Park
Davies Park
Riverside sportsground where a motorcycle speedway once circled the rugby fields under fig trees.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Davies Park in West End, Brisbane centers on a few wild years in the late nineteen twenties, when a quarter-mile motorcycle speedway roared across the rugby ground and the Irish rider known as Flying Fay came through on an Australian tour. It follows the promoter who built the track, the opening-night chaos that nearly ended it, and the neighbours who despised the noise. It also traces the park's older identity as a South Brisbane sporting reserve, named for the alderman who fought to save it. Best heard facing Jane Street, where the speedway once curved past the goalposts.
This audio guide was created using AI.