Dudley Page Playground

Honestly, the playground itself — slides, swings, a climbing structure, few benches — is pretty standard stuff. But the views from up here in Dover Heights are genuinely hard to beat: Harbour Bridge, Opera House, the full city skyline spread out in front of you like a postcard. Come late afternoon and half of Sydney seems to turn up with a camera for sunset. Kids run around on the open grass while the adults basically just stand there staring at the water.