Sydney Park
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Sydney Park is parkland at southern end of Newtown's King Street in the Sydney suburbs of St Peters and Alexandria.
It is forty-four 44 hectares in size (109 Acres), makes it the third largest park in Central Sydney. The park comprises large open recreation spaces, distinctive hills with 360 degree views over Sydney, a sports oval (Alan Davidson Oval), a kids bicycle track.
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[edit] Art and heritage
Sydney Park features public sculpture including Michael Snape's "The Trail" 1990 which is prominently atop of the hill on the North Western corner of the park. Also in this corner of the Park are the remains of the chimneys and brick kilns from when the park was a brickworks which are being kept as heritage items.
[edit] Wildlife
Despite there being areas for dogs to run, there's also several ponds/wetlands some of which are fenced off and designed to support birdlife and other plants and animals.
The park attracts numerous water birds including:
- Dusky Moorhens
- Australian Magpies
- Pelicans
[edit] Cultural history
Sydney Park has played an important role in various youth subcultures since its redevelopment - generally without official approval. Throughout the 1990s and to the present day the park is used reasonably regularly for the 'Punks Picnic' - a gathering initially of anarcho-punks from Newtown and neighbouring suburbs. From 1992 to 1994 the park was also used by the Vibe Tribe for a series of free open-air rave parties that formed an important part of the Sydney electronic music scene throughout the 1990s. The last of these Freequency was violently shut down by over 40 riot police.
Partially as a result of this 'illegal' park use, South Sydney Council (now City of Sydney Council) has allowed and promoted other community arts festivals on the site.
[edit] Sports and recreation
The Alan Davidson Oval in the North Eastern Corner of the park. Used for Cricket and Aussie rules, it the home ground of the Junior Australian rules football team, The Newtown Swans
[edit] Photographs
 Wood duck pond looking north |
 One of Sydney Park's Wetlands is designed as a Bird Sanctuary. |
 The newest wetland features a boardwalk and viewing platforms. |
 Ducks love this wetland. |
 Wetland #2 |
 Dusky Moorhens like Sydney Park |
 360° Sydney Skyline Views from Hills in Sydney Park |
 Lime algae on Wetland #4 |
