15-475: Fairfield Park may refer to: Fairfield Park Precinct , or Fairfield Park, an urban park in western Sydney, Australia Fairfield, Bedfordshire , England, a village that was originally known as Fairfield Park Fairfield railway station, Melbourne , Australia, originally called Fairfield Park railway station Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
30-720: A gym . Indigenous trees and shrubs are plenteous in the park, which are a remnant of the Cumberland Plain Woodland and Cooks River/Castlereagh Ironbark ecological community , with vegetation species that include Melaleuca decora , Eucalyptus amplifolia , Eucalyptus moluccana , Eucalyptus baueriana , Eucalyptus fibrosa , Eucalyptus teriticornis , angophora floribunda , Casuarina glauca , Callistemon viminalis , Ficus microcarpa , Camphor laurel , Bursaria spinosa , Indigofera australis and Eucalyptus bosistoana , most of which have large canopies that provide shade for visitors. Prospect Creek winds on
45-442: A pedicel 1–5 mm (0.039–0.20 in) long. Mature buds are oval to diamond-shaped, 3–6 mm (0.12–0.24 in) long and 3–4 mm (0.1–0.2 in) wide with a conical operculum . Flowering mainly occurs from September to December and the flowers are white. The fruit is a woody, conical capsule 4–7 mm (0.16–0.28 in) long and 4–7 mm (0.2–0.3 in) wide with the valves enclosed. Eucalyptus baueriana
60-548: A 33 metre long double flying fox. The park also features Fairfield Youth and Community Centre , a large hall which opened in October 2015, that contains basketball courts , trampolines , a rock climbing wall, program rooms and extra parking spaces. Adjacent is the Fairfield Leisure Centre , an aquatic centre , which has two swimming pools (indoor and outdoor), a mini- water park , a squash court and
75-451: A 7,500 square metre obstacle course with 3 metre high tree top walk, and a recently constructed nature playground, Fairfield Adventure Park , a large playground for older children and teens, which was opened in April 2015. Costing $ 1.4 million, the playground features an 11 metre high climbing net, a sky bridge and three-slide combination, one of the tallest of its type in the country, and
90-541: A tree that grows to a height of about 20 metres (66 ft), sometimes a small tree or mallee to 12 metres (39 ft) high, and forms a lignotuber . It has persistent, light grey, fibrous or flaky bark with whitish patches, on the trunk and larger branches. The higher branches have smooth, grey bark that is shed in short ribbons. Young plants and coppice regrowth have broad egg-shaped to almost round leaves 35–60 mm (1.4–2.4 in) long and 39–80 mm (1.5–3.1 in) wide. Mature trees often have juvenile leaves in
105-468: Is an urban park situated in the western suburbs of Sydney , New South Wales , Australia . Situated to the south of Fairfield CBD , the park contains an open grassland , bushland , picnic spots, playgrounds , indoor and outdoor sport facilities , and recreational areas within the vicinity of native plants, such as eucalyptus trees. The park contains several recreation and sporting attractions such as Fairfield Bowling Club , tennis courts ,
120-467: Is around 12 hectares (29.65 acres) in size. Hypothetically, if Makepeace Oval , a sports field across the road to the northeast, was included within the park's precinct, then the overall size of the parkland will be approximately 21 hectares (51.89 acres). The park is situated on Vine Street and is only a 10-minute walk from Fairfield railway station . It contains a number of walkways and cycleways, namely near Prospect Creek