Parks in Sydney
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Sydney is well endowed with open spaces, and has many natural areas, and open spaces, even within the city centre. These include the Chinese Garden of Friendship and Hyde Park (which is named after London's Hyde Park). [1] The metropolitan area contains several national parks, including the Royal National Park, the second oldest national park in the world (after Yellowstone National Park), which occupies an area of 132 sq km.[2] Completing Sydney's wide array of green spaces — the leader is the Royal Botanical Gardens, with its large amount of green spaces, lush plants and colourful flowers.
[edit] Largest parks in Sydney
- Centennial Park, 189 hectares
- Moore Park, 115 hectares
- Sydney Park, 45 hectares
- Royal Botanic Gardens, 30 hectares
- Queens Park, 26 hectares
[edit] Parks
The following is a brief list of parks in Sydney:
- Chinese Garden of Friendship
- Five Dock Park
- Leacock Regional Park
- Neild Park
- Oatley Park
- Parramatta River Regional Park
- Penrith Lakes Regional Park
- Rouse Hill Regional Park
- Royal Botanical Gardens
- Sydney Park
- Wadim (Bill) Jegorow Reserve
- Western Sydney Parklands
- William Howe Regional Park
- Wolli Creek Regional Park
- Yellomundee Regional Park
- Centenary Park
- Bede Spillane Gardens
[edit] References
- ^ Sydney's Hyde Park
- ^ NPWS website, Royal National Park
