Bicentennial Park, Homebush Bay

Fountain
Peace Monument

Coordinates: 33°50′58″S 151°04′41″E / 33.84932778°S 151.0781167°E / -33.84932778; 151.0781167 Bicentennial Park is a 40-hectare (99-acre) of parkland located 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) west of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of City of Parramatta. Bicentennial Park is situated on the shores Homebush Bay and is a part of the Sydney Olympic Park in New South Wales, Australia. The Park is a natural heritage site featuring an important wetland ecosystem and parklands.[1]

Features

It offers visitors recreation, nature-based tours, environmental education and outdoor event experiences. The park has picnic areas, playgrounds, pathways and cycle ways, access to the wetlands, salt marsh and bird hides. It also features Lake Belvedere, Peace Monument, Treillage Tower, Sundial, 'Cyrus the Great' statue, the Silent Hearts Memorial Garden and water features. Powells Creek runs through the eastern side of the park.

The Homebush Bay wetland is occupied by animals that thrive in the salt water wetlands.

History

Bicentennial Park was created by the state and federal governments during the 1980s, to celebrate Australia's Bicentenary in 1988. The project involved recycling 47.4 hectares (117 acres) of former rubbish dump into a regional recreation area and the conservation of 53 hectares (130 acres) of a wetland ecosystem on the Parramatta River. The park was officially opened on 1 January 1988.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Sydney Olympic Park Bicentennial Park". web page. Sydney Olympic Park Authority. Retrieved 16 October 2011.
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