Our first visit to the Kings Park was on the 1st day of Chinese New year, it was also the Valentine’s day.

[This park is quite big (4.06-square-kilometre or 1,003-acre) located just next to the Perth city on Mount Eliza.  It has grassed parkland, botanical gardens and natural bushland.  There is also the State War Memorial inside the Park.  The name of this Park was Perth Park when it was opened on 10 August 1895, but rename to King’s Park in 1901.  Later, the apostrophe was dropped.] - info from Wiki.

From Kings Park, we can see the scenery of Perth City across the Swan River, some highways and buildings.

Now, I am going to show you only the things that can be found in the park, I will show you the rest in the coming posts.

We stood in front of the State War Memorial.  There is a wide footpath divides the big piece of grass into 2 sections.

At the other end of the foot path, there is a small pond with torch and fire in the middle.

Walking to the other area, there is a little slope with big trees along the way.  Many people like to sit and lie on the grass viewing the city and the river.  I guess many people choose this place because it is nearer to the parking area, or they can just park their car along the road under the tree.

Many couples were there on the Valentine’s Day.

Going down this slope, we found the Aboriginal Art Gallery there.  No photographs are allowed in the gallery, and I found some amazing abstract paintings there.

Above the Aboriginal Art Gallery, there is an area for visitors to see the sight of the city and the river.  The benches there are in curve shape.  Is the shape related to Aboriginal art?  Someone tell me please.

We found a Valentine’s balloon on the ground.

Next we reached a wishing well.

This well is a community project by the Rotary Club of Perth.

In the well, there is the logo of rotary international as the cover which looks like a piece of gear wheel.

And this well is surrounded by beautiful purple-coloured flowers.

It is enjoyable sitting on the grass, looking at the city and river.  I like to see the big piece of grass under the sunshine.

It is summer, and the maximum temperature recorded on that day was 37 degree Celsius.  The sky was cloudy, and we hardly felt any breeze there.

I wish I have a wide angle or fish eye lens on my camera, so that I can show you how wide the park is.

We sat on the grass and took some photos of ourselves.  SiewPeng’s sister laughed at us…

Next I will show you the city view from King’s Park, State War Memorial, Botanic Garden etc.