5 | Park life
Hamilton loves the parks.
Every year, Hamilton City Council spends $10 million on the parklands and every five years, there are one new large park. At the moment, there are nine "large" parklands within 5 kilometres of the City Centre. The largest parkland is the Angel Hill, which it has just became the national park because Hamilton City Council wanted to protect Angel Hill park. The oldest park is Flinders Park, which it was landscaped in 1863. In the early 1900s, there are five new parklands, including Queens Domain. Hamilton, the city itself revolves around the parks and trees and even there are so many tree-lined roads around the inner city. The image below, it was taken by Lucas Tregal from a helicopter.
1ST PICTURE: As you can see Hamilton Northshore (bottom right), Westgate Motorway (centred), Mt Stromlo (middle left) and the City Hall - before King George Square was developed (middle right). The long parkland (bottom centred) - it is the Queens Domain, which it was landscaped in 1922, except two man made lakes which it was added in early 21st Century.
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2ND PICTURE: The second picture shows the landscape and surroundings of the oldest park - Flinders Park, with its unique triangle design. As you can see the cylinder-shaped building, it is the Sebel apartment tower. Sebel is the first "tower" to break 30 metres mark in 1964, and also first apartment tower ever built in Hamilton. After the development of Sebel, Hamilton CBD (Central Business District) began to grow taller.
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