Day 54
Having
packed most of our things the night before we set off quite early for Kings
Park and the Botanical Restaurant where we all had breakfast together, after
which we spent some time in the park.
Kings Park is a 4.06-square-kilometre (1,003-acre) park located on the
western edge of the central business district in Perth, Western Australia. The
park is a mixture of grassed parkland, botanical gardens and natural bushland
on Mount Eliza with two-thirds of the grounds conserved as native bushland.
With panoramic views of the Swan River and Darling Range, it is home to over
324 native plant varieties, 215 known indigenous fungi species and 80 bird
species. It overlooks the city as well as Perth Water and Melville Water on the
Swan River.
It is the largest inner city park in the world and the most popular visitor destination in Western Australia, being visited by over five million people each year. The park is larger than New York's Central Park which is 3.41 km².
It is the largest inner city park in the world and the most popular visitor destination in Western Australia, being visited by over five million people each year. The park is larger than New York's Central Park which is 3.41 km².
Besides tourist facilities Kings Park contains the State War Memorial,
the Royal Kings Park Tennis club and a reservoir. The streets are tree lined
with individual plaques dedicated by family members to Western Australian
service men and women who died in World War I and World War II.
Finally we had to go. We said our
goodbyes to the Perth Noakes and took the hire car back to the airport. We then boarded the Qantas plane and headed
home to Sydney.
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| Goodbye Perth |
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| Hello Sydney |
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