Parks & Playgrounds

Lowanna Park in Chatswood is a gorgeous playground with some really fun features for the kids and is just a short drive from the Ryde area. If you are like us and regularly pop to Chatswood it is the perfect stop-gap!  Firstly, the park is FULLY fenced, giving peace of mind when you have young kids.…

Watts Park, although small, is one playground that is definitely worth a visit if you are in the neighbourhood. Two of our favourite things about it:  You can grab a coffee across the road at Romolettos Deli Cafe (amongst other food and drink!) There is a fence that runs across 95% of the front of…

Edwards Park in Concord is a medium-sized park that kids aged 2-8 will just love. There's plenty for the adults to love too! Here's what we liked about it: synthetic grass ground there is a shade sail (only 1) it's fully fenced there is a filtered water station inside the fenced area there are 2…

Melrose Park playground is medium sized playground in, funnily enough, Melrose Park. It features a beautiful wooden theme which can be a nice change to the brightly coloured plastic equipment. It is a fun park, with great equipment that is best suited to children aged 2-9 years of age. As there are no shade sails…

Did you know there are 16 filtered water stations throughout the City of Ryde where you can get fresh water while you and your family are out and about? This list doesn't even include the old school bubblers and there are plenty of those around. An extra awesome feature of the stations is that many…

  Big news - we all know and love Ryde Park - it's one of the best parks in the City of Ryde. Now there is even more to love with the addition of a fantastic scooter track for kids complete with all the bells and whistles. Located behind the old Ryde Bowling Club, this…

Rhodes Foreshore Park underwent an upgrade in 2018 and has come out the other side very sparkly indeed. It ticks many of the boxes that are important to RDMs so we think you're going to love it. Set on the Parramatta River looking over to Wentworth point, this medium-sized playground has a lot to love…

Elouera Reserve playground is currently standing out as one of the most impressive playground 'upgrades' we've seen of late, and let's face it - there's been quite a few. Set on Waterloo Road opposite Macquarie Centre (near the Macquarie Uni train station), Elouera Reserve playground can be enjoyed by a whole range of people including…

Although it's location could be confused for East Ryde, as confirmed by its name, North Ryde park is definitely in North Ryde! This park will win you over immediately based on one very important factor - shade! Not only are there multiple shade sails but there are also many mature trees to provide coverage as…

by Libby Langtry   Having recently moved back to the area from Sydney’s East, I’m rediscovering some of the wonderful harbour-side spots I knew as a teenager, this time through my son’s eyes. We are regularly out exploring, trying to appease Jacko’s wild demands; changing at the drop of a hat and multiple times during…

Larry Bolitho Reserve in Carlingford is a great park for a few reasons, but what we love most is that it has a huge fenced grassy area so kids can run around to their heart's content in the safety of the gates! Other bonuses of this great little playground include synthetic grass flooring under the play…

  You've probably never heard of Charity Creek Cascade Playground, we certainly hadn't and neither had google maps (don't worry we got it added)! But this playground is definitely a hidden Gem. Charity Creek Cascade Playground forms part of the Charity Creek Cascades, a series of interconnected parks that run from Top Ryde to West Ryde…