Ilbery Reserve
Ilbery Reserve is a dog-friendly park in Neutral Bay with an off-leash area where dogs can roam off lead. Just 450m away, Café ZoZo is a nearby spot to stop in after your walk.
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 shade confirmed — take it easy on warmer days.
- 🗑Poo bags not confirmed — best to bring your own.
- 🧱No confirmed fencing — keep your dog on lead if unsure.
What people say
Clean and lots of space for the little ones to run around. The playground shares it space with the gras area where a lot of dogs come around. The fence doesn’t go through so there is space where they can run to the tennis court or on the street. Perfect to get some fresh air in even in the it summer because the playground has a little sunshine roof.
A calm and friendly place to take the kids to. The play ground is safe and fun for them, and it seems to be a dog park as well because we're always seeing dogs around which is a bonus for the kids
A pleasing and relatively peaceful small place. Relatively flat. Nice well equipped playground for the kids. Nice grassy areas. Popular with people looking to exercise their dog 🐕 off the leash, although the resident brush turkey gets a hard time. No public amenities, just a drinking fountain.
A really nice spot next to the Neutral Bay bowls club. The playground isn't designed for little kids like my 18mth old but if your kids are 3 and up it's great. If there a bit older you can sit in the bowls club and have a beer in the sun and still see them 😁
Our favourite playground! Climbing, swinging, see-sawing, sliding and the best of all rummaging around in the garden where you can climb the trees.
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