"Sydney's grand 19th-century parkland, born the same day as the Australian nation."
Centennial Park, Sydney, Sydney Overview
Centennial Park is a 189-hectare public park in Sydney's eastern suburbs, the largest of three parks that make up Centennial Parklands. Governor Lord Carrington dedicated it on 26 January 1888, and it was the site where Australia's Federation was proclaimed in 1901. The park has ornamental ponds, more than 15,000 trees, and Grand Drive, a 3.8-kilometre circuit with separate paths for cycling, walking, running and horse riding. It draws locals daily for jogging, picnics and cycling.
Centennial Park lies about 4 kilometres southeast of Sydney's CBD, bordering the suburbs of Centennial Park, Paddington, Woollahra and Randwick. Built on former swampland that once supplied Sydney's early drinking water, it opened in 1888 and hosted the ceremony proclaiming the Commonwealth of Australia on 1 January 1901, marked today by the Federation Pavilion. The park's centrepiece is Grand Drive, a 3.8-kilometre loop with dedicated tracks for cycling, walking, running and horse riding, alongside ornamental ponds, sports fields and picnic lawns. A colony of grey-headed flying foxes has roosted here since 2010. It is managed by the Centennial Park & Moore Park Trust and open daily, roughly 6:30am to 5:30pm.
