Blackwattle Bay Park
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, located on the Glebe foreshore and with views of Sydney Harbour and the city itself, offers lots of leisure activities for everyone. It is a little off the Sydney tourist track, yet still close to the city centre, and is a park loved by locals and visitors alike. As one of the four
Glebe Foreshore Parks the park meanders along the foreshore of the bay offering slightly different and very interesting views of Sydney.
It is a dog-friendly park where dogs are allowed off leash and can even find little nooks where they can jump or wander into the water. There is lots of grass to run around and many other dogs who visit this park and therefore conversations between dogs and owner are easy to instigate.
A shared walking, running and biking track, picnic and barbecue areas and a children's playground area cater to every age group and activity preference. Besides the views of the city, the Anzac and Harbour bridges and expensive looking boats moored opposite, the park also offers a glimpse into Sydney's history. Beautiful old houses with gardens and sandstone steps leading to the water, ancient fig trees providing welcome shade and industry remnants and signposts show a side of Sydney as it was many years ago.
Blackwattle Park is on former industrial land, as highlighted by remnants of the historic Walter Burley Griffin incinerator. It was due to the locals active campaigning of the State government and local councils to have this area developed into a residential precinct and foreshore park that it is today. For more history of the park and the land it occupies please see
here . The park's Aboriginal history can also be seen
here .
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158775 - 2023-06-14 15:31:15