Roma Street: Parklands and the Rest.
Established in 2000 on land adjacent to the site of, and including an older park (Albert Park), the Parklands have become a quiet centre to Brisbane. A place to relax and unwind just outside the Central Business District (CBD).
The park is in an old quarry and that means the paths, though good, need climbing up or down. It's a beautiful spot for those fit enough to enjoy it all, perhaps not for the elderly or frail, except in certain places.
Roma parklands include an open-air amphitheatre and a stage, the Celebration Stage, and restaurant for visitors. Like the other Brisbane Botanic Gardens, the Parklands are free to enter.
Features of the park include the Spectacle Garden, a lake with a Fern Gully and headlands for wetland plants and animals, Bottle Tree Ridge (one of the bottle trees in this photo), and other natural areas, such as the Aridland.
As well as the lake, there's an ornamental stream with water features, like this one.
Again, in common with the other Brisbane parks, there are plenty of picture-perfect places for weddings and wedding photos and lawns for sporting
'weekend warriors'
to kick, throw, and catch a ball.
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