Royal Park - the largest urban park in Melbourne, located 4 km from downtown near Parkvil. In the park in 181 hectares are tennis club, golf club, football stadiums, playgrounds for baseball and cricket, the hockey center, cycling and many footpaths. In summer months, members of the Astronomical Society of Victoria is set telescopes and observe the myriads of stars in the night sky of the southern hemisphere.

At the corner of Gatehouse Street and Royal pareyd located garden with spacious lawns and wide avenues of eucalyptus, acacias and casuarinas. The park is home to many animals and birds - robins, bronze cuckoo, colorful parrots, and the eastern pale-headed rosella, hawks, eagles, vultures smoky and other birds.

Even in 1845, the Governor of Victoria Charles La Trobe has reserved an area of ​​10 sq.km. for the creation of the park, but by the time of its creation in 1854, the park area was reduced to 6, 25 sq.km. In the future, it again reduced to 2, 8 square kilometers, which was caused by rapid population growth and the need to Melbourne construction of new residential areas. In 1860, at the Royal Park went to Burke and Wills expedition, which was to cross Australia from south to north. On the return journey the travelers were killed, while in the park today set a cairn in memory of them.

In the early 1990s, the Royal Park conducted extensive reconstruction: a new pond was dug, reorganized parking, complete equipment exterior patio, adjacent to the park Melbourne Zoo. In 1997, we completed the planting of new plants, most of whom were Australian trees and shrubs.