Craig Street Reserve Fenced Dog Park

Used to really enjoy going to this park - it’s well fenced off, the equipment is in good condition, a clean & well maintained & not too far for us. Not very big & not busy. We use the Kylie Parade entrance, parking is a little tricky but there’s plenty of parking across the road at the Reserve which is a great place for an on leash walk & explore. Unfortunately our dog discovered some neighbourhood dogs - every time we went to the park the dogs would start barking & making a fuss, so instead of playing in the park our dog would be engaging with these dogs at the fence. The whole back of the park’s fence is people’s homes backyards - which isn’t a good idea for an off leash dog park - of course people have pets. So yeah we had to stop going, very upsetting because Scar liked the park & so did we 😟

This is our closest off leash area and it’s a great park. It’s large and has lots of trees for sniffing, and space to play separately from other dogs. Not busy too which is nice. The agility equipment is in great condition and the park is well maintained. The only problem is there seems to be a few irresponsible owners both not picking up after their dogs and not watching their very large dogs while they’re visiting the park. Have just had to stop my small dog get repetitively mounted by a giant untrained dog while the owner just sat on his phone. The provided bags are always empty but people should be bringing their own anywhere they take their dog.

Nice, fully fenced dog park. Usually quiet. Large area for the dogs to run around. A small agility part with tunnel and A frame for them to use. A few seats to sit on which is nice

I used to take my dogs to the Craig St Reserve Dog Park heaps until i noticed a lot of issues. There is no provided compost bags to pickup poop like most dog parks have and the dogs that come here are more often than not extremely aggressive dogs. I had an incident where a man actually didn’t let me in the park because he wanted his aggressive dog to be off-leash and warned me that if i came in his dog would hurt my dog. I don’t understand why aggressive dogs and owners are even allowed to take up a public park like that. There is not enough rules about muzzling an aggressive dog or not allowing them at the park as a whole. This park is very loosely managed and does not deal with the issue of aggressive dogs. I do not recommend taking your dog to this park.

It's nice they've upgraded seating and apparatus. However, it seems to still be a park where a few locals go to just let there dog have a run. If there's another dog in the park, they won't come in. And since there is very little parking it seems under utilised for the amount of funding that must have been spent on the upgrade. Shame when other parks in the area are screaming for more funding.