Oatley Park

Oatley Park is a 45-hectare bushland reserve on a peninsula extending into the Georges River at Oatley in southern Sydney, New South Wales. Managed by Georges River Council, it preserves remnant Sydney sandstone bushland with walking tracks, lookouts and foreshore access. Notable for its natural landscape, tidal baths at Oatley Bay, picnic areas and historic steamroller playground, the park is a popular local destination for bushwalking, swimming and family recreation close to the city.

Visitors can expect a large natural bushland park surrounded on three sides by the Georges River and Lime Kiln Bay. The park offers sealed and unsealed walking tracks through eucalypt forest, elevated lookouts over the river, foreshore beaches and the netted Oatley Baths for swimming. Central areas include grassed picnic grounds with barbecues, a sports oval, and the well-known Steamroller Park playground. The environment is tranquil and heavily wooded, with opportunities for birdwatching, photography and relaxed family picnics.

Oatley Park was dedicated as a public recreation reserve in 1887 and extended in 1908, preserving one of the largest bushland remnants in the St George area. The park retains a historic steamroller in the children's playground, commemorating early road construction, and contains evidence of early 20th-century park development by Hurstville Council.

The park lies on the traditional lands of the Bidjigal people of the Eora Nation. It remains an important community recreation and natural heritage area for the Georges River local government area, valued for its bushland conservation, foreshore access and long-standing use for family gatherings and outdoor recreation.