 2 picnic tables available for social gatherings. There are BBQ facilities nearby to the picnic shelter to add another element to your picnic.

Book and reserve a picnic shelter or outdoor event

To book or find more information visit our Picnic Shelter and Outdoor Events Booking page

Active Recreation

EE Gunn Reserve has many opportunities for recreation, including:

  • three sports grounds (cricket, football and baseball)
  • internal walking, running and cycling pathways
  • outdoor fitness equipment
  • a golf birdie cage
  • cricket training nets
  • baseball batting cage

Did you know? EE Gunn Reserve is home to Ormond Cricket Club, Ormond Glenhuntly Baseball Club and Ormond Tennis Club. EE Gunn Reserve is also home to Ormond Amateur Football Club, the second oldest suburban club in the Victorian Amateur Football Association.

Dog leash information

  • The eastern ovals (closest to the railway line) are off-leash areas.
  • All other areas including the playground area and western oval (closest to Malane Street and Beatty Crescent) are on-leash. 
  • Dogs must be on-leash within 20 metres of barbecues and picnic areas, children’s playgrounds, sports and recreation facilities, both public and sporting events (includes set up and take down), and any Park maintenance activities.
  • Dogs are not permitted within fenced playgrounds and sports and recreation facilities including the cricket nets, the golf birdie cage and the baseball batting cage.

Learn more about dog walking in Glen Eira

History of EE Gunn Reserve

Council first developed the parkland in the 1920’s. In 1964 they renamed it after Councillor Ernest Edwin Gunn, a member of the former Caulfield City Council from 1949–1975 and Mayor from 1952–1953.