--- title: Picnic sites in Victoria, Vicmap Features of Interest resource: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-picnic-sites/ publisher: Department of Transport and Planning licence: CC BY 4.0 licence_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ version: 2026-10-27 rows: 844 fields: 22 source: https://opendata.maps.vic.gov.au/geoserver/wfs?service=WFS&version=2.0.0&request=GetFeature&typeNames=open-data-platform:foi_point&outputFormat=application/json&CQL_FILTER=feature_type%3D%27recreational%20resource%27%20AND%20feature_subtype%3D%27picnic%20site%27&sortBy=pfi source_sha256: a297243cc951b26d8371a88cafe4da6683c39e32f9777f93fa3ce5877c7b09d1 language: en-AU operator: National Digital not_endorsed: true --- # Picnic sites in Victoria, Vicmap Features of Interest About 840 picnic sites that Vicmap Features of Interest maps as points in and near Victoria, one row per site, with its name, parent feature, Vicmap identifiers and coordinates. Published by Department of Transport and Planning under CC BY 4.0. National Digital converted the publisher's file to other formats. It renamed and typed the columns and kept only those the schema lists. National Digital made these changes, and the publisher is not responsible for them. Department of Transport and Planning has not endorsed this site. Also called: Victorian picnic sites, Picnic areas Victoria, Vicmap FOI picnic sites. ## Download Latest version, redirects to `https://publicdata.au/d/vic-picnic-sites/v/2026-10-27/`: - csv: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-picnic-sites/latest/data.csv (152 KB) - xlsx: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-picnic-sites/latest/data.xlsx (84 KB) - json: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-picnic-sites/latest/data.json (441 KB) - geojson: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-picnic-sites/latest/data.geojson (522 KB) - parquet: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-picnic-sites/latest/data.parquet (51 KB) - sqlite: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-picnic-sites/latest/data.sqlite (176 KB) - duckdb: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-picnic-sites/latest/data.duckdb - gpkg: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-picnic-sites/latest/data.gpkg (258 KB) - geo.parquet: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-picnic-sites/latest/data.geo.parquet (52 KB) - ndjson: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-picnic-sites/latest/data.ndjson (439 KB) - csv.gz: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-picnic-sites/latest/data.csv.gz (34 KB) Pinned version 2026-10-27: `https://publicdata.au/d/vic-picnic-sites/v/2026-10-27/data.`. Dated versions keep their content. ## Query The query API returns only the rows you ask for, as JSON, NDJSON or CSV, from the same typed rows as the files. It needs no key. Rows: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/vic-picnic-sites/rows. Counts and sums: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/vic-picnic-sites/aggregate. - Rows: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/vic-picnic-sites/rows?limit=5 - Aggregate: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/vic-picnic-sites/aggregate?group=state&metric=count Each filter is `field=operator.value` in the query string, and every filter must match. A number or date field compares as a number or date, and a text field compares as text. Values are case-sensitive, except that `like` and `ilike` ignore case in the ASCII letters A to Z. Prefix `not.` to negate a filter, as `not.eq.value`. Operators: `eq.value`, `neq.value`, `gt.value`, `gte.value`, `lt.value`, `lte.value`, `like.*text*`, `ilike.*text*`, `in.(a,b,c)`, `is.null`. - `select`: Fields to return, comma-separated. Every field when absent. - `order`: `field.asc` or `field.desc`, comma-separated. When absent, rows come in the order of the file they are read from. For the newest versions that is the version's own data.parquet, which keeps the publisher's order unless the dataset sorted it. Any other version is read from the Parquet file the answer names in `file`, and when that file is sorted the answer names its sort in `order`, which ties follow too. - `limit`: Rows per page, 1 to 10,000. 