Best playgrounds in Emu Plains
Regatta Park is the top pick for a playground in Emu Plains, with a fully fenced inclusive playspace and toilets, free barbecues and parking in the same park. Bunyarra Drive Reserve suits a shaded play session, and Ausburn Reserve is a small neighbourhood stop by the Nepean River. The playgrounds here differ most on fencing, shade and toilets.
Quick picks
- Best all-rounder: Regatta Park pairs its fenced playspace with toilets and free barbecues.
- Best for shade: Bunyarra Drive Reserve has a shaded playspace, with parking, though it has no toilets.
- Small stop: Ausburn Reserve is a neighbourhood playground with a pretend café and shade cloth near the Nepean River.
- Accessible play: Regatta Park's wheelchair-accessible carousel sits inside its fenced playspace.
Regatta Park: a fully fenced playspace with toilets and barbecues
- Fully fenced
- Toilets
- BBQ
- Parking
- Accessible play
- Water play
Regatta Park is the pick for families with young children who want a fenced playground with toilets and barbecues in the same park. Inside the fully fenced playspace, a wheelchair-accessible carousel is one of several pieces of play gear. Water play and a sand pit in the pavilion suit younger children, while the adventure playspace has challenging climbing structures for older kids. Bunyarra Drive Reserve has shade over its playspace but no toilets, so this park is the easier day out with little ones. There are two free barbecues, first come, first served, and parking off River Road includes two accessible spaces.
Best for: families who want a fenced playspace, toilets and free barbecues close at hand
Bunyarra Drive Reserve: a shaded playspace with parking but no toilets
- Shade
- Parking
Bunyarra Drive Reserve is the pick for a shaded play session, with a shade sail over its multiplay unit, slide and swings. The equipment suits young children and older kids alike. Parking at the reserve is easy to reach from Bunyarra Drive. Regatta Park has the fully fenced playspace and toilets, while this reserve has the most space of the Emu Plains playgrounds, at 4.49 hectares. The one gap is toilets, since the reserve has none.
Best for: families who want shade over the playspace and can plan around having no toilets
Ausburn Reserve: a small neighbourhood playground by the Nepean River
- Shade
Ausburn Reserve works for a quick stop with young children, at a small neighbourhood park by the Nepean River. Its balancing beam has poles through the middle to hold onto. Children can climb the cargo net and the hoop-shaped monkey bars, and a slide and swings complete the set. A pretend café inside the play area adds role-play, and the shade cloth gives the play area some cover from the sun. At 0.25 hectares it's small, so it suits a short visit.
Best for: parents of young children who want a short, shaded stop near the Nepean River
How the playgrounds compare
By area
Every playground in and near Emu Plains
Every playground in Emu Plains and the closest ones beyond it sit side by side below, so fencing, shade and toilets are easy to compare.
| Park | Fenced | Shade | Toilets | BBQ | Parking |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.Regatta Park | ✓ | – | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 2.Bunyarra Drive Reserve | – | ✓ | ✗ | – | ✓ |
| 3.Ausburn Reserve | – | ✓ | – | – | – |
| 4.John Whitton Memorial Park | – | – | – | – | – |
| 5.Dewdney Road Reserve | – | – | – | – | – |
| Nearby, outside Emu Plains | |||||
| Tench Reserve · Jamisontown | – | – | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Ladbury Avenue Reserve · Penrith | ✗ | – | – | – | – |
How we picked
The picks are the playgrounds with enough on record to write a section about. Each was judged on fencing first, then shade, toilets, barbecues, accessible play and the size of the park. Playgrounds with fewer facts on record stay in the table without a pick. A detail the park pages don't cover shows as a dash in the table, never as a no.
FAQ
Is there a fenced playground in Emu Plains?
Yes, Regatta Park has a fully fenced inclusive playspace, the only one the table confirms as fenced. It gives little ones a contained area to play in.
Which Emu Plains playground has shade?
Bunyarra Drive Reserve has a shade sail covering its playspace. Ausburn Reserve's shade cloth also helps carers stay out of the sun while they watch.
Does Bunyarra Drive Reserve have toilets?
Bunyarra Drive Reserve has no toilets, which matters for a longer visit. Regatta Park has toilets in its pavilion, including unisex and accessible ones.
Is Ausburn Reserve good for young children?
Ausburn Reserve is a good fit for young children, who can use its balancing beam and a pretend café for role-play. Adults can sit nearby while the children play.