Description of the attraction
Roma Street Park is located on 16 hectares in the heart of Brisbane, close to the city transit station and Roma Street train station, from where the park can be reached on foot.
Roma Street is the world's largest subtropical garden in the city center. Here you can stroll through a variety of themed alleys and flower beds, relax in recreational areas, wander along multi-level waterways and admire the work of 16 local artists.
Local Aborigines have used the area for thousands of years as a meeting and ceremony venue. In 1825, Roma Street Park became part of the original settlement of Brisbane, and already in 1875, a station on the main railway linking Brisbane with Ipswich and Toowoomba was built on Roma Street. The station soon became the main warehouse in the city, and from 1911 to 1934, along with the adjacent territories, it was regularly reconstructed to maintain the flow of goods. In 1920, large-scale excavation work, which removed 554,300 cubic meters of land from the site, forever transformed this mountainous area, creating the current artificial embankment and the border of the former Albert Park. During the Second World War, Roma Street Station was a key hub for the transportation of military equipment and the transfer of troops to the north.
After the war, Roma Street station was converted into a metro station and a stop for long-distance trains. In 1991, due to the growing mechanization of transportation and handling of goods, as well as the use of multi-ton containers, the functions of the warehouse were moved to the Akacia Ridge area. In 2000, on the site of the former station, the construction of a park began, in the territory of which the Albert Park was included. In April 2001, the new park was inaugurated to the public.
Today, an open-air amphitheater is located in the park, which was formerly called the Albert Park Amphitheater. It regularly hosts performances by the Queensland Theater and the Queensland Shakespeare Company, as well as touring theaters. Various orchestras also perform here, for example, in October 1983 on the stage of the amphitheater, a concert "Strauss under the Stars" to music by Johann Strauss was played. Before the River Stage was built at Brisbane City Botanic Gardens, this is where traditional Christmas carols took place.
A variety of Australian plants and flowers from all over the world can be seen in the park. Due to the fact that plants with different flowering seasons are collected here, the territory of the park is immersed in multi-colored splendor all year round.
