Perth - Kings Park

Like most Australian cities, Perth is well endowed with parks and gardens. The largest of these, immediately west of the city center, is Kings Park, one of Australia's most beautiful parks. Laid out in 1872 and finely situated on a hill above the broad river and the city, it has an area of 404 ha, consisting partly of natural bush country, with a brilliant display of wild flowers in spring, and partly of a botanic garden containing more than 1200 species of Western Australian plants.

There are particularly fine views of the city from the War Memorial and the Pioneer Women's Memorial.

On the parking lot on the city side of Mount Eliza a Visitor Centre provides detailed information about Kings Park.