Kings Park is a 4.06 km² urban park in Perth, Western Australia. It includes a large parkland, a botanical garden and a bushland on Mount Eliza. There are panoramic views not only of the Swan River but also of Perth City.
The park is home to 324 species of native plants, 215 species of fungi and 80 species of birds. This makes it one of the largest urban parks in the world, making it larger than Central Park in New York. Kings Park is not only known for its great diversity of fauna and flora, but also for the State War Memorial, which was built for people who died in the First and Second World Wars.
Nature
As already mentioned, there are about 324 native plants in Kings Park. The nature here is not even close to that of Germany. Every plant is unique as everything grows and flowers differently. The plants usually look very exotic and the trees grow crookedly or have extraordinarily thick trunks.
There is also a water garden in Kings Park with many small streams.
Birds
When we visited Kings Park, we saw three typical bird species. First, there was a pitch-black bird with orange eyes, which was really noisy. It was screaming as if it was suffering. This bird is the Black Currawong.
Secondly, a small, black and white bird ran over our feet. It belongs to the passerine birds, family of the shrike crows. It is the magpie! This bird species became famous for its attacks on humans. Its song is reminiscent of a flute melody, which is why it is also called the flute bird.
We also spotted many small Galahs. This bird species is a widespread parrot species and is immediately noticeable with its grey back and pink coloured belly.
