Piney Lakes Reserve

Piney Lakes Reserve is located in the suburb of Winthrop in the City of Melville.  The Reserve is bounded by Leach Highway to the north and Murdoch Drive to the east.

The Reserve encompasses approximately 67ha, comprising around 50ha of bushland and wetland environments and about 17ha of developed parklands to the south and west.

The Reserve currently accommodates a variety of passive recreational activities including, walking, jogging, cycling, nature study (including fauna observation), dog walking, children’s play activities, night walks and community purposes/education.

There are a number of facilities in the park, including:

• A strategic path network to provide alternative paths for pedestrians throughout the Reserve and cyclists at the perimeter of the Reserve.
•  A boardwalk for controlled access in the wetland area.
• Open space and picnic areas to the south of the bushland and wetland conservation area.
• The Environmental Education Centre.
• A sensory playground in the parkland area.
•  A lake adjacent to the playground, to provide a focus for recreation

Aboriginal people associated with the area were members of the Beeliar group, whose land stretched between the Swan and Southern River and to the Canning River in the east.

Piney Lakes is a very significant site for the traditional custodians of the area and is a sacred place for Aboriginal women. It was the women's area to perform ceremonies and to discuss women's business and to take young boys through their initiations.