The story of this place
At 400.6 hectares, Kings Park is larger than New York's Central Park, making it one of the world's largest inner-city parks. But its size is just the beginning. The park contains the State War Memorial, where 1,600 bronze plaques line Honour Avenues, each honouring a Western Australian who died in service. Every year on ANZAC Day, 40,000 people gather before dawn for the dawn service.
But Kings Park's true wonder is its biodiversity: 319 species of native plants grow here, including 80 species found nowhere else on Earth. The park's Botanic Garden displays over 2,000 of Western Australia's 12,000 plant species. From the Lotterywest Federation Walkway, visitors can walk through the treetops, 16 metres above the ground, looking out over 400 hectares of wildflowers and the Swan River below. The park hosts 5.8 million visitors annually.