Albert Park

About

Albert Park sits on the slope between Queen Street and the university, and it's the central city's green room. Victorian layout, mature trees, a floral clock and a fountain, with the statue of Queen Victoria in the middle of it. It's built over the site of the Albert Barracks, and a section of the original barracks wall still stands within the university grounds next door. In practice it functions as the place the city eats lunch, and it fills with students in term time. The flower beds are replanted seasonally and are properly good in spring. It's small enough to cross in ten minutes and pleasant enough to sit in for an hour. Free and always open. The Art Gallery is on its lower edge, so the two go together naturally on a city afternoon.