100 when absent. - `offset`: Rows to skip. The `next` URL in each answer sets it for you. - `group`: On `aggregate`, fields to group by, comma-separated. - `metric`: On `aggregate`, `count`, `sum.field`, `avg.field`, `min.field` or `max.field`, comma-separated. `count` when absent. - `format`: `json`, `ndjson` or `csv`. JSON carries the provenance header, and the others carry it in response headers. Without a version the API answers from the newest version, and that answer changes when the publisher releases again. Put `versions//` before `rows` or `aggregate` for an answer from that version alone. Every version with a table can be queried, and `/api/v1/datasets//versions` lists them. A query on a version the database does not hold is read from its Parquet file, and one that would read too much of it is refused with DuckDB SQL that answers it from the file. The API allows 60 requests in 10 seconds from one address. Above that it answers 429 for 10 seconds with a `Retry-After` header, a `RateLimit-Policy` header and a JSON body that gives the limit. Every API answer carries the same `RateLimit-Policy`. A client should wait the `Retry-After` seconds, or read the files, which have no limit. OpenAPI for this dataset: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-picnic-sites/openapi.json ## Explore Charts and dashboards in the browser: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-picnic-sites/explore/. A dashboard can be shared as a link or embedded. ## Fields | field | type | publisher's header | note | |---|---|---|---| | `name_label` | string | name_label | The site's name in mixed case, as Vicmap labels it. Blank where Vicmap gives no name. | | `name` | string | name | The site's name in Vicmap's capitals. Blank where Vicmap gives no name. | | `feature_type` | string | feature_type | | | `feature_subtype` | string | feature_subtype | picnic site, as Vicmap types the feature. | | `feature_status` | string | feature_status | | | `parent_name` | string | parent_name | The feature the site sits within, such as a park or reserve, where Vicmap records one. | | `parent_feature_id` | integer | parent_feature_id | | | `child_exists` | string | child_exists | | | `state` | string | state | | | `auth_org_code` | string | auth_org_code | | | `auth_org_id` | string | auth_org_id | | | `pfi` | integer | pfi | Vicmap's persistent identifier for the feature, kept across its record's versions. | | `feature_id` | integer | feature_id | | | `vmadd_pfi` | string | vmadd_pfi | The persistent identifier of the feature's Vicmap Address record, where it has one. | | `vicnames_id` | integer | vicnames_id | | | `vicnames_status_code` | string | vicnames_status_code | | | `theme1` | string | theme1 | | | `theme2` | string | theme2 | | | `create_date_pfi` | string | create_date_pfi | The timestamp the service gives, kept as its text. | | `superceded_pfi` | integer | superceded_pfi | | | `longitude` | number | (longitude) | | | `latitude` | number | (latitude) | | Key: `pfi`. ## Versions - 2026-10-27: 844 rows, 22 fields, sha256 a297243cc951. https://publicdata.au/d/vic-picnic-sites/v/2026-10-27/ Machine-readable: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-picnic-sites/versions.json, https://publicdata.au/d/vic-picnic-sites/changes.json, https://publicdata.au/d/vic-picnic-sites/datapackage.json, https://publicdata.au/d/vic-picnic-sites/schema.json, https://publicdata.au/d/vic-picnic-sites/history.tar.zst ## Same subject, other publishers - [Camping grounds, tourist parks, rest areas and boat ramps in New South Wales](https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-camping-parks-rest-areas-boat-ramps/) (NSW) - [Beachwatch swim sites with pollution forecasts and latest water quality, New South Wales](https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-beachwatch-sites/) (NSW) - [Open surface water gauging stations, Queensland](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-surface-water-gauging-stations/) (Qld) - [River Murray predicted flood extent at 100 GL a day, South Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/sa-river-murray-flood-100gl/) (SA) - [River Murray predicted flood extent at 160 GL a day, South Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/sa-river-murray-flood-160gl/) (SA) - [River Murray predicted flood extent at 140 GL a day, South Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/sa-river-murray-flood-140gl/) (SA) - [River Murray predicted flood extent at 180 GL a day, South Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/sa-river-murray-flood-180gl/) (SA) - [River Murray predicted flood extent at 341 GL a day, South Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/sa-river-murray-flood-341gl/) (SA) - [River Murray predicted flood extent at 130 GL a day, South Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/sa-river-murray-flood-130gl/) (SA) - [River Murray predicted flood extent at 250 GL a day, South Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/sa-river-murray-flood-250gl/) (SA) - [River Murray predicted flood extent at 120 GL a day, South Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/sa-river-murray-flood-120gl/) (SA) - [River Murray predicted flood extent at 200 GL a day, South Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/sa-river-murray-flood-200gl/) (SA) ## Attribution and citation Department of Transport and Planning, Victorian Government, Vicmap Features - Features of Interest (FOI) Point (Vicmap layer foi_point), sourced 26 October 2026, https://discover.data.vic.gov.au/dataset/vicmap-features-features-of-interest-foi-point, licensed under CC BY 4.0. The licence requires the publisher's attribution. We ask that you also name publicdata.au and link to the version you used. Plain text: Department of Transport and Planning, Victorian Government, Vicmap Features - Features of Interest (FOI) Point (Vicmap layer foi_point), sourced 26 October 2026, https://discover.data.vic.gov.au/dataset/vicmap-features-features-of-interest-foi-point, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/vic-picnic-sites/v/2026-10-27/ Harvard: Department of Transport and Planning (2026) Picnic sites in Victoria, Vicmap Features of Interest, version 2026-10-27 [data set], CC BY 4.0, sourced 26 October 2026. