- Address: 230 Wellington Parade, East Melbourne VIC 3002, Australia;
- Website: fitzroygardens.com;
- Phone: +61 3 9658 9658;
- Admission: free and 24-hour
In Melbourne, you can find many attractions. Fitzroy Gardens is one of the most beautiful parks not only of Melbourne, but of all of Australia. This relatively small park, with an area of 26 hectares, is located in the southeast of the business district of the city. His name he received in memory of the prominent public and political figure Charles Fitzroy.
Main Attractions
Among the most famous historical attractions located in the park, you can name the house of the famous English navigator - Captain James Cook . Traveling along the Pacific Ocean, he was the first to discover the east coast of Australia. The house was built by the parents of the traveler James and Grace Cook. In 1933, the landlady decided to sell it, and the Australian government purchased it for £ 800.
Transported in disassembled form, literally by bricks. For what were used 253 boxes and 40 barrels. The atmosphere of the English style of Cooks was recreated in the best possible way. Already in 1934 the house of James Cook was assembled and opened for tourists in Fitzroy Gardens.
Another interesting place for visitors is the original model of the real English village of Tudor. The author of this project was the Englishman Edgar Wilson. In the park, the village was due to the humanitarian assistance that Melbourne provided to England during the war.
It is also worth to visit the house of Sinclair - a man who made all his love and part of life in the arrangement of the Fitzroy park.
Among other interesting places:
- rotunda;
- a variety of sculptures;
- winter Garden;
- an artificial lake;
- set of fountains.
The architecture of the park
Since its inception, Fitzroy Gardens has undergone some changes. According to the plan of the architect - the architect Clement Hodgkinson - originally the park was a thickly overgrown forest of blue eucalyptus, elm and acacia. Among these thickets there were numerous paths for tourists. Subsequently, the forest was paved, decorative flowerbeds, lawns, free glades for picnics were made.
On one of them is the famous Fey Tree, which is a dried eucalyptus, adorned with many fairy-tale characters.
How to get there?
You can reach the park by tram. You need to take the number 48 or 75 and get off at the stop Lansdowne Stryi Stop 9 (Lansdowne Street - Stop 9). You can also take a taxi.
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