This sprawling 220-hectare expanse of parkland is a veritable oasis in the middle of one of the worlds major metropolises. Like that other famous urban sanctuary New Yorks Central Park Centennial Park is a communal playground where locals and visitors come to get active or just get away from it all.

Centennial Park was formed in the late nineteenth century, when hundreds of Sydneys unemployed were enlisted to turn this former water catchment basin into a park for the people. In dedicating the park, the Premier Sir Henry Parkes told the people of NSW, if you rise to the full appreciation of this great beauty and your great privileges, the park will become one of the grandest adornments of this beautiful country. And it has.

is a communal playground where locals and visitors come to get active or just get away from it all.

Centennial Park was formed in the late nineteenth century, when hundreds of Sydneys unemployed were enlisted to turn this former water catchment basin into a park for the people. In dedicating the park, the Premier Sir Henry Parkes told the people of NSW, if you rise to the full appreciation of this great beauty and your great privileges, the park will become one of the grandest adornments of this beautiful country. And it has.