Parks and playgrounds

The below table list all Council owned parks and gardens across the Dubbo Regional Council area by location, including Dubbo, Geurie, Mumbil, Stuart Town and Wellington (Please note venue hire fees apply to some locations, as per Dubbo Regional Council's 2017/2018 Fees and Charges).

Submission of the form does not automatically confirm your booking. A confirmation email will be sent to you dependent on availability.

Bookings - Events

To book an event at any of the following venues please complete the relevant booking application form below or complete the online booking request form:

Park or Garden application form (PDF 181.3KB)

Teamsters Park Application Form 2019/2020 (PDF 161.2KB)

Wongarbon Centenary Park Application Form 2019/2020 (PDF 161.8KB)

    - Ollie Robbins Oval
    - Cameron Park, Macquarie Lions Park, Sir Roden Cutler Park, Teamsters Park and Victoria Park
    - Dubbo Regional Botanic Garden or Wellington Osawano Japanese Garden

Bookings - Weddings

Please complete Council's Wedding Application Form (PDF 4.3MB) and return to Council's Administration Building in Dubbo or Wellington to book in a wedding at the following venues:
- Cameron Park or Victoria Park
- Dubbo Regional Botanic Garden or Wellington Osawano Japanese Garden

Submission of the form does not automatically confirm your booking. A confirmation email will be sent to you dependent on availability

DUBBO

Park name	View Map	BBQ	Toilets	Water	Playground	Picnic Table	Sport / Attractions	Look-outs
Arboretum Park					✓	✓
Biddybunge Park						✓		✓
Buckingham Drive Park					✓	✓
Dubbo Regional Botanic Garden	Map	✓	✓	✓		✓		✓
Daphne Park					✓	✓	Soccer
Delroy Park	Map				✓	✓	Leash Free
Driftwells Park	Map			✓	✓	✓		✓
Douglas Mawson Park				✓	✓	✓	Leash Free
Elston Park	Map	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	Water Park operating hours: 8am-8pm during the summer months Closes Monday 27 April 2020.
Jack William Park	Map				✓
Jubilee Park					✓
Lions Park West	Map	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	River	✓
Luna Park		✓		✓	✓	✓	Football Netball Basketball
Macquarie Lions Park	Map	✓		✓	✓	✓
Manera Heights Park					✓	✓
Michael Duffy Park				✓	✓	✓
Mona Alice Berreux Park		✓		✓	✓	✓	Leash Free
Muller Park	Map			✓	✓
Powter Park	Map			✓	✓	✓	BMX Track
Sir Roden Cutler Park	Map	✓	✓	✓		✓	River	✓
Theresa Maliphant Park					✓	✓
Victoria Park	Map	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	Skate Park Fitness Centre All Abilities Playground	✓
Wahroonga Park	Map	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Wambool Park		✓			✓	✓
Wiradjuri Park				✓		✓	Pontoon Boating Fishing
Wongarbon Centenary Park		✓			✓	✓	Football BMX Track (Junior)

GEURIE

Park name	BBQ	Toilets	Water	Playground	Picnic Table	Sport / Attractions
Wise Park		✓		✓	✓	Quarterly Markets
Lions Park					✓
Tom Culkin Oval	✓	✓		✓	✓	Country cricket oval (synthetic)
John Blackwood Park
Swimming Pool	✓	✓	✓		✓

MUMBIL/STUART TOWN

Park name	Toilets	Playground	Picnic Table	Camping
Mumbil Sports Ground	✓	✓	✓
Stuart Town Recreation Ground	✓		✓	✓
Moxon Park	✓	✓	✓

