Where is the best place to take your beloved canine?
We put a callout on our Instagram for your dog park recommendations and compiled a list of some of the best spots in the north to let those dogs run free.
Tunks Park
Three sporting fields at the bottom of Cammeray. Dog poop bags at the park entrance on Brothers Avenue. Features: toilets, bubblers, picnic tables, playground, harbour views and a coffee cart at select hours.
Prone to flooding in wet weather. Dogs must be kept on leash in bushland areas, including the nearby Flat Rock Creek walking trail.
Where: Brothers Avenue, Cammeray
Image: North Sydney Council
Blackman Park
The premium North Shore choice for dog walking. Features a large playing field for off-leash play (dogs are not allowed on the astroturf fields) and a small dog agility course (bars to jump, tubes to run through).
For smaller, possibly anxious dogs, the park has a separated, enclosed play area where the Yorkshire terriers, French poodles and Chihuahuas won’t be bothered by the greyhounds, huskies and Danes.
Next to this is Puppy Tail Cafe, which serves treats and refreshments for humans and pups. Other features: dog poop bags, bubbler, toilets.
Where: Lloyd Rees Drive, Lane Cove West
Naremburn Park
A popular lower North Shore dog walking spot. Dog poop bags near Dalleys Road Entrance. Features: two large ovals, bubblers, picnic tables, playground and, on occasion, a bagpipe player.
Where: Station Street, Naremburn
St Thomas Rest Park
This area along the Warringah Freeway doubles as a cemetery and dog park. Dog poop bags at the western and eastern entrances. Features: toilets, bubbler, playground, picnic tables and a number of notable North Shore grave sites, including the shared pyramid tomb of Edward Wollstonecraft and Alexander Berry.
Dogs not permitted within 10 metres of the playground.
Where: West Street, Crows Nest
Primrose Park
A large, three-oval park on the northern Cremorne foreshore. Dog poop bags at the car park and cricket nets. Features: BBQs, bubblers, harbour views. Dogs must be kept on leash in bushland areas. Prone to flooding in wet weather.
Where: Young Street, Cremorne
Sirius Cove Reserve
A Mosman park and beach for dogs who like to go for a splash. The beach and reserve have off-leash access all-day on weekdays, and between 4pm and 9am on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays. Features: Toilets, BBQs, picnic tables, nearby bushwalks (on-leash).
Keep an eye out for sharp oysters around the foreshore.
Where: Sirius Cove Road, Mosman
Image: Mosman Council
Twin Creeks Reserve/Mitchell Crescent Reserve
A large park bordering vast Turramurra bushland. Features a bubbler and playground. Dogs are not permitted on the nearby walking track to Browns Field.
Where: 16-18 Mitchell Crescent
Image: Ku-ring-gai Council