A new child’s playground, picnic area and renewed sporting fields at Eastwood Park (upper area) will officially open on Saturday 2 May, 10.00am – 12 noon, with free children’s activities and sausage sizzle.
“These new family-friendly facilities are already attracting increased numbers of local residents to Eastwood Park,” says the Mayor, Clr Vic Tagg. “The new pathways, lighting and improvements to parking areas make the park more accessible and safer for everyone. So, come along and join us at these free celebrations.”
The new-look upper Eastwood Park (at the junction of Lakeside Road and Wingate Avenue) is the first stage of a major park revitalisation program as part of Council’s Parks on Track For People strategy. Stage 1 works now completed include:
- New passive recreational area with new playground and picnic area. The playground caters to a range of age groups from toddlers (sunflower swing, multi-spring see-saw, junior spica, themed combination unit) through to early teens (giant swing, climbing net, supa-nova, spica, double swing). Picnic shelters and a barbeque are popular features of this area.
- Over 1 km of new pathways.
- Comfortable park furniture.
- Solar-powered lighting.
- The formalisation and construction of Lakeside Road and Wingate Avenue parking.
- Renovation of the upper playing fields (regrading, drainage and returfing), including realignment of the cricket wicket.
- New picket fence around the upper field.
- New bollard boundary fencing to the upper area.
Eastwood Park Upper Area Opening
Saturday 2 May 2009
10.00am – 12 noon
Cnr Lakeside Road & Wingate Avenue, Eastwood
Children’s Activities include:
- Clown
- Face Painting
- Toddler’s Playground
- Free Sausage Sizzle & Drinks
- Everyone welcome
Media contact: Lee Kirkland, City of Ryde, T 9952 8083
