All Synthetic in Victoria

Redeveloped in 2024 through a partnership between Hume City Council and the Victorian Government, the Eric Boardman Reserve Athletics Track is a state-of-the-art facility designed to support community and club athletics. Key features of the upgrade include: A brand new 400m synthetic running track replacing the former grass surface Facilities for long jump, triple jump, dual high jump, shot put, Read more…

IYU Recreation Reserve is located in Pakenham in the south-east of Melbourne and features a synthetic athletics track which opened in March 2024. Stage one of the project to develop the new 400m athletics running track with its 10-lane straight, included facilities for long/triple jump, pole vault, high jump, javelin, shot put, hammer/discus, and steeplechase. The project was fully funded Read more…

The Victorian Police Academy in the Melbourne suburb of Glen Waverley features a rubberised bitumen athletics track. The track is located on a 16 acre site that was formerly a Catholic seminary, Corpus Christi College. It was opened as a police academy in 1973, with sporting facilities established in the early 1980s, when it was understood the current track was Read more…

Mentone Girls’ Secondary College in Melbourne’s south has a four lane synthetic track laid around the school’s oval. The track is a Spurtan sandwich system and was constructed in 2019 following a $200,000 grant from the Victorian government’s ‘Pick my Project’ funding. A 100m straight is an extension of the track, and has a long jump pit at one end. Read more…

Frankston High School in Melbourne’s south features a 350m synthetic athletics track. The track was installed in January 2019 and is a Spurtan BV surface. Read more…

The St Kevin’s College Tooronga Sports Fields features an eight lane semi-circular 200m track. The track was officially opened on 17 June 2017. The venue features a two long jump its on the high jump D, a shot put circle and enclosed discus cage. The venue is managed by St Kevin’s College, a prestigious Melbourne independent school. Read more…

The Lieutenant Commander Al Vonsenden Athletic Track and Field is located at HMAS Cerberus on Melbourne’s Mornington Peninsula. HMAS Cerberus is the Australian Navy’s premier training establishment. About 6,000 personnel are trained annually, averaging 800 trainees onboard at any one time. The athletics track was upgraded from a scoria surface in April 2019 as part of a significant redevelopment of Read more…

The Bundoora RMIT Sports Centre in Melbourne’s northern suburbs features a four lane synthetic grass track with a synthetic soccer infield. The venue is managed by RMIT University. Read more…

Bundoora Secondary College is located in Melbourne’s northern suburbs and features a four lane 388m track. The 400m start in lane 3 is just past the finishing line. There is a long jump pit located on an extension of the back straight, in the opposite direction to running. Read more…

Toorak College is an independent girls school located at Mount Eliza in Melbourne’s south. The school laid a six lane synthetic track with a synthetic hockey infield in 2017. The only field event facility at the venue is a single long jump pit.   Read more…