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au. Available at: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-picnic-sites/v/2026-10-27/ Markdown: Data: [Picnic sites in Victoria, Vicmap Features of Interest](https://discover.data.vic.gov.au/dataset/vicmap-features-features-of-interest-foi-point), Department of Transport and Planning, [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), sourced 26 October 2026. Files: [publicdata.au](https://publicdata.au/d/vic-picnic-sites/v/2026-10-27/) by [National Digital](https://nationaldigital.com.au/). ## Questions ### How do I download Picnic sites in Victoria as a CSV file? Open https://publicdata.au/d/vic-picnic-sites/latest/data.csv. It redirects to the newest dated version, which is https://publicdata.au/d/vic-picnic-sites/v/2026-10-27/data.csv today. The same path serves Excel, JSON, GeoJSON, Parquet, SQLite, DuckDB, GeoPackage, GeoParquet, NDJSON. A dated URL never changes, so use it when the file must stay the same. ### Can I open Picnic sites in Victoria in Excel? Yes. https://publicdata.au/d/vic-picnic-sites/v/2026-10-27/data.xlsx is a workbook with the 844 rows on a records sheet, the field list on a second sheet and the provenance on a third. The CSV also opens in Excel. https://publicdata.au/d/vic-picnic-sites/v/2026-10-27/data.csv.gz is the CSV at about a tenth of the size. ### How often is Picnic sites in Victoria updated? Transport and Planning releases it as needed. This site checks the portal every week and adds a dated version when the file changes. ### Can I use Picnic sites in Victoria commercially? Yes. CC BY 4.0 allows commercial use, redistribution and derived works as long as the attribution is kept. The attribution string is in this page's side column and inside every file. ### Is this the official source for Picnic sites in Victoria? No. The publisher is Department of Transport and Planning, and its page is https://discover.data.vic.gov.au/dataset/vicmap-features-features-of-interest-foi-point. National Digital converted the publisher's file to other formats. It renamed and typed the columns and kept only those the schema lists. National Digital made these changes, and the publisher is not responsible for them. The original sits beside every version as source.geojson with its SHA-256, so the two can be compared. ### What coordinate system does Picnic sites in Victoria use? Points in GDA2020 (EPSG:7844), as the Vicmap service publishes them. A feature served as one point has its longitude and latitude published as given, and a feature served as several points has them blank. The GeoJSON file uses the same coordinates, which is what GeoJSON expects. ### What is in each row? One feature that Vicmap types as feature type recreational resource with subtype picnic site. Each row has the feature's name where Vicmap gives one, the name of its parent feature where Vicmap records one, the authority Vicmap records for it, its Vicmap and VICNAMES identifiers, the date Vicmap created the feature, and its longitude and latitude in GDA2020. ### Why do some rows have no name? Vicmap gives no name for about 360 of the picnic sites. Those rows have a blank name, as Vicmap serves them. About 80 of them carry the name of the park or reserve they sit within in the parent feature name column. ### Why do some rows have no coordinates? Vicmap serves each feature as a set of points. Most sites are one point, and their coordinates are published as given. A few sites are served as two points, and those rows have blank coordinates because this site does not choose one point over another. ### Why are some sites in New South Wales or South Australia? Vicmap maps features near the border on both sides, and its state field marks those outside Victoria as NSW or SA. The rows are kept as served. ### Does it say what facilities a site has? No. Vicmap records where a named feature is. It does not record tables, barbecues, toilets, shelters or opening times. The authority that manages each site sets those. ## What this site did to the data Cells were typed, headers were renamed to snake_case and the encoding was made UTF-8. Rows were left alone. Nothing is derived. The publisher's file is beside every version as `source.geojson`. ## Improve this dataset This page is built from [register/vic-picnic-sites.yaml](https://github.com/National-Digital/publicdata.au/blob/main/register/vic-picnic-sites.yaml) on GitHub, and a fix to it is welcome as a pull request. https://publicdata.au/contribute/ explains how.