Best Playgrounds in St George

Bald Face Point Reserve is a bushland reserve at the end of Stuart Street, Blakehurst, on the Georges River. Its standout feature is a lookout over the river, with a small rock climbing cliff below it, and the reserve also has picnic areas, BBQs, a playground and toilets.

Carss Bush Park is a 20-hectare nature reserve and urban park in Blakehurst NSW 2221, overlooking Kogarah Bay and the Georges River. Its standout feature is a sheltered beach with shark nets, alongside a large playground, covered picnic tables and a separate BBQ area.

Donnelly Park is a waterfront park on the Georges River at Connells Point, best known as the home of the Connells Point Sailing Club. It has a public boat ramp, a jetty and pontoon for fishing and boating, plus a sailing-themed playground, a basketball half-court, barbecues and picnic areas under shady trees.

Peter Depena Reserve is a public park on Russell Avenue, Dolls Point NSW 2219, beside a white-sand beach. Its standout feature is free electric barbecues under large shade trees, with covered picnic shelters, a playground for kids of all ages, open grass for ball games and a bike track to Cook Park.

Moore Reserve is a 14.2 hectares park in Hurstville Grove NSW 2220 that has an enclosed off-leash dog park in its middle. It also has waterfront access to Oatley Bay with a boat ramp, a playground, BBQ areas and a long circuit path.

Cook Park is a bayside park on The Grand Parade in Kyeemagh, on the Botany Bay foreshore beside Kyeemagh Beach. Its most notable feature is a bike or scooter track, and the park also has a playground with swings and slides, barbecue grills, picnic tables, bushwalks and a permanent crab sculpture.

Jubilee Park is a public park at 2C Boundary Road, Mortdale, built around a $2.5 million adventure playground. Its standout feature is the children's bike track, and the park also has covered BBQ areas, netball and basketball courts, outdoor gym equipment and a walking track.

Oatley Park is a 45-hectare bushland reserve on a promontory into the Georges River in Oatley. Its standout feature is the Jewfish Bay Baths, one of the largest swimming enclosures in New South Wales. The reserve also has walking tracks, lookouts, an inclusive adventure playground, picnic areas and BBQs.

Oatley Pleasure Ground is a 3.4-hectare bushland park at 16 Annette St, Oatley, on Oatley Bay. Its most notable feature is a netted swimming area in the Georges River, and the park also has a playground, a barbecue, picnic tables and benches with views across the bay.

Steam Roller Park is a public park on Dame Mary Gilmore Road, Oatley, named after the historic steamroller that sits in its centre. Its standout feature is the Inclusive Adventure Playground with a 12-metre play tower, and the park also has sheltered picnic tables, barbecues and a public toilet.

Gifford Park is a fully fenced public park at 69A Arcadia Street, Penshurst NSW 2222, with a standout playground featuring a climbing gym, shade sails and a toddlers play shed. It also offers a public BBQ area, picnic tables, toilets and an oval.

Cook Park is a beachside park on The Grand Parade in Ramsgate Beach, beside Botany Bay. Its most notable feature is its picnic shelters with BBQs, set next to a beach suitable for swimming. Cook Park also has playgrounds for kids, including a small climbing playground, and clean restrooms.

Rotary Park is a public park on Belmore Road North, Riverwood, best known for its playground with a water play area, where sandpits are fitted with water pumps. The park also has a popular flying fox, free electric barbecues, picnic tables, walking tracks and a cycleway.

Kogarah Park is a public park in Carlton NSW 2218 and the home of Netstrata Jubilee Stadium. Its most notable feature for locals is a dedicated off-leash dog area at the southern end, open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The park also has a children's playground, picnic shelters and public toilets.

Oatley Memorial Gardens is a four-hectare park on the corner of Oatley Avenue and Frederick Street, Oatley NSW 2223, known for heritage trees and shrubs. Its standout feature is a fenced, all-abilities playground shaded by mature trees, which includes toddler equipment and a disability swing.

Spooner Park is a 0.9 hectare public park on Jubilee Avenue in Beverley Park, beside the Beverley Park Golf Course. Its most notable feature is a playground next to barbecues and picnic areas under a pergola, and it also has netball courts, practice soccer posts and a cricket net.

Merv Lynch Reserve is a public park on Edgbaston Road in Beverly Hills whose standout feature is a fully fenced off-leash dog park, made permanent in 2023. The reserve also has an upgraded playground, BBQ facilities, picnic tables, toilet blocks and the Beverly Hills Creative Studio.

Poulton Park is a sports and recreation park on Morshead Drive in Connells Point. Its standout feature is a pair of synthetic football fields, the home ground of Connells Point Rovers FC, and the park also has three netball courts, a shaded children's playground and trails beside Oatley Bay Creek.

Cook Park is a public park stretching 8 kilometres along the Botany Bay foreshore, from General Holmes Drive in Kyeemagh to The Grand Parade in Dolls Point. Its most notable feature is a continuous walkway and bike track along its full length. It also has several playgrounds, BBQs and picnic shelters.

Parkside Drive Reserve is a public park in Kogarah Bay NSW 2217 offering a picnic site, BBQ, drinking water and a playground. Its standout feature is Harold Fraser Cricket Oval, opened in August 1979, which sits within the reserve alongside a wetland stormwater treatment system.