Cadi Park

Cadi Park is largely enclosed within Jacksons Landing, frequented by fitness coaches and on-leash dogs as well as casual visitors. It is a grassy amphitheatre bounded by apartment blocks and Johnstons Bay. It is best approached on foot or by bicycle, on a wide boardwalk which encourages people to walk around the whole harbour. Well considered signage, text inlays and a reinstated yellow crane stop and crane rail illustrate the area’s history as a Colonial Sugar Refinery (CSR) wharf.

In 2003 Lend Lease and an energetic resident, Barbara Mackay-Cruise, organised the first of ten Jacksons Landing Christmas celebrations – five in Cadi Park and five in Refinery Square. The events in Cadi Park were quite elaborate, with seating in the natural amphitheatre, bands playing from an aquashell off-shore, and choirs on the boardwalk.

Over time, the event moved from Cadi Park to Refinery Square and then  - as Christmas in Pyrmont - to the Pyrmont Community Centre, John Street and John Street Square. Held annually at the end of November, it attracts some 8,000-10,000 people and raises around $60-90,000 for charitable causes.