Sport and Recreation

O’Connor District Playing Fields (ground 1 and 2) and O’Connor Enclosed Oval (ground 3) are located in Pedder Street which runs off Macarthur Avenue. There is extensive parking but all areas are unsealed. The grounds are all encircled by mature shade trees.

Ground 1 has a pavilion with change rooms and a separate toilet block on the eastern side of the ground. The ground is floodlit to training standard. There is a turf cricket wicket which is a home ground to the ANU Cricket Club. There is one full size combination field on the northern side of the ground and a modified junior combination field on the southern side.

Ground 2is accessible from Macarthur Avenue and there is a curb cut-out that leads to unsealed parking areas beside the ground. It has two combination fields that are floodlit to training standard and a synthetic cricket wicket. There is a toilet block at the southern end of the ground.

Ground 3 is an enclosed ground and has a pavilion with canteen, change rooms and toilets. The ground has bleacher seating with a small amount being covered. There are two combination fields but they are not floodlit.

The O’Connor Shopping Centre can be found by exiting the ground and turning left into Pedder Street and then veering left into Bluebell Street which runs around the back of the shops.