The Avenue of Honour is the longest war memorial roadside plantation in Australia, which extends 18 km to the Western Freeway.

Most of urban Ballarat's subdivision for new housing estates is happening in greenfield land to the south, north and west of the Avenue of Honour.

[5] The line has since been completely lifted, though the reservation remains unoccupied, and is generally now used as a walking trail.

[7] A network of walking and cycling tracks begin at the R.J. Cameron Reserve (bordered by Learmonth Street to the east and Portsea Street to the south), and extends west, crossing the aforementioned Redan Junction railway line, through the Alfredton Recreational Reserve, and on until Dyson Drive in Lucas.

More parks, playgrounds, and open spaces are being developed in some of the newer housing estates that are currently in different stages of being built (as of 2020).