City of Sydney

| Skip to Content | Skip to Menu | Careers  | Contact Us  |   About Us  |   Media Releases

Sydney Park

Sydney Park

 

Sydney Park
Sydney Park Rd
St Peters NSW 2044

Sydney Park

Sydney Park extends over 40 rolling hectares of open parkland providing for a diverse range of passive and active recreation for the whole community.

The Alan Davidson Oval located in the northeastern corner of the park is a first class sports oval providing facilities for cricket and Australian Rules football. The pavilion contains public toilet facilities, change rooms and a number of community venue rooms available for hire.

Adjacent to the Oval, the publically accessible CARES (Community and Road Education Scheme) facility with its miniature network of roads replete with traffic signals and shaded forecourt is a popular resource for families and children to learn elementary bicycle riding skills and road craft. The CARES facility function rooms are available for hire to the community.

A large children’s playground, opened in 2008, provides an extensive area dedicated to children’s recreation with a diverse range of traditional and creative play equipment for children of all ages and all abilities including slides, swings, climbing apparatus and sand pits. The playground is landscaped with plants and infrastructure designed to stimulate the tactile, visual and olfactory senses whilst the wide rubber surfaced paths which meander between the play elements are wheel chair accessible and feature musical elements.  The playground is easily accessed from the car park located off Barwon Park Road and accessible toilets are located nearby.

A series of wetlands and water courses run from the centre to the southeastern corner of the park providing habitat for native and visiting waterfowl. The elevated wooden decked viewing platforms located around many of the wetlands are a popular spot for bird watching, sunbathing or picnics. Accessible public toilets are located adjacent to Wetland number 5 located at the southeastern corner of the park. The AIDS memorial grove located behind the parks depot off Barwon Park Road is one of many native tree groves that provide further shelter and amenity for local wildlife. The park is a traditional host for community tree planting on International Tree Day.

The brick kilns precinct in the northwestern corner of the park provides profound visual clues to the site’s previous use as a municipal brick works. Following closure the brickworks’ extensive clay pits were filled with municipal waste from 1948 to 1976, when the site was known as St Peter’s tip. Following closure of the tip, a layer of soil and building rubble was placed over the site to create a new regional park with a series of visually prominent hills affording panoramic views of the distant city skyline and Sydney Airport.

More information or bookings >>

 

Gallery

Sydney Park >>

Downloads

Map

Plan of Management

 

To view PDF files you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer. Get Acrobat Reader Now. PDF Accessibility.

 

Back to top

 

Last Updated: Monday 17 May, 2010

Please Note:
While care is taken to ensure accuracy, the City of Sydney cannot guarantee that information expressed here is correct and recommends that users exercise their own skill and care with respect to its use. The City of Sydney makes no warranty or undertaking, whether expressed or implied, nor does it assume any legal liability, whether direct or indirect.