Glebe Park is a gorgeous inner city park, so much so that you have no idea you're actually in the…read moremiddle of the city. Trees manage to hide most of the park from the busy streets and construction work around it, and you get the chance to just escape for a while. There's a playground that doesn't look incredibly exciting, but meets all your essential playground needs, and there's also plenty of picnic and barbecue options. Plus it's pretty cool to have a picnic with Gandhi watching over you. There is one weird section of the park that just doesn't have the same charm. It's almost like the land is actually owned by one of the nearby developments and they just couldn't care less about it. They'd be better off putting up a fence than leaving it pathetically sitting in the corner.

Deep in the Booderee National Park, where everything but yourself could kill you - is a 400m walk…read morethrough some pretty dense bush and a promise that it's all worth it at the end, a promise of paradise on earth - yes, just like the old 80s bounty commercial (minus that almighty ooze of chocolate over coconut and that weird guy smelling water). Ok, maybe it wasn't that dense, and maybe there were tyre tracks from a massive truck we could follow down, but I'm still claiming everything could kill you in the bush. Feeling a little chuffed that we walked through here in thongs (flip flops for any stateside folk) and no sign of ticks, leeches or eastern brown snakes, we ran out of the bush onto the beautiful sands of Scottish Rocks, kicking off our thongs as we made our way down to the water - dear god its glorious down here .. ohh and whats that?? Silence?? There wasn't another soul on this beach - not a single person. This is paradise indeed - nothing but the background noise of the waves lapping at the shore. This is a must stop in Booderee National Park and inf ya fancy, there is a camping ground just off Scottish Rocks (Bristol Point) so bring your gear and wake up to a bay sunrise !!! NOTE: cost to get into the national park is $11 per vehicle for a 48hr period

A nice park along the river with seats, walk way and a playground for kids. There is plenty street…read moreparking and a quality cafe on the other side of the quiet road. The playground isn't enclosed so keep a good eye on the young'uns in case they do a bolt down to the river!

The lake is surrounded by parks. I may not have seen this in all it's glory (a sunny weekend day,…read morebut rather in between rain storms on a weekday evening), and didn't leave very impressed after my run around the lake. The east side is nice. The south end has some nice options for food and drinks. The west is pretty undeveloped, yet not natural looking. A bit more effort in landscaping or trying to give it that natural feel would make a huge difference. Putting in some fresh bike lanes / walking paths would help too. The current ones are old and look neglected.