Tania Park is an

urban park An urban park or metropolitan park, also known as a municipal park (North America) or a public park, public open space, or municipal gardens ( UK), is a park in cities and other incorporated places that offer recreation and green space to r ...

located at 2 Bareena Drive,

Balgowlah Heights Balgowlah Heights is a suburb of northern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia 11 kilometres north-east of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of Northern Beaches Council, in the Northern Bea ...

, a suburb of Sydney,

New South Wales ) , nickname = , image_map = New South Wales in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of New South Wales in AustraliaCoordinates: , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , es ...

, Australia. Administered by the

Northern Beaches Council The Northern Beaches Council is a local government area located in the Northern Beaches region of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. The council was formed on 12 May 2016 after the amalgamation of Manly, Pittwater and Warring ...

, the park functions as a suburban park containing large dog exercise areas, sporting facilities and play equipment. The park is adjacent to

Dobroyd Head Dobroyd Head is a point or headland in the Northern Beaches local government area, in the suburb of Balgowlah Heights, New South Wales, Australia. It is part of the Sydney Harbour National Park, which contains examples of ecosystems at risk such ...

which offers commanding views of Sydney, Middle and North Harbours. Located on a high point, it contains the 90.3 2MWM transmitter, which can be heard across northern and eastern Sydney. It is named after

Tania Verstak Tania Verstak (born 20 November 1940) is an Australian model and beauty queen who won Miss International 1962. Early life Verstak was born in Tianjin, China, to Russian couple Vladimir and Valentina Verstak. They emigrated to Australia when ...

, a winner of the 1962 Miss International Beauty pageant, who was brought up locally.

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{{Parks in Sydney, state=autocollapse Parks in Sydney Balgowlah, New South Wales 1964 establishments in Australia Parks established in 1964