Council maintains the sporting fields and
reserves and encourages the community to use and enjoy them. These
facilities are also available for seasonal hire and one off special
events, such as sports carnivals. You can hire a hall for your meetings
or for a large function, hire sporting fields on a seasonal, casual or
on a one-off basis or hire one of Council's many parks for organised
group picnics or weddings. Select an option to choose what best suits
your purpose.
Browse down for further information on
picnics, weddings and the Wet Weather Information line.
Small groups (under 100 people)
If you are organising a picnic in one of
the City's parks for a small
group (less than 100 people), you do not need to
notify Council. However, if you are hiring a jumping castle or any
other such equipment to use on the site, you must take out Public
Liability insurance cover and apply for a Council permit. A fee
applies.
Large groups (over 100 people)
If you are organising a picnic in one of
the City's parks for a large
group (more than 100 people), you need to apply for a picnic permit. A fee
applies. If you are hiring a jumping castle or any other such equipment
to use on the site, you do not need to apply for an additional permit,
however you must take out Public Liability insurance cover.
Search the City's parks for hire
Rockdale Park is the City's most popular
venue for outdoor wedding ceremonies and/or wedding photography. To
hire Rockdale Park, fill in an application
form, print, sign it and send or bring it to
Council's Customer Service Centre, along with your payment. The
Customer Service Centre can confirm the required fees and
charges (PDF Format/486k).
To finalise your booking you may
either:
Post your signed
sports field application form and payment (cheque/money order only, do
not send cash) to:
Rockdale City Council
PO Box 21
Rockdale NSW 2216
Or
Bring your signed application form and payment to our Customer
Service Centre (cash, cheque, money order or EFTPOS/credit card).
A permit will be issued granting
Council approval for the use of the facilities.
For more information on hiring
Rockdale Park, call the Customer Service Centre on 9562 1666.
Remember, historic Lydham Hall is
also available for wedding ceremonies, wedding photography and other
special events.
Rockdale City Council has a 'Wet Weather
Line' which advises customers on whether or not council's sporting
fields are open or closed for competition, training or school use.
The contact number is 9562 1637.
The line is updated as the need arises
following inspection by Parks Operational staff.
Where Council has determined on Friday
afternoon that the sporting grounds are closed for the weekend then
that is final. Should the sporting fields by Friday afternoon be
determined that they are not sufficiently affected enough by rain to
prevent weekend use, then the decision to play will rest with the
Sporting Associations should more rain occur over the weekend period.
Customers need to contact the association
directly for the status of grounds on the weekend unless Council has
completely closed grounds on the Friday.
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