Kings Park

Kings Park

Kings Park is Perth’s pride and joy, and should be the first port of call for all visitors to Perth. Literally, a few minutes from the city’s CBD, Kings Park offers panoramic views that extend across the city, to the outlying hills, and down the Swan River. Occupying approximately 400 hectares of Mount Eliza above the city, Kings Park has much to offer with its sweeping parklands, beautifully landscaped Botanic Gardens with 1700 native species, picnic, barbecue and playground areas, and native unspoilt bushland that comes alive with colour during the wildflower season (September and October). Extensive dual-use pedestrian and bicycle paths traverse Kings Park and make this an exceptional area for tourists and locals alike.

The Visitor Information Centre is located overlooking the city and operated by the volunteer Kings Park Guides who provide year round free guided walking tours. Maps and variety of other literature about Kings Park are available from the Kings Park administration building and the information centre. Other well known facilities are the Kings Park Tearooms and Fraser’s Restaurant, open daily for breakfast, lunch and dinner, the Western Power Parkland Cafe adjoining the Arthur Fairall Playground in May Drive, and the Lotteries Family Area off Kings Park Road that provides playgrounds, and picnic and barbecue facilities.

In summer, Kings Park must be enjoyed at night. The drive up the main road in Kings Park lined with uplit gum trees is just the beginning. Recent Summers have seen the people of Perth treated to cinematic and thespian delights in Kings Park. The Sunset Cinema which screens outside in the Lakeside Picnic Area shows classic, arthouse and cult films. Also, local and interstate theatre companies often put on a production, usually Shakespeare, in the idyllic surrounds of the Park. Take some nibblies, a bottle of wine and a picnic blanket.