Parks and reserves

• Barbecues are closed from the beginning of May to the end of September
• They cannot be booked – first in, first served
• They operate from 7.30am to 9.30pm
• They have a push-button start which needs to be reset every eight minutes
• The maximum time they can be used is 90 minutes.

Locations:

• Bethunes Gully x 2
• Brighton Domain x 1
• Caversham Reserve x 1
• Mosgiel Memorial Gardens x 2
• Outram Glen x 1
• Ravensbourne Walkway and Cycleway x 1
• Te Rauone Reserve x 1
• Woodhaugh Gardens x 4

Dunedin is fortunate to have many parks and reserves that are available for public use and enjoyment.

These open spaces contribute greatly to the quality of life enjoyed by all residents. Open spaces, playgrounds, sports grounds, recreation and community facilities all contribute to our community's social, environmental and economic well-being.

Other than the general provision of 9 hectares per 1,000 population, there is no policy in the parks and reserves activity for the provision of reserves for conservation purposes. Nor is there any clear statutory obligation for us to seek ownership or control of further sites for these purposes.

We recognise that people do value areas that are perceived to have ecological, landscape, cultural or heritage value within the city and we continue to receive requests that we purchase or otherwise manage such sites.

Dunedin City Council looks after public structures on land. They provide facilities such as boats ramps and jetties, give approvals for land-based events such as triathlons on beaches and reserves and they look after vehicles on beaches, and clean boat ramps from time to time to stop them getting too slippery.

Facilities include:

• Pilot’s wharf (harbour entrance)
• Deborah Bay Dinghy ramp and Marina and Green Reserve
• Carey’s bay jetty and ramp
• Port Chalmers Recreation Reserve (Back Beach)
• Roseneath Esplanade reserve
• Cross wharf (Dunedin Basin)
• Kitchener Street Reserve
• Anderson’s Bay Inlet and Bayfield Jetty and ramp
• Vauxhall Reserve
• Portobello wharf
• Glenfalloch Jetty
• Broad Bay Reserve
• MacAndrew Bay Reserve
• Wellers Rock Jetty
• Te Rauone Recreation And Esplanade Reserve (Te Rauone Beach Domain)

These gardens are well maintained and very nicely landscaped, and would provide anyone wanting ideas about their own landscaping with plenty to take in.