Commonwealth Park is free to enter, as are the attractions within it and the annual springtime Floriade festival.

In advance of a visit, families can download and print out a few activity sheets from the park's official website, which cover local art and birds.

Look for the largest Australian megabat, the gray-headed flying fox, in Commonwealth Park, especially at dusk, but avoid contact with the bats and their droppings as they can be infected with Australian bat lyssavirus, related to rabies.