Lough Playing Fields
| Address | 104 Manning Rd, Double Bay NSW, Australia |
| Phone | +61 2 9391 7000 |
| Website | woollahra.nsw.gov.au |
| Categories | Park, Tourist Attraction |
| Rating | 3.8 4 reviews |
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Lough Playing Fields reviews
4Located down the hill a short walk from Woollahra Public School. Close to Cooper Park.
Good area, the park is good for children's football. The public toilets are terrible
I grew up at 39 Suttie Road which backed onto Lough Playing Fields through the 60s into the early 70s until I was 21 and went overseas for the first time. Wonderful place, as was Cooper Park etc.etc. On the weekends the archers would come and set up targets on the field and shoot arrows over great distances. In the 60s we had rock fights with other kids and on 'Cracker Night' (in early to mid May) there would be a few bonfires set up on the field and people (mainly us boys) would let off fireworks or engage in 'bunga fights' throwing firecrackers at each other. Once when I was about 13 got the shirt blown off my back. All that sort of thing. Wild stuff. Inconceivable today - people would be killing one another. All the poor animals were terrified. Everyone locked up their dogs for the night. And much, much else. Sydney was still affordable, even in the Eastern Suburbs, and very livable before being destroyed by the traffic and way too many people and all the accompanying problems. Happy days. I was lucky.
The toilets are pretty basic, and the field floods when it rains, but it's a nice spot.