Saint Mary MacKillop Reserve

Dog access unknown

Updated 30 Mar 2026

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Saint Mary MacKillop Reserve is a park in Canterbury. We don't yet have enough signals to confirm whether dogs are allowed.

Dog rules

–Canterbury-Bankstown City Council's "Pet-friendly parks and reserves" page states: "please remember to keep your dog on a leash unless the reserve is classified as a 'dog off-leash area'." The council's "Animals and pets" page summarises this as: "Keeping your dog on a leash, unless in a designated off-leash area." This venue is not on Canterbury-Bankstown's published off-leash list, so the council's general on-leash rule applies under the NSW Companion Animals Act 1998. (Source: City of Canterbury-Bankstown — "Pet-friendly parks and reserves" page, cbcity.nsw.gov.au.)
26 Berna St, Canterbury NSW 2193

Before you go

  • ℹ️Dog access hasn't been confirmed yet — best to check before visiting.
  • 💧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.
  • 🐕Off-leash status not confirmed — check signage.

What people say

james B.
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★★★★★7 months ago

It’s a nice Park to plan and it has pretty good play equipment. There is a cool tree to climb and I like the spiderweb climbing equipment and the rock climbing equipment. There are lots of cockatoos here that eat the berries and then sometimes go crazy and get hit by the cars on the road. I think they get drunk from the berries.

Joel S.
Google Maps
★★★★☆1 year ago

I came to do the Cooks River Parkrun. It’s every Saturday 8am. Lovely organisers!

Sue P.
Google Maps
★★★★☆2 years ago

Good park for a little person and also to met people there

Tanya V.
Google Maps
★★★★☆4 years ago

HISTORY This reserve was formally known as Simpson Reserve it was renamed Mary MacKillop Reserve in May 1995 by Canterbury City Council then it was renamed Saint Mary MacKillop Reserve on 14 October 2010 in honour of Australia's first Catholic Saint. Mary MacKillop was known as the Saint Mary of the Cross. She founded the Congregation of the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart in South Australia in 1866. The Order founded for the education of poor children and to care for the deprived and disadvantaged in society. Mary MacKillop was beatified by Pope John Paul II on 19 January 1995. She was later canonised by Pope Benedict xvi on 17 October 2010. Nice little park I loved the chairs.

Hanna T.
Google Maps
★★★★☆5 years ago

Lovely small riverside park, with equipment for differently aged kids. Has a bubbler too.

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