The Park is located near Torrens Park stretching from Parkers Road and Andersons Avenue in the west to Brownhill Creek Reserve in the east and from Old Belair Road and James Road in the south to Weemala Drive and Mitcham Cemetery in the north.
Facility type: Park
Reserve Features
- Nine kilometres of shared use walking and bike off road trail open during daylight hours. Closed on Total Fire Ban Days.
- A number of trails visit the old quarry faces
- Geological features such as ripple rock, ochre and cliff faces of quarries
- Interbedded felspathic quartzite, siltstone, shale, slate and freestone
- The reserve is full of indigenous vegetation such a Grey Box, Drooping Sheoak and Golden Wattle.
History
- Randell Park is named after Peter Lake Randell, a former landbroker and City of Mitcham Mayor from 1968 to 1971.
- Between 1860 and 1950 the quarries in Randell Park were operated extensively supplying stone for local road repairs, road metal, curbing, paving, concrete, street gutters and siltstone for walling in houses and buildings.
Sports Played
Hiking
Mountain Bike Riding
