Park
New Farm Park
Riverside park with a jacaranda-lined drive and rose gardens spanning thousands of blooms.
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About this audio guide
This guide to New Farm Park in Brisbane follows a small ritual that grips local students every spring: the belief that a jacaranda bloom landing on your head can decide your exam luck. It traces the superstition to the park's jacaranda drive and to Walter Hill, the nineteenth-century Botanic Gardens director who traded seeds with visiting sea captains to bring the first tree to Brisbane. It also touches Henry Moore, the park's original designer.
This audio guide was created using AI.