Allman Park

Love the Rose garden....golden with red edges...there are about 30 rose plants arranged around a water fountain....there is a free electric bbq and some shade for those hot summer days

Nice small little park tucked away in the side street. Lots of grass areas to picnic and plantation around that creates little pockets of "private" areas if you want to be away from the crowds. Street parking wasn't too bad to get either with no time limits. Plenty of benches in shaded areas around perimeter of park too.

This quiet spot is used mostly as a thoroughfare by people walking from Ashfield's main streets towards the residential areas of Ashfield and Summerhill. Lots of seating in the shade. Great place to bring your lunch. There is a generous rosemary and lavender garden, and flower beds. You can also find a gas barbeque and big tables close together - appropriate for a larger family picnic.

I think this is a lovely park with an unusual central feature. However, today I was aggressively confronted by a dog, one of many at the time, off-leash; and so could not stay for long - not long at all. At the critical moment I stood still, avoided eye contact, and hoped for the best. I decided it would be wise not to point the camera in a particular direction to illustrate this feature of my park visit. A woman's voice was calling out a name over and over. Now it wasn't my name, and on the basis of the effect, it wasn't the dog's name. Perhaps it was just a coincidence, and calling out a random name is a mindfulness thing here; pity because dog barking excepted, it was otherwise a peaceful place. I will revisit for the purposes of a revised review another day, in the context of today's experience.

Its small but pretty good little park