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27 AUGUST 2020

Celebrating Sydney's Urban Farms – Parklands Food fest 2020 returns

How do you turn a delicious food festival virtual? Australia’s largest urban park – Western Sydney Parklands – will be attempting just that when it hosts the return of its popular Parklands Food Fest via a virtual kitchen this September.

17 AUGUST 2020

Parklands Food Fest 2020 goes virtual with Matt Moran

If there’s one virtual event to tune into this spring, make it Parklands Food Fest.

23 JULY 2020

'Get Back on Track' with new running challenge for Sydney's West

Western Sydney Parklands and Athletics Australia today announced the new ‘Get Back on Track Challenge’ – a series of personal walking and running challenges across 60 kilometres of tracks and trails in Western Sydney Parklands.

17 JULY 2020

50-year vision for Sydney's open space and parklands

A new 50-Year Vision for Greater Sydney’s network of parklands and green open spaces has been launched today by the NSW Government

19 JUNE 2020

Record AILA win for Western Sydney Parklands

Western Sydney Parklands and its consultants have scooped two gongs at this year’s 2020 AILA NSW Landscape Architecture Awards.

18 JUNE 2020

New signature walk for Western Sydney one step closer

Plans for an iconic new walk in Western Sydney Parklands with views from the Blue Mountains to the CBD and showcasing some of NSW’s most beautiful bush and natural beauty is set to open next year.

02 MARCH 2020

New tourism opportunity for Western Sydney Parklands

Western Sydney Parklands Trust is inviting Expressions of Interest for the development and long-term lease of a new tourism opportunity in Western Sydney Parklands known as ‘Pikes Lane’.

28 FEBRUARY 2020

Western Sydney dog park sets tails wagging

The new state-of-the-art Shale Hills Dog Park at Western Sydney Parklands has opened to the community this week.

10 FEBRUARY 2020

New Wylde Mountain Bike Trail design to be dropped at public showcase

The highly-anticipated design for the new Wylde Mountain Bike Trail will be revealed at a community showcase later this month.

20 DECEMBER 2019

Western Sydney Parklands closed Saturday 21 December

Parklands closed Saturday 21 December due to Catastrophic Fire Danger forecast

06 DECEMBER 2019

Western Sydney Parklands welcomes Australia's newest zoo

Western Sydney Parklands welcomes Sydney Zoo to Sydney’s Biggest Backyard – a $45 million new star attraction for Australia’s largest urban park. Sydney Zoo is the newest addition to Western Sydney Parkland’s Bungarribee and boasts more than 2,000 exotic and native animals across 16.

26 NOVEMBER 2019

Students plant over 140,000 trees to grow ‘green legacy’ in Sydney’s Biggest Backyard

School children are bringing back the bush in Sydney’s West, planting over 140,000 trees to grow a greener future in Western Sydney Parklands. The planting is part of the Parkland’s Bringing Back The Bush replanting program to restore critically endangered Cumberland Plain Woodland that once thrived in Western Sydney.

11 OCTOBER 2019

65 km track showcases the best of the west

A new 65 kilometre walking trail has opened in Western Sydney, showcasing some of the region’s most vibrant cultural spaces, beautiful landscapes and oldest architecture.

20 SEPTEMBER 2019

Urban farming set to grow in Sydney's West

Sydney’s food bowl is set to get a boost with Western Sydney Parklands increasing its urban farming footprint providing greater access to fresh, heathy food.

11 SEPTEMBER 2019

Get Back on Track with 60km of trails in Western Sydney Parklands

Sydney’s biggest backyard has had a makeover, with 60 kilometres of tracks and trails in Western Sydney Parklands now easier to navigate than ever before.

09 SEPTEMBER 2019

Record crowds feast at Parklands Food Fest 2019

Parklands Food Fest returned to Lizard Log, Abbotsbury in Western Sydney Parklands for its eighth year on Saturday 7th September with record crowds of almost 10,000 feasting on delicious homegrown produce from more than 40 food and market stalls.

03 SEPTEMBER 2019

Western Sydney Parklands Arts and Cultural Accelerator 2020

Western Sydney Parklands Trust (WSPT) is excited to announce an Arts and Cultural Accelerator to be run in early 2020 and is calling for Expression Of Interests from artists and other interested parties to participate.

29 AUGUST 2019

Western Sydney Parklands Trust and Greening Australia join forces for bush restoration

Western Sydney Parklands Trust has joined forces with Greening Australia to improve habitat and boost native flora and fauna in the heart of Western Sydney. A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) has been signed today as part of an environmental partnership to further enhance the Parkland’s natural bushland.

23 AUGUST 2019

Test your taste buds at Parklands Food Fest

Parklands Food Fest is back for 2019, with new chefs, new food and new entertainment for an all ages celebration of the homegrown on Saturday 7th September at Lizard Log, Abbotsbury, in Western Sydney Parklands.

09 AUGUST 2019

‘The Crazy Bull’ and Punk Princess of Pastry to headline Parklands Food Fest 2019