Lyne Park

Lyne Park Playground Community Celebration

We'll be hosting a celebration event in early 2025. If you would like to join us, fill in this form and we'll keep you informed about the event details. The event will be free but numbers will be limited. Register your expression of interest to attend the Lyne Park Playground Community Celebration.

Find out more about the Lyne Park Playground upgrade

We are excited to announce that the much-anticipated addition to the Lyne Park Playground, a fun and interactive piece of playground equipment, we are calling the 'Flying Boat, will be arriving soon.

To ensure it is safely installed as quickly as possible, from 11 November, we will fence off and temporarily close a small section of the playground. This means the Flying Fox, Carousel, Rodeo Board and Double Rocker won’t be open for use for approximately one week.

The 4 Bay Swing Set, adjacent to the Flying Boat, will be unavailable until all works are completed - which we estimate will be the last week of November.

We are doing everything we can to make sure the flying boat is ready for play, along with the rest of the playground, by the start of the school holidays.

Lyne Park is a large Sydney Harbour foreshore park with a diverse range of recreation opportunities including a basketball court and public tennis courts. The park has large grassed areas, shady trees for picnics and a café. It provides access to Rose Bay boat ramp, a commercial seaplane base, and public and commercial ferry services. Public access to the water for non-motorised watercraft is available via the boat ramp beside Woollahra Sailing Club.

The large playground is very popular for families with children. It has both natural and sail shade and includes areas of organic and rubber softfall. The playground features an activity net, a steel cable flying fox, traditional swings, animal rockers, slides and imaginative play units such as a fantasy house and a sea coaster vessel.

Getting here

550 New South Head Road, Rose Bay

Rose Bay ferry wharf and bus service

Parking

There are two car parks near Lyne Park. One car park is near the Woollahra Sailing Club and tennis courts and the other car park is near the Rose Bay ferry wharf.  There is also parking along New South Head Road in Rose Bay.

Facilities

• Basketball court
• Boat ramp for motorised craft - west side of Lyne Park
• Boat ramp for non-motorised craft - east side of Lyne Park
• Sports ground for soccer and rugby
• Floodlights for training
• Lyne Park Tennis Centre – Ph: 9371 7122
• Woollahra Sailing Club
• Restaurant and café
• Rose Bay seaplane base
• Rose Bay RSL Club

Dogs

Dogs are permitted on a leash at all times and unleashed between 3.30pm - 10.30am.

Accessibility

• Accessible parking
• Accessible toilet (MLAK access required)
• Baby change table in the accessible toilet

MLAK keys are available for purchase from the National Support Office of the Master Locksmiths Association (MLAA) or from many MLAA Business Members.

History

Reclaimed from tidal sand flats in 1902 to form a 14 acre (5.6 ha.) reserve named in honour of Sir William Lyne, the N.S.W. Premier from 1899 to 1901. In 1905, 8 acres (3.2 ha.) at the east end was revoked for use as a recreation oval for the Navy. In 1938, a flying boat base was established on this ground - the first flight to England leaving 5 July , 1938 (Short 'Empire' class, Cooee, VH-ABF). The last commercial flight was on 10 September, 1974 to Lord Howe Island. The base was subsequently demolished and returned to parkland.

Plan of Management

Generic Crown Lands Plans of Management 2023(PDF, 10MB) (includes Lyne Park)

Park layout

• Field layout(PDF, 1MB)

Irrigation

Bore water used

Location

550 New South Head Road, Rose Bay 2029  View Map

-33.8713951,151.2636038

550 New South Head Road , Rose Bay 2029

550 New South Head Road , Rose Bay 2029

Lyne Park

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