Central Gardens

Central Gardens or ‘Rocket Park’ is such a nice park to stroll through. The park is famous for the kids playground which features a large rocket-ship that kids can climb in.There are also public toilets here and the park is well maintained.

Amazing place to spent time with family, children and friends

Central Garden's Park is a smallish park in Hawthorn, across the road from Swinburne Universities main Campus. Beautifully maintained gardens with some really nice tree specimens. The enormous fig tree in the North Western corner is one of the largest I have ever seen. There are Robo Toilets in the centre of the park: 3 units with disabled facilities installed in an old brick building. There is a children's playground on the Eastern side of the park with one of the very few Rocket climbing frames left in Australia, around 2 stories tall. The park is extremely popular in fine weather both with local residents and many many students from the adjacent University. Parking is limited and difficult to find as it is in such a busy area.

Lovely park near the Swinburne University campus. I was impressed with the amount of trees in the park providing shade for all the groups of people enjoying their picnics. The public toilet is housed in a really cool old building. Love the place and the feel.

How beautiful and gorgeous! All of us enjoy the lovely park. It’s great for kids, families and friends. It’s also a wonderful place for picnics and parties. It’s the best garden park in Hawthorn.

A medium size park with lot of green space for family gatherings and kids playing. There is a small playground with an amazing rocket shape tower.

We had our little weekend picnics here, and it's such a nice place to stay and play. My three year old girl loves the rocket slides, the ladders in the rocket could be a bit challenging for some kids, but it's fun. Toilet is very close to the playground, but it's not very clean.

Very space themed park, constellation cutouts in the awnings, rocket shaped tower with slides, and concrete balls for the planets.Set on big grounds, lots of grass, mature trees, a spot to barbecue, and public toilets.