Book Direct with the Owner at Lake Parramatta Reserve And Recreation Area with Accommodation Ballina in North Parramatta, for all your Attraction and travel needs.
With more than 70 hectares of bushland to explore and only two kilometres from the Parramatta CBD, a visit to Lake Parramatta is the perfect way to enjoy a sunny Sydney day by the water.
With the lake open for swimming from October each year, the Summer season is the time to shake winter off and reserve a spot by the water, with fully patrolled by lifeguards.
Hire your choice of boat from Parramatta Rowboats with kayaks, canoes, paddleboats, stand-up paddle boards and row boats on offer.
Take a stroll around one of three walking tracks, from She-oak track (1.5 kilometres-return) to the Banksia Track (2.4 kilometres-return), as well as the 4.2 kilometres Lake Circuit that winds its way around the periphery of the Lake.
Enjoy a Picnic, barbecue and the Playgrounds, pull up a patch of grass or choose a rock overlooking the water.
A significant place for the traditional owners of the land, evidence still remains of the regular usage of and occupation by the Aboriginal-Burramattagal clan within Lake Parramatta Reserve and Hunts Creek. Look out for shelter caves, hand-stencils, stone-flaking, tree scars and midden-deposits, as well as a Bushfoods Garden....
