Tunks Park Playground
Tunks Park Playground area is off-leash under North Sydney Council's policy, excluding the playground, bushland, and playing fields during organised sport. The park has BBQ facilities, toilets, parking, and waste bags. Nature trails extend from the main area.
Dog rules
North Sydney is a dog-friendly area and all Council parks and public reserves are off-leash areas, except for bushland areas, playing fields when organised sporting events are in progress, and venues where dogs are not allowed. Dogs must be under effective control at all times. (Source: North Sydney Council — northsydney.nsw.gov.au)
At a glance
Before you go
- 💧No confirmed drinking water — bring your own to be safe.
- 🌳No shade confirmed — take it easy on warmer days.
- 🗑Poo bags not confirmed — best to bring your own.
What people say
Tunks used to be a park where dog owners could feel safe but now you’re either overtaken by sports people or you’re judged and unlawfully reported by bigoted people based on how you park. Nothing but disgusting behaviour now and it’s officially on my black listed places
Love this park. It's huge. Even if there's a game at the oval, there's room for dogs to run at the other end, unlike many other ovals. Great nature trail further in. It's a drive to get to but worth our 2x a week visit
Overall, this playground is plenty of fun for the kids (ages 1-8), albeit the swings are for pretty small kids and some of the equipment is showing signs of solid aging and other damage. While the playground may be considered “fenced”, parents should be warned that is a very generous definition - if you are worried about that sort of thing. Kids always escape down the hill to the oval - so be prepared for that. And the bathrooms are a fair hike. So the “I really need to go” refrain is even less welcome here.
Easy to spend an hour or two here. There’s a walk that you can start here which will lead you all the way up to Willoughby Leisure Centre on a track through the bush. The ovals themselves are situated between a valley leading under Long Gully Bridge. There’s opportunity for children’s park, toilets or watching a local game of crickets here on weekends. Parking is alongside the oval and also next to Middle Harbour water boat ramp.
Our favorite park in Sydney. We always come here, easy access to everyone. Free park heaps of park and pretty chill out 🥰 Good for walks too early in the morning. Good for the dogs. Have a great coffee stand and cheese tomato toasty. Perfect for daily morning 🤍🥰
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