40 Sydney playgrounds with a BBQ
Free public BBQs beside a playground: the cheapest birthday party in Sydney, and a good Sunday when nobody wants to cook.
Abbotsbury
🛝 Lizard Log playground, Western Sydney Parklands
Abbotsbury · Open 24 hours on foot. Car park gates 8am to 8pm in daylight saving, 8am to 6pm otherwise · Free
FreeToiletsParkingBBQPicnic areaWater play☕ 310m to coffee
Alexandria
🛝 Sydney Park playground
Alexandria · Open all day · Free
FreeToiletsParkingBBQPicnic areaSkate park☕ 120m to coffee
Blacktown
🛝 Blacktown Showground playgrounds and water play park
Blacktown · Daily 7am to 6pm (7pm Dec to Feb). Water play 10am to 3.30pm spring and autumn, 9am to 6.30pm summer, closed winter · Free
FreeToiletsShadeParkingCoffee nearbyBBQ☕ 190m to coffee
Botany
🛝 Sir Joseph Banks Park Playground, Botany
Botany · Open all day · Free
FreeToiletsShadeParkingBBQPicnic area☕ 1.1km to coffee
Burwood
🛝 Burwood Park Inclusive Playground
Burwood · Daily 8am to 8pm · Free
FreeToiletsFencedShadeCoffee nearbyBBQ☕ 20m to coffee
Campbelltown
🛝 Koshigaya Park Playground, Campbelltown
Campbelltown · Open all day · Free
FreeToiletsShadeParkingBBQPicnic area
Carss Park
🛝 Carss Bush Park Playground, Carss Park
Carss Park · Open all day · Free
FreeToiletsParkingCoffee nearbyBBQPicnic area☕ 290m to coffee
Centennial Park
🛝 Learners Cycleway and Playground, Centennial Park
Centennial Park · Sunrise to sunset, all year · Free
FreeToiletsShadeBBQ☕ 380m to coffee
🛝 Paddington Gates Playground, Centennial Park
Centennial Park · Sunrise to sunset, all year · Free
FreeToiletsShadeParkingBBQSwings☕ 380m to coffee
Chatswood
🛝 Muston Park inclusive playground
Chatswood · Open all day · Free
FreeToiletsFencedBBQPicnic areaWater play☕ 30m to coffee
Claremont Meadows
🛝 Gipps Street Recreation Precinct inclusive playspace
Claremont Meadows · Open all day. Water play currently closed for maintenance · Free
FreeToiletsFencedShadeBBQPicnic area☕ 650m to coffee
Clontarf
🛝 Clontarf Reserve playground and beach
Clontarf · Open all day. Very busy on sunny weekends and holidays · Free
FreeToiletsParkingCoffee nearbyBBQPicnic area☕ 80m to coffee
Cronulla
🛝 Gunnamatta Park Playground, Cronulla
Cronulla · Open all day · Free
FreeToiletsShadeParkingBBQ☕ 450m to coffee
Doonside
🛝 Bungarribee Park playground, Western Sydney Parklands
Doonside · Open daily. The play tower is currently closed for maintenance · Free
FreeToiletsShadeParkingCoffee nearbyBBQ☕ 140m to coffee
🛝 Nurragingy Reserve: Wawai Ngurra inclusive playspace and water play
Doonside · Main gate from 7am, closes 6pm in spring, 7pm in summer. Water play 10am to 3.30pm spring and autumn, 9am to 6.30pm summer, closed winter · Free
FreeToiletsShadeParkingBBQPicnic area☕ 1.5km to coffee
Elanora Heights
🛝 Bilarong Reserve playground, Narrabeen Lagoon
Elanora Heights · Open all day · Free
FreeToiletsBBQPicnic areaClimbingSandpit☕ 780m to coffee
Elderslie
🛝 Curry Reserve Water Play Space, Elderslie
Elderslie · Water play Sep to Apr, 10am to 7pm (spring school holidays to end of autumn school holidays). Playground open all year. · Free entry (Council lists no fee). Wet play wheelchairs available for hire.
