Lyons Playground

This is such a good little park for an intimate get together. It sports these features:
— wood fire bbq
— pizza oven
— communal veg garden (good for little kids to explore)
— toilet
— shelter + tables
— playground set
— basketball court
— bus stop (for the 198 route which runs every half hour or so from 8am to 6pm)
The garden is run by community group Spiral. The garden beds, shelter and oven were built by them so please respect their hard work while you use the facilities.
The 198 bus runs there from the middle of Boundary Street, and along Hardgrave Road. It also returns you to Vulture Street.
In the morning there are various exercise groups that use the area.
Read the sign in the park erected by Council for the full story of this donated area.

On first inspection, Lyons Park, or Paradise Park as it’s better known, appears to be a fairly humble little park, with some nice grass, a playground, a basketball half-​court and a shelter for eating – just a standard park. Look a little closer and you’ll find that the shelter is home to a clay pizza oven and beside it sits a thriving community garden! Someone has put some effort into making this a special little park.
I haven’t tried out the pizza oven myself, but I’ve heard from a couple of friends that it takes a bit of preparation. There is some wood in the park, but you might not want to risk it being damp from rain, otherwise you’ll never get your fire to start. Taking some good firewood along is advisable and getting the fire started a couple of hours in advance means you’ll have a nicely heated oven and some good hot coals on which to place your pizzas. You also don’t really want to be preparing your pizzas in the park, unless you’ve got everything chopped up and ready to go. For ease, bring them ready-​made so you can stick them straight in the oven. Be sure to bring implements for getting the pizzas in and out!
Cooking pizzas in Paradise Park is probably an activity best suited to people who live close by (like a couple of streets away) as it does take some forward planning. If you’re the organised type, however, and don’t mind packing a huge picnic basket, take a basketball and frisbee along with a good group of friends and settle in for a couple hours as you prepare the oven.