Timbrell Park — Attraction in Sydney

At the Western end of the Park, furthest end from the Bay Walk, is an excellent children's enclosed playground with an unusual array of (many) rides - including a flying fox! Nearby is a cafe with tasty light meals and refreshments, and worth supporting; adjacent is a clean and well-maintained toilet block.

Along the Southern edge of the Park, within the border of tall trees and next to the canal, is a walking path and a gentle trail bike riding course ideal for children; though the latter I have seen used occasionally for radio controlled cars (prohibited).

Baseball facilities are next encountered heading from west to east; the very small club house for those facilities formally being the club house for the powered model airplane flying club. The latter activity is now prohibited by signage, which somewhat reduced the need for a dedicated club house. Probably flattened the mood of the first meeting after the prohibition too. Near baseball facility No 2 are two cricket nets.

A sign near the enclosed children's playground warns that baseballs may be hit into this area. Doesn't appear to be great planning; and the model plane flyers might feel aggrieved that one park sign prohibits them, whilst another warns near the playground of flying baseballs.

The Eastern end of the Park, and the greater part of the Park, is a large expanse of flat grassed land divided sporting season by sporting season into multiple playing fields for community sporting teams: (touch) football, soccer, and less often nowadays, cricket. For that it is a fine facility for training sessions usually late some weekday afternoons and under lights of some weekday evenings, and for competition game days usually on weekends. An excellent Park for community sport where participation is the main aspect, not spectating.

However, for lengthy periods each week, and times of the year when the community sport competitions are not playing, the large expanse of the land of the Eastern end of the Park is not heavily used, and if it were not for people disregarding the wide-ranging prohibitions (without specific permissions) on use, including flying powered model airplanes, golf and unleashed dogs, rather lightly used. Walking across it with a stroller or flying a single line kite are nervously mentioned here as seen and not known to be prohibited - lest they should be. Mind you, it's a fine place to fly a single line kite; and would be for frisbee games.

The Eastern end of the Park needs an updated usage plan for set days and times outside primary community sport training and games. Being such a large, flat expanse of grass (no sun shade or storm shelter), and with no fixed seating or other features that would interfere with the community sport primary purpose, some atypical ideas might be worth exploring. The use by unleashed dogs is increasing to the extent that you need to consider whether your planned visit will be pleasant or safe around dogs, some large and some away from complete control of the owner. Perhaps soon not to be recommended for toddlers; and closely watch younger children here.

The last three photos are of the far Western end of the Park. Running alongside the canal and Henley Marine Drive from Ingham Ave to Ramsay St, it is quite discrete. Narrow and long, it is the (permitted) dog leash-free area even though there is curiously no bordering fence to the roadway. Also, it is an area without facilities - not even a bench to sit on or a water tap - and it is always absent to my observations of unleashed dogs and any people. This is appreciated by the birds often on the ground there. Walking from West to East shows that the broad expanse area is a reclaimed estuary delta into Iron Cove Bay.

UPDATE 16/5/23 The amenities buildings are open. Impressive. Rooms for sport equipment, club house space, change rooms, clean toilets, first aid room; a place for buying snack/drinks looks to open. That the wide concrete concourse areas are not much better covered by roofing is an amazingly bad oversight. The adjacent small picnic area has...

Great park for various occasions. Separate play areas for kids of early childhood through to toddlers. Includes sandpit and shaded seating areas as well making it a popular choice for families and birthday parties. There's also a flying which is a unique and popular ride but unfortunately its a bit hit and miss in terms of whether it's working or out of service.

The sporting field is later enough for multiple games depending on season and also has a designated baseball ring/section in one corner which hosts weekend games as well. Parking is a bit of a challenge as it's pretty much just street parking with the best spots along the park generally taken first. There's also a really convenient little kiosk called Livvi's which makes great (Campos) coffee and is super handy for any snacks, drinks etc which you may need but forgot to pack on the day. Overall really great option for young families...

This is our local park it has a coffee shop open till 3pm with coffee and treats and a little seating area, the park it's self is big and it can be a bit overwhelming for toddlers when big kids are around, and it's busy on the weekends and before 12, they have a sand pit, flying fox, lots of equipment to play, the only annoying thing is the birds that sometimes pack at you're head they fly down from trees and grab the top of you're hair. There a huge field to kick the ball around out side Park a small track to ride a bike or something with wheels around the park there's toilets and shade provided and a BBQ. People are nice and friendly and there is a lot of birthday parties on...