Timbrell Park

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 been retained.

Very good park lots to do with walking Dogs or taking kids to play area. Great toilets too and lovely Cafe very close...

Large, maintained grassed park with different sections that's geared towards sports like baseball and cricket. In addition, there's a children's playground and a couple of spots you can sit and eat. There's also public restrooms, and street parking around the park.

I love taking my granddaughter Olivia to my favourite Livvi's Place playground. This one has a musical carousel, fabulous play areas and a cafe with clean facilities. Highly recommended

Plenty of swings and fun for our grandchildren! It’s a fantastic place for a picnic, facilities & shop there too!