The facility consists of the Buninyong Community Reserve football/cricket ground, netball courts and adjoining club rooms and meeting rooms.
The clubrooms are home to the Buninyong Football/Netball Club and the Buninyong Cricket Club.
A large open area is used for Playgroups and exercise classes.
The facilities, with meeting rooms, kitchen and bar are available for hire
Location Corner of Forest & Cornish Street, Buninyong
Contact Kate Gordon - 0431 172 551
Brief History of the Buninyong Community Facility and Reserve
1857
Buninyong's original Recreation Reserve was gazetted, in the area now occupied by the Golf Course. It included a racecourse, rifle range, football and cricket ground.
1928
The last recorded race meeting was held. Part of the old grandstand was moved to White Flat Oval in Ballarat.
1930-1970
Football and cricket were played at Royal Park; tennis on various church courts; netball at the Buninyong Primary School. A new combined Recreation Reserve on land adjacent to the former railway station was proposed and supported by the Shire Council and sporting community.
1976
Buninyong Swimming Pool and new tennis courts were opened in Forest Street.
1986
The former Buninyong Shire Council, with lobbying from the Leisure Centre Committee, received State Government funding to acquire private land plus an adjoining 5 acres of Crown Land for a future Oval and Leisure Centre.
1988
The Buninyong Shire Council received further government assistance to build a Soccer Oval to the north of the tennis courts and commence drainage works and the construction of an oval.
1989
The project was deferred due to construction difficulties and lack of money.
1997 - 2004
The Buninyong Football Netball Club kept the project alive by running successful raffles and continuing to push for improved Oval and facilities
2004
Lobbying for funding succeeded and work recommenced to complete the new oval and Community Facility.
2006
The premier of Victoria, the Hon. Steve Bracks MP, officially opened the Buninyong Community Facility.
