Shoalhaven City Council has received $110,000 to upgrade the playground, build new toilets that include an adult change facility and build a wheelchair accessible ramp to go down to Balfour Beach from the park.

Funding was secured through the NSW Government's Stronger Country Communities Fund.

However, local resident and head of the Playground Committee Annette Pham said $110,000 won't deliver results like the playground at Mollymook Beach Reserve or the soon to be built playground at Boongaree, Berry.

Ms Pham's said Mollymook's park cost $1.5 million and Berry's playground will come in at more than $4 million.

"These communities deserve great playgrounds but the Bay and Basin does too," she said.

"There are 17,000 people living in the Bay and Basin area with tens of thousands of visitors coming to stay all year round but council's plans for the area state we should only be getting a mid level playground at Plantation Point."

Ms Pham said she estimates another $500,000 would be needed to deliver an all-inclusive playground that can meet the needs of a growing population and the number of tourists who visit all year round.

She said many community members have indicated they would be happy to contribute labour and machinery to get the park off the ground.

Council is in consultation with the community to determine their needs at Plantation Point Reserve. The survey closes on Friday, November 1.

Complete the survey here.

"The results of this survey will inform these upgrades, as well as potential upgrades in the future," a council spokesperson said.

Ms Pham encouraged everyone to complete the survey and commended some local schools, including Vincentia High School, for giving students the chance to complete the survey in school hours.

"It's important that children know they can make a difference and completing a survey is one way to demonstrate students in our local schools can proudly promote their awareness of community needs and commitment to their social responsibility," she said.

"Say nothing, get nothing."

While she hopes the community's voices will be heard, Ms Pham critiqued some elements of the survey.

"Council will not allow the survey to give the community three simple choices of different levels of playgrounds because it says it knows what people will ask for and it can't afford to give it to them because funds are committed elsewhere," she said.

"We appreciate council is constrained in the budget it has to spend, but the community deserve this playground and council needs to listen and stop picking and choosing which document, strategic plan, endorsed aspirational plan of management it will use or not use to decide what the community should have."