Park News

Stephanie Brown, David Rudisha, Minister Annesley and Dani Samuels

Park is Australia's home to athletics for next 3 years

20 Feb 2012

The NSW Minister for Sport and Recreation, Graham Annesley, visited the Sydney Olympic Park Athletic Centre on Friday, 17 February to announce that the Park had been selected to host a number of major Australian athletics tournaments over the next three years.

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Swimmers at the Aquatic Centre

Swimming’s Olympic hopefuls in action

15 Feb 2012

Australia’s favourite Olympic swimmers had their final hit out in the pool over the past weekend as part of the NSW State Open Swimming Championships, a lead up event to the Australian Swimming Championships and the 2012 Olympics (London).

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LED light

Working towards a greener Park

14 Feb 2012

Sydney Olympic Park Authority is progressively installing energy-efficient light fittings across Sydney Olympic Park as part of a long-term drive to reduce energy consumption, greenhouse gas emissions and costs.

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Crowd outside ANZ Stadium

Record crowd at Sydney Olympic Park

08 Feb 2012

Sydney Olympic Park’s capacity for hosting major events was yet again reinforced on the 1 February, when a record crowd witnessed the first-ever international cricket match at the Park.

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Family walking in the mangroves

Behind the scenes of Sydney Olympic Park’s diverse parklands

08 Feb 2012

Fresh faces joined the Sydney Olympic Park Parklands Advisory Committee last year with backgrounds in natural resources management, landscape architecture, environment, local community, social sciences and community health.

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Australia Day

Community celebrates Australia Day at Sydney Olympic Park

02 Feb 2012

The wet weather did not deter the community or organisers of the Australia Day event at Sydney Olympic Park as 5,000 people shared in the celebrations of the history of our great southern land.

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James Magnussen - Aquatic Centre

A training ground for Australia's elite athletes

17 Jan 2012

Sydney Olympic Park may have moved on since the Sydney 2000 Olympic and Paralympic Games, however, providing world-class venues to support Australia’s elite athletes is still a priority of this dynamic suburb.

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Latham Snipe

A boost in the presence of Latham’s Snipe

16 Jan 2012

Pulling on gum boots and trenching through the Narawang Wetland, volunteers joined Sydney Olympic Park Authority staff for an early morning survey of Australia’s largest snipe, Latham’s Snipe.

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Movies by the Boulevard

Outdoor cinema series at Sydney Olympic Park

08 Jan 2012

Free entertainment under the stars for the beloved alfresco cinema series, Movies by the Boulevard, kicked off on Saturday 7 January with the showing of Cars 2 at Sydney Olympic Park.

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Perspective drawing of site 43/44

Development on the horizon

21 Dec 2011

There’s more coming to Sydney Olympic Park, with Capital Corporation set to construct an eight storey mixed commercial and retail development at site 43/44, on the corner of Australia and Herb Elliott Avenues.

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