Public BBQ areas in Melbourne

704 public barbecues are mapped in Melbourne. 560 of them sit in 392 named parks — here they are, biggest first.

Places392

Dandenong Ranges National Park13 grillsFuel: electric · 3 covered Open in maps
Ruffey Lake Park13 grillsFuel: electric Open in maps
Birrarrung Park9 grillsFuel: wood Open in maps
Jells Park6 grillsFuel: electric · 2 covered Open in maps
Bundoora Park5 grillsFuel: electric Open in maps
Plenty Gorge Park5 grills Open in maps
Presidents Park5 grillsFuel: electric Open in maps
Royal Park5 grillsFuel: electric Open in maps
Coburg Lake Reserve4 grills Open in maps
Dandenong Park4 grills Open in maps
Jack Roper Reserve4 grillsFuel: electric Open in maps
Point Ormond Reserve4 grillsFuel: electric Open in maps
Victory Park4 grillsFuel: electric Open in maps
Diamond Creek Reserve3 grills Open in maps
Docklands Park3 grillsFuel: electric Open in maps
Duncan Mackinnon Reserve3 grillsFuel: electric Open in maps
Fawkner Park3 grills Open in maps
J.J. Holland Park3 grillsFuel: electric Open in maps
Karkarook Park3 grillsFuel: electric Open in maps
Loop Picnic Area3 grills Open in maps
Packer Park3 grillsFuel: electric Open in maps
Point Cook Coastal Park3 grillsFuel: gas · 3 covered Open in maps
Ringwood Lake Park3 grillsFuel: electric · 1 covered Open in maps
Surrey Park3 grillsFuel: electric Open in maps
Tim Neville Arboretum3 grills Open in maps
Woodlands Historic Park3 grills Open in maps
Wyndham Park3 grillsFuel: electric · 2 covered Open in maps
Yarra Park3 grillsFuel: electric Open in maps
Albert Park2 grills Open in maps
Alexandra Gardens2 grillsFuel: electric Open in maps
All Nations Park2 grillsFuel: electric Open in maps
Allnutt Park2 grills Open in maps
Barkly Gardens2 grills Open in maps
Batman Park2 grillsFuel: gas Open in maps
Belgrave Lake Park2 grillsFuel: electric Open in maps
Binnak Park2 grillsFuel: electric · 1 covered Open in maps
Birrarung Marr2 grillsFuel: electric Open in maps
Bob Burgess Reserve2 grills Open in maps
Brimbank Park2 grillsFuel: electric · 1 covered Open in maps
Buchanan Park2 grillsFuel: electric · 1 covered Open in maps

352 more places not listed here.

A further 144 are mapped outside any named park — along foreshores, on reserves and in places OpenStreetMap has not named. They are counted in the total above but cannot be listed by name.

Australian park barbecues are almost always free electric hotplates on a stand, worked by a push button that runs the plate for fifteen or twenty minutes at a time. You bring food, oil and something to scrape with; you bring no fuel at all.

The plate is shared and it is rarely clean. Regulars arrive with a scraper and a bottle of oil, heat the plate empty for five minutes, scrape it down and only then start cooking — which is also the fastest way to avoid whatever the last group cooked.

Weekend mornings go early at the popular reserves. Most councils do not take bookings for individual plates, so a table near one is first come, first served.

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Data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database Licence (ODbL). Facilities change; check locally before you plan a meal around one. openstreetmap.org/copyright · 704 of them are mapped in OpenStreetMap as of 2026-08-21.