This is the perfect park for kids and big kids alike! The newly built playground is fantastic and…read morealways full of Energetic kidlets! Spend an afternoon with family and have a BBQ - the park has 2 electric BBQs with shelter and tables.. Bring down some bread and feed the beautiful ducks, swans and if your lucky try and spot my mate "Eel" - he's massive and loves eating bread!!

Awesome park for kids and families. There's always a lot to do. There is plenty of parking near by…read more My sister bought her kids here several times to feed the birds. The BBQ shelters are a great addition.

Norwest business park was started in the late 80's and the developers built this large lake smack…read morein the middle of it with the shopping centre, restaurants, and grassed areas along its shoreline. The lake is great for kids as there are a heap of ducks who live there are jettys along the edge allow the kids to reach out and feed them with bread etc. On the weekend there are often groups of older men racing their radio controlled yachts around the lake which is also great to watch. Or if you just want to relax head to the side closest to the shopping centre and there is a few grassed areas shaded by trees. Theres also a great seafood place in the shopping centre so fish & chips by the lake is a great relaxing arvo!

Fred Caterson Reserve is close by to the centre of Castle Hill yet once you enter the grounds you…read morefeel as if you have escaped to the bush. I don't know how many hectares it covers but it is large. It contains a baseball diamond, cricket pitch, basketball centre, bike tracks plus a number of other things that I can't remember. Lots of kids play sport there and there is a natural friendliness about the whole place. The Hills Hornets have their home base there. There's plenty of parking for each one of the separate fields and during the week they're full. A great place to take kids if you have just moved to the area, let them choose which discipline they want.

Fred Caterson is a basic rec centre for basketball. It has 4 courts and the surface is generally…read morewill maintained. There's no air conditioning though so it can get quite hot, but I've never seen anyone leave the game due to cramping (take that, LeBron) The refs are either hit or miss, and you can usually get a good game during the week when they don't have camps on.

A great find on a sunny winter morning. On the Delaney Drive side of the reserve you'll find the…read moreBBQs & shelter sheds. In that area there's also an enclosed playground for Little Ones. Also saw a toilet facility for Disabled people. Couldn't locate an unlocked bathroom, but I'm confident there must have been one somewhere in the vicinity. Further over there was a soccer match being played with great gusto. This reserve looked like a great spot to catch some rays, stretch the legs or just breath in the fresh air. The BBQs weren't being used . . . perhaps it was a bit early for the Tong Brigade! I have friends who live nearby and I'm sure they've chatted about a gathering of the clan in this park.

We were looking for a place to eat our pizza (Pizza Hut, Rouse Hill) since they don't have seating…read more We followed the brown signs to Rouse Hill Regional Park, across Windsor Road. The historic Rouse Hill Estate is located adjacent to the park (guided tours on Thursday, Saturday and Sunday by appointment - (02) 9627 6777) This is a large regional park on land formerly owned by the Rouse family, pioneers of the area. The area was originally inhabited by the Deerubbin Aboriginal people. This area is historic for being the end point of the first and only major convict uprising in Australian history. The last battle was here on Vinegar Hill. Apparently the convicts were disgruntled over whipping conditions. Many of the convicts in this area were Irish persons involved in the 1798 Irish rebellion against the British, and transported to the Colony of New South Wales for their transgressions. Now they hated the English even more than before. Led by Phillip Cunningham, rebel convicts broke into the Government Farm's buildings, taking firearms, ammunition, and other weapons. A group of 685 convicts planned to rally at Castle Hill with about 1,000 convicts led by William Johnston. They planned to march on Parramatta and then march on Port Jackson (Sydney). The convict leaders planned to then commandeer a sailing ship and return to Ireland, the land of Guinness. The rebellion culminated in a battle at Rouse Hill, where the convicts were defeated by the British and many of them subsequently hanged. The 1978 movie Against the Wind tells the story. Rouse Hill Regional Park is pretty big. There are picnic facilities, children's playgrounds, walking tracks, a horse riding circuit, and a 1.6 km paved road for walking or cycling and such. People teach their kids how to ride a bicycle here. There are two large pavilions that can be rented for group functions. Free gas BBQ's and tank water. The main picnic area with shelters overlooks a toddlers' playground, including a maze, swings, slippery dip, and a rope bridge and a flying fox. There is a short trail to Second Ponds Creek. Open daily from 8:00 am to sunset.

More people need to know about this place! Great for family on the weekend or exercise through the…read moreweek - a lovely quiet setting with its own bush tracks, flying fox and playgrounds for the kids, a maze and plenty of picnic areas, some under cover and some not.