Queens Park
Being there
A place to spend a relaxing day. There's a rose garden, a sunken garden, a lake, a cafe, and a 50-m pool open from November to March ($5.70 pool entry). Monuments include a cenotaph remembering Australia's dead in World War One, and a cairn marking the spot where the doomed Burke and Wills expedition camped on its first night heading out of Melbourne in 1860. There's a children's playground and an island rotunda, and if you follow the website link there's a brochure for a free self-guided local heritage walk starting and ending at the park.
The story
The Queens Park is an urban park in Moonee Ponds, an inner-western suburb of Melbourne, in Victoria, Australia. The park is bounded by Mount Alexander Road, The Strand, Pascoe Vale Road, and Kellaway Avenue.
Located within the park is the Curator's Cottage , a cottage for the former curator, completed in 1898, that was added to the Victorian Heritage Register on 20 April 1995 in recognition of its architectural, historic and aesthetic significance. The cottage was subsequently repurposed as a cafe.