WELLINGTON

Park name	BBQ	Toilets	Water	Playground	Picnic Table	Sport / Attractions
Cameron Park		✓	✓	✓	✓	War Memorial, Heritage Park Platypus viewing, Bell river Monthly markets
Japanese Gardens
Teamsters Park	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	Tennis courts
Oxley Park					✓	Boating, canoeing and fishing Leash free
Lions Park
Apex Park						Leash free
Pioneer Park		✓	✓	✓	✓	Soccer, cricket (turf & synthetic)
Bicentennial Park		✓	✓		✓
Rygate Park		✓	✓			Cricket, netball (synthetic), touch, athletics, tennis
Kennard Park		✓
Bell Park		✓				Basketball
Skate Park
Wellington Pool		✓	✓	✓	✓

Conditions of use

General Conditions

We appreciate, in advance, your cooperation and understanding of the terms and conditions for using Council's parks and gardens:

1. Council requires user groups to provide Public Liability Insurance Policy by way of a Certificate of Currency (minimum $20,000,000) at least seven days prior to an event.

2. Event organisers are responsible for conducting their own risk assessment of Council's Parks and Gardens and submit a risk management plan to Council at least seven days prior to the event.

3. Booking dates and times are to be strictly adhered to.

4. Parks and gardens are a public space and therefore exclusiveness to an area booked for an event is not guaranteed.

5. Parks and gardens are to be used in the condition they appear (e.g. mowing and maintenance is not carried out for specifically for weddings but rather ona scheduled roster)

6. Parks and gardens are to be left clean and tidy after use. Failure to comply with this regulation will result in the user group being invoiced for the 'actual costs' of litter control.

7. Council parks and gardens are an alcohol free zone between 9pm and 9am daily, responsible consumption is required.

8. Electric barbeques are available at specific parks free of charge.

9. Council encourages user groups to utilise equipment which doesn't require power as only certain parks and gardens have power available.

10. It is the responsibility of user groups to have all appliances and electrical cords used on Council grounds tested and tagged in accordance with current Australian standards and regulatory requirements.

11. All marquees and signage erected must receive written approval from council as the marking of underground services may be required at some parks, gardens and sporting facilities and incurs additional charges.

12. Bikes and skateboards are not permitted.

13. No unauthorised vehicles are to be driven or parked on any park, garden or non-defined behicle area without written approval from Council.

14. For the use of jumping castles in council parks and gardens the provider must have $20,000,000 public liability insurance to comply and any infury or incident will be the responsibility of the user group. Also no pegs are to be used, only weights due to underground services.

15. If user groups wish to engage external vendors/services such as food vans it is the responsibility of the user group to ensure the vendor has the appropriate insurances, risk management plans and adheres to the terms and conditions of use for parks and gardens.

16. Any unsafe parks or gardens should not be used and reported to Council immediately on 6801 4000. Calls are logged using this service, and allocated to staff so the appropriate inspections and work can be carried out to ensure faults are fixed.

17. The user group hiring parks and gardens are responsible for all damage caused during their event and will be invoiced the 'actual costs' for any repairs required.

18. Signage for Temporary Events must comply with the following in accordance with the relevant legislation*:

One banner and one sign with a total combined area of less than 6m² is permitted offsite.
Off-site signage must:

not be placed in residential areas,
not be placed on any public land or assets,
not be permanently fixed,
not incorporate any illumination, bill posters or bunting,
have land owner/occupier consent.

All signage must not be displayed earlier than 14 days before the event and must be removed within 2 days after the event.

Failure to comply with the above may result in regulatory action and fines being issued.

*relevant legislation - Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1998 and State Environmental Planning Policy (Exempt and Complying Development Codes) 2008”.

Wedding Conditions (in addition to the above)
1. For the Dubbo Regional Botanic Garden signage informing the public of a wedding will be placed in the booked area.

2. At the Dubbo Botanic Garden the bridal party and all wedding guests must have exited the gardens by 4pm otherwise the additional costs which apply beyond 4pm will be invoiced to the booking contact.

3. Bridal vehicles are permitted to use the internal road at Victoria Park, but all other vehicles are to park on the adjacent streets.

Please note: Horse riding, dogs (not a leash), animals, lighting of fires, practising of golf, camping and removal of shrubs and trees are prohibited in ALL parks and gardens.

Last Edited: 20 May 2020