Park 26
Kaurna name: Tarntanya Wama (meaning "Adelaide Plain")
English name: There is no English name for the entirety of Park 26. Rather there are English names for the various parts of Park 26:
Festival Plaza
Elder Park
Barr Smith Walk
Pinky Flat
Memorial Drive Tennis courts
Adelaide Oval
Creswell Gardens
Stella Bowen Park
Pennington Gardens West
Light's vision /Montefiore Hill
Features: Memorial Drive Tennis courts, Adelaide Oval, Elder Park rotunda
Bounded by: King William Rd, North Tce, Montefiore Rd, and Pennington Tce.
Two Trail Guides to Park 26:
(a) North; and (b) South of the River
Take your own self-guided walk, at any time, using one of these two Trail Guides. Click or tap on one of the images below.
One Trail Guide traverses the major part of Park 26; i.e. north of the River.
The other Trail Guide to the “Riverbank” precinct includes the features south of the River, and includes the adjacent Helen Mayo Park in Park 27.
This Park has had many parts sold off or leased off to private or sectoral interests; e.g. the Intercontinental Hotel, Riverside office building, Adelaide Casino, Adelaide Convention Centre, Festival Theatre, Next Gen fitness centre, Memorial Drive tennis facilities, Adelaide Oval etc are all built on land alienated from Park 26.
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