FreeToiletsBBQPicnic areaWater play
Emu Plains
🛝 Regatta Park playspace and water play
Emu Plains · Open all day · Free
FreeToiletsFencedShadeParkingCoffee nearby
Ermington
🛝 George Kendall Riverside Park nature playspace
Ermington · Open all day · Free
FreeToiletsShadeParkingBBQPicnic area☕ 820m to coffee
Fairfield
🛝 Fairfield Adventure Park
Fairfield · Open all day · Free
FreeToiletsParkingBBQSlidesClimbing☕ 150m to coffee
Five Dock
🛝 Livvi's Place, Timbrell Park, Five Dock
Five Dock · Open all day · Free
FreeToiletsFencedShadeCoffee nearbyBBQ☕ 360m to coffee
Frenchs Forest
🛝 Lionel Watts Reserve inclusive playspace
Frenchs Forest · Open all day · Free
FreeToiletsParkingBBQPicnic areaWater play☕ 370m to coffee
Galston
🛝 Fagan Park playgrounds and Children's Forest
Galston · Daily 7am to 6.30pm in daylight saving, 7am to 5.30pm otherwise. Closed Christmas Day · Free entry. Parking $7.50 per car per day
FreeToiletsParkingBBQPicnic areaNature play☕ 280m to coffee
Gosford
🛝 Leagues Club Park nature playspace, Gosford waterfront
Gosford · Open all day · Free
FreeToiletsBBQPicnic areaSlidesClimbing
Jordan Springs
🛝 Livvi's Place inclusive playground, Jordan Springs
Jordan Springs · Open all day · Free
FreeToiletsFencedShadeParkingBBQ☕ 660m to coffee
Keiraville
🛝 Wollongong Botanic Garden All-Abilities Playground
Keiraville · Open daily during Botanic Garden hours · Free
FreeToiletsParkingCoffee nearbyBBQPicnic area
Kellyville
🛝 Livvi's Place all-access playground, Kellyville
Kellyville · Open all day. Toilets open in daylight hours · Free
FreeToiletsFencedShadeParkingBBQ☕ 20m to coffee
Manly Vale
🛝 Manly Dam all-abilities playground
Manly Vale · Gate 7am to 8.30pm in daylight saving, to 5.30pm otherwise. Closed on catastrophic fire danger days · Free entry. Pay and display parking (Northern Beaches permit holders exempt)
FreeParkingBBQPicnic area☕ 130m to coffee
Marrickville
🛝 Steel Park Waterplay Park, Marrickville
Marrickville · Water play season 1 Sep 2026 to 30 Apr 2027, daily 9am to 6pm · Free (Council lists no entry fee)
FreeToiletsShadeParkingBBQPicnic area☕ 220m to coffee
Merrylands West
🛝 Central Gardens Nature Reserve playgrounds
Merrylands West · Daylight saving: 7.30am to 7pm weekdays, 8am to 7pm weekends. Otherwise closes 5pm. Animal enclosures 9am to 4pm · Free
FreeToiletsBBQPicnic area☕ 640m to coffee
Mona Vale
🛝 Winnererremy Bay playground (Flying Fox Park)
Mona Vale · Open all day · Free
FreeToiletsParkingCoffee nearbyBBQPicnic area☕ 670m to coffee
Newport
🛝 Bert Payne Park playground, Newport Beach
Newport · Open all day · Free
FreeToiletsFencedShadeParkingBBQ☕ 20m to coffee
North Ryde
🛝 ELS Hall Park playground
North Ryde · Open all day · Free
FreeToiletsParkingBBQPicnic areaSwings☕ 450m to coffee
North Sydney
🛝 St Leonards Park playground
North Sydney · Open all day · Free
FreeToiletsBBQPicnic areaWater playSwings☕ 380m to coffee
Oran Park
🛝 Dawson-Damer Park Water Play, Oran Park
Oran Park · Water play Sep to Apr, 10am to 7pm (spring school holidays to end of autumn school holidays). Park open all year. · Free entry (Council lists no fee). Wet play wheelchairs available for hire.
FreeToiletsParkingBBQPicnic areaWater play☕ 470m to coffee
Parramatta
🛝 Paperbark Playground, Parramatta Park
Parramatta · Open daily · Free
FreeToiletsParkingBBQPicnic areaSwings☕ 500m to coffee
Rouse Hill
🛝 Rouse Hill Regional Park playground
Rouse Hill · Daily 8am to 8pm September to April, 8am to 6pm May to August · Free
FreeToiletsParkingBBQPicnic areaSwings☕ 650m to coffee
Rozelle
🛝 King George Park Inclusive Playground, Rozelle
Rozelle · Open all day · Free
FreeToiletsFencedShadeBBQPicnic area☕ 530m to coffee
Strathfield
🛝 Strathfield Park Playground
Strathfield · Open all day · Free
FreeToiletsParkingCoffee nearbyBBQPicnic area☕ 760m to coffee
Sydney Olympic Park
🛝 Blaxland Riverside Park playground and water play
Sydney Olympic Park · Sunrise to sunset. Water play 10am to 5pm in daylight saving, 10am to 4pm the rest of the year · Free. Parking first 2 hours free (register your plate), then $3/hr weekdays, $5/hr weekends
FreeParkingBBQWater playSwingsSlides☕ 260m to coffee
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