"Contest - A Famous Park in Your City | The Historical and Cultural Eddison Park in Canberra"

Hello, my dear fellow Steemians!

Thanks to @faran-nabeel for his contest Source I am going to present a park in a distant city, Canberra, where I lived from 2017 to 2021 and will be back soon in the coming weeks.

𝙽𝚊𝚖𝚎 & 𝚕𝚘𝚌𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚔

  
Eddison Park is on Canberra's Launceston Street, Phillip, and just across the road in front of my house. If I walk about 100 meters on the right pavement and cross the highway, I reach one of the entrances to this park.

I would love to share its location
https://goo.gl/maps/9QoMYkwYUEfNVrzk8

A screenshot, I live at McCrae Street (in the circle) and I can see this park from my home just across the road.

This park was basically built in honor of the men and women who served Australia during World War II. The people gather here on each Anzac Day (Martyrs' Day for Australians and New Zealanders) to remember those who served their respective countries so that we could live in peace.

𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙱𝚎𝚊𝚞𝚝𝚢 & 𝚅𝚒𝚎𝚠 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝙿𝚊𝚛𝚔

  
Eddison Park is one of the most visited parks in Australia for its vivid facilities.

Informal sports can be played in the eastern part of the park, and picnicking is common.

This pond and its elements are for public use. You can see lots of birds that have come to this park and made it their residence around the pond right in the center of the park.

𝖦𝖺𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗈𝖿 𝖯𝖾𝗈𝗉𝗅𝖾 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖯𝖺𝗋𝗄 and 𝗀𝖺𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗉𝗂𝖼𝗇𝗂𝖼

  
This park for Canbarrans is as important as Lake Burley Griffin. This park has a formal design based on a botanical and horticultural theme. The park is an old memory of the owner of this park with the same name, who suffered heavy losses as a few of his family members lost their lives during World War II. The park has a cemetery, which is part of the park.

𝓐𝓬𝓽𝓲𝓿𝓲𝓽𝓲𝓮𝓼

  
Electric/gas BBQs

Playgrounds

Parks for children and families

Fitness equipment

Disc golf course

Dogs walking area

Cycling

Skate park

𝖬𝗒 𝗆𝖾𝗆𝗈𝗋𝗂𝖾𝗌 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖯𝖺𝗋𝗄

  
I came to stay in this area much later, but this park was opened to public in 1992 with the completion of construction of an entry gateway facing Canberra College on Launceston Street. I live in Garren, the CBD of Canberra, and I can see it across the road from my house.

And if I move straight on this pavement inside the park, I can reach Wodden Mall, crossing through the cemetery. The park features a skate park, play equipment, fitness equipment, and a golf course. I have done that almost every week, either on my bike or on foot, unless, of course, I have to do grocery shopping, in which case I use my car.

They keep on building new ideas here as the new design takes of the old ideas barring the in the adjacent cemetery and adapts and connects it to the park site. and children playing here at different platforms.

A beautiful fountain lies at the center of the park in a beautiful artificial pond that enhances the beauty of the park. I am missing that fountain photo on my hard drive but it's so beautiful with flocks of birds all around it.

Actually, they started working on this park about 75 years ago, in the 70s of the last century and kept up its development work regularly until the 1990s. This park has a large number of trees and beautiful ground-shaping, landscaping, and grassing work. They still keep planting trees, and you will hardly find any bareness at the site.

Execution of this park has been concentrated initially as they wanted to make a cemetery but later the owners extended the area and converted it into one of the best parks in the world. The park has entry gates in different directions and all pavements are made of red bricks.

And last but not least, this is my regular route for jogging, biking, and going to the Westfield Mall just across the park

The park has a beautiful pond with a gazebo on an island, and two World War II memorials. Planting the trees strengthens the visual appeal of this park, and visitors enjoy it to the fullest under them.

Note: All images by my camera or phone

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