The new public toilet block at Bayview Park officially opened today, providing modern and accessible facilities for families, walkers and playground visitors. The upgrade includes two accessible unisex toilets, a family toilet with a regular toilet and a junior toilet for children, a beach wash-down area with a foot wash, a joint water fountain and bottle filler, and a raised finished floor level to protect against flooding during storm tides. Built with durable coastal materials, it replaces the old ageing facility and improves safety, comfort and accessibility in the park.

We’re upgrading Bayview Park in Lauderdale to create a more welcoming local park for everyday use. This will involve upgrading play equipment, shade and picnic spots, improving paths, and making the layout more accessible for our whole community.

Today, car parking takes up a large share of the site and paths are limited. The concept plan:

• increases the grassed area for play and picnics
• introduces continuous, universal access paths that link the existing footpaths on each side, and key features
• relocates the shelter, barbecue and amenities for better everyday use
• sets the play area back from the dunes to protect coastal habitat and reduce erosion risk.

This is a local park designed to serve people within a 400–800 m walk, so the design prioritises safe, easy access and usable open space over formalising on-site parking.

New playground, shelter, and picnic facilities will be designed to be inclusive, providing access for users of all ages and abilities.

Completion of this exciting upgrade to Bayview Park will create a space for everyone in Lauderdale to come together, play, be active, and socialise.

Phase One of the Bayview Park upgrade is already underway, with construction of the new accessible toilet and amenities block expected to be completed by October 2025.

Below is a rendering of the proposed upgrades at Bayview Park. Please click the icons to learn more about the upcoming changes.

We're committed to providing parks, sporting fields, and recreation areas with facilities that promote and contribute to the health and wellbeing of our city.

Bayview Park in Lauderdale is a local scale park providing play and picnic facilities for the surrounding community. It also provides access to the beach for recreation activities such as beach walking and kayaking.

Bayview Park was identified for renewal because the existing play equipment and picnic facilities are aging and in need of updating.

A concept plan has been prepared for the renewal of Bayview Park to meet the needs of the community now, and into the future.

Currently, the park area has encroached past the boundary line and into the sand dunes, which is a sensitive habitat. Additionally, existing footpaths on either side of the carpark do not connect and there is no path connecting the park's facilities. This creates poor access into and around the park, making it difficult to navigate, especially when the gravel paths become muddy from rain and water inundation.

Through the years, vegetation has also been lost throughout the park, resulting in an increase of weed species.

Below, you can see what the community gains by moving the park away from the dunes and installing kerbs, connecting footpaths, and stormwater drainage.

City of Clarence manages more than 70 parks and playgrounds. As part of our Open Spaces Program, we aim to renew and upgrade parks as play equipment and facilities reach the end of their life. The renewal of our parks and playgrounds is necessary to:

• improve recreational opportunities for residents and visitors
• encourage an active and healthy lifestyle
• increase inclusive community facilities throughout our city.

There are a few other strategies which will influence Bayview Park, including:

• the Coastal Access Strategy
• the Draft Open Spaces Strategy