John Landy Athletics Field is at the corner of Swanston Street and Barwon Terrace, South Geelong,[1] and was formerly known as Riverside Reserve.

To confirm a proper management structure of Landy Field (Riverside Reserve) the Geelong City Council entered into an agreement with the Geelong Guild Athletic Club Trustees: Bervin E. Purnell, president; Rudi Hochreiter Snr, secretary;Wal Whiteside, construction engineer; and Charles Harding, committee member.

On 16 December 2016, the Geelong Advertiser announced that Australian Olympic athlete Morgan Mitchell, among others, would run at the venue for an event that had prize money of up to A$10,000.

[6] On 15 December 2020, the Federal government announced that it had agreed to the City of Greater Geelong's selection of an upgrade to Landy Field facilities, including the changerooms, toilets, showers, hot water systems and the first aid room.

Through the Federal governments $2.18 million grant to the City of Greater Geelong, $200,000 was allocated to Landy Field to assist the recovery from the financial impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.