Parklands Foundation

Our Mission

Our commitment is to enhance the parklands at Sydney Olympic Park for the community to treasure as a place of enjoyment, learning, discovery, recreation, tranquillity and wellbeing.

Our Key Aims

• Contribute to the enhancement, sustainability and understanding of the parklands.
• Engage the community’s participation in key environmental and social benefit programs
• Lead by innovation by contributing to the park’s reputation as a centre of excellence and park management.

Who We Are

The Parklands Foundation is the not for profit partner of Sydney Olympic Park. The Foundation was established to help add value to the future of Sydney Olympic Park by helping to attract community support through programs and tax-deductible donations from individuals and companies. Donations to the Foundation will help to enhance and preserve the 425-hectares
of parkland areas by fostering initiatives that would not otherwise be possible. The Foundation commenced its operations in March 2006.

The Parklands Foundation at Sydney Olympic Park organisation model has been inspired by some of the world’s great parks, including Golden Gate National Park, San Francisco, Central Park, New York and Royal Parks, London.

These organizations have helped develop community partnerships that have led to greater investment, involvement and enhancement of their parks.

With your involvement, we can develop new opportunities to help protect, maintain and improve the parklands, in promoting their environmental, recreational, historical, scientific, educational and cultural values. For this reason, the Foundation has the “Parklands
Fund” for the specific purpose of supporting the environmental and social programs in the Park.

To maintain and preserve the parklands at Sydney Olympic Park, the Sydney Olympic Park Authority established the Parklands Foundation in 2005, as a registered not for profit subsidiary corporation of the Authority, established under section 58 (2) of the Sydney Olympic Park Authority Act 2001.

Uncover the Secrets of the Parklands

Sydney Olympic Park has one of the world’s most diverse urban parklands consisting of 425-hectares of iconic natural and urban environments. Historically, the parklands have undergone a transformation of environmental and cultural renewal as part of the legacy of the Sydney 2000 Games.

The different environments provide sanctuary to many wildlife species such as the endangered Green and Golden Bell Frog and migratory shore birds of National and Regional significance. The remnant bushland, mangroves and salt marsh areas also provide important habitat for many resident wildlife.

There are many places to see in the Parklands

• Bicentennial Park - Established in 1988, the Park hosts a wide range of public artworks and popular family friendly playgrounds, picnic areas and bike hire facilities. A boardwalk trails through an expansive mangrove area, the Badu Mangroves, and a lake which hosts a Bird-Hide which receives around 130 species of birds visiting annually.
  
  
• Blaxland Riverside Park - A scenic new Park on the shores of the Parramatta River with views across to Newington Armory and natural mangrove areas. The area hosts the Wharf Café and the Park is a great place for walking dogs, kite flying or catching up with friends on a lazy afternoon.
  
  
• Brickpit - Featuring a spectacular elevated walkway “The Ring Walk” over a picturesque geological and water landscape, creating a unique environment for the Green and Golden Bell frog and other wildlife species. Two-thirds of Sydney’s homes have been constructed from bricks quarried from the Brickpit during the 1900s.
  
  
• Homebush Bay - The connecting bay foreshore is littered with historic shipwrecks viewable at many of the parks look-out points.
  
  
• The Markers, Kronos Hill and Woo-la-ra
• The Park’s most scenic viewing platforms with spiralling path and cycle ways offering 360 degree views at the summit. The Markers are cylindrical mound features, that form the unique landscape architecture visible throughout the parklands.
  
  
• Narrawang Wetland & Haslams Creek Flats - An engineering wonder, the constructed freshwater wetlands are now home to many species of frogs and birds. The area is frequented by Latham’s Snipe and migratory birds, and is therefore a popular spot for nature lovers, birdwatchers, dog-walkers and environmental education students.
  
  
• Newington Armory - This Park is open to the public on weekends and hosts 108 unique buildings and structures that are NSW Heritage Listed due to their former use as a Naval Armaments depot during WW1 and WW2 years. A Heritage rail tour takes in the views of the Newington Nature Reserve which is positioned on the Eastern perimeter of Newington Armory. The reserve has remnant flora species such as Terpentine tree stands forming part of the rare and endangered greater Cumberland Plain Woodland.
  
  
• Wentworth Common - The Park is rapidly becoming a family haven with its sculptural sandbox and contemporary new playground for kids. The village green area offers shading for family barbecues and picnics.

Engage in your Parklands. Get involved!

There are many different ways you can help to preserve and enhance one of Australia’s great urban parklands. Register your interest to be part of the Parklands Foundation at Sydney Olympic Park by email info@parklandsfoundation.org.au or contact us on 02 9714 7119 to receive information about some of our programs:

• Regular news updates
• Friends and Supporters of the Park
• Volunteering
• Adopting the Parklands
• Community Partnerships
• Corporate Partnerships
• Environmental Enhancement Partnerships
• Nature and Wildlife conservation
• Fundraising and special events
• Environmental education
• Scientific and applied research
• Student Internships
• Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

If you would like to Donate to the Parklands Fund to help protect and preserve the Park, or participate in Planned Giving, Philanthropy, or to set up a regular Workplace Giving Program, please contact our Fundraising Manager on 02 9714 7154.

Contact Us and Location

For more information about our programs contact us at:

Office:
Bicentennial Park
Sydney Olympic Park
NSW 2127 Australia

Download the Parklands Foundation location map (785KB PDF).

Postal:
PO Box 6684
Silverwater BC NSW 2128

Phone: +61 2 9714 7119
Fax: +61 2 9714 7114
Email: info@parklandsfoundation.org.au
Website: www.parklandsfoundation.org.au

Links

www.geographychallenge.com.au

Please Note: Donations of $2 or more are tax deductible. Parklands Foundation is endorsed as a Charitable Gift Recipient organisation. ABN 35 525 947 812