FLYING foxes, swing sets, 20 barbecues and a climbing tower are just some of the features of the newest and largest recreational parklands, the Bungarribee Park.

The $15 million park was officially opened yesterday, ahead of its community day on Saturday.

Construction of the 200 hectare recreational park, part of the 5,280 hectare western Sydney park, has been completed after four years of community consultation, planning and the wetland rehabilitation.

media_camera Tatum Summers, 7, enjoys the new park.

Environment Minister Gabrielle Upton paid a visit to Bungarribee Park today for the opening, and said the park marked an “exciting chapter” for western Sydney.

“Generation after generation of families will use this park’s playground, barbecues and open space to create memories that will last a lifetime,” Ms Upton said.

The park has been touted as the largest recreational space in western Sydney, pushing Homebush’s Bicentennial Park to second largest in the city.

media_camera The parkland is part of a four year rehabilitation program for the area.

“Western Sydney parklands is already on the backdoor of more than half a million residents,” she said.

‘It is a vital green corridor for the health and wellbeing of all these people and the environment.”

Parklands officials have said the wetland around Bungarribee and Eastern creeks will be protected, with 20 hectares of native wildflower and thousands of native trees will be planted to restore the Cumberland Plain.

media_camera Environment Minister Gabrielle Upton unveiled the $15m Bungarribee Park. (Pictured with Woody Summers, 10, and his sister Tatum, 7).

Some of the major construction work has included walking and cycling tracks, 20 barbecues, 13 picnic shelters, a playground with climbing tower, slides, a flying fox, swings and balance beams, amenities facility, additional car parking, landscaping, revegetation, an off-leash dog park and vehicle access from Doonside Rd.

Minister for Western Sydney Stuart Ayres said the park’s opening was a fantastic chance to show off one of the state’s hidden gems and to welcome thousands of people to the region.

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“The park is a fraction of the western Sydney parklands corridor which stretches from Blacktown (M7) in the north to Liverpool (Bringelly Road) — by 2031 more than 1 million people will be living on its doorstep,” Mr Ayres said.