De Soza Park Playground, Warrenheip Street, Buninyong
Set at the end of a long grassy area. Structure with two wave slides, ladder, fireman's pole, steep chain bridge, spiral ladder, platform, horizontal chain traverse, flying fox and monkey rungs.
Four swings, shaded table and seats, unshaded table, BBQ, water tap, toilets and historical display of a grinding wheel.
The park was named after mining entrepreneur and local benefactor Henry Desoza referred to as The Gold King. Take a stroll along the banks of Union Jack Creek and discover this park's peaceful tracks winding through mature exotic and native trees. In the area of the park nearest to Warrenheip Street there are the remains of the shaft and mullock heap of the old Crown Mine. The mine's air vent (capped in 1991) is in the grounds at the rear of the Old Library.
At the far western end of the park, about opposite Cathcart Street, the creek was formerly the site of old miners' dams, the town's reservoir and a large tannery commenced by local saddler, Andrew Davies in the 1850s and later operated by R Graham & Sons. It closed in 1927.
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Location
502 Warrenheip Street, Buninyong 3357 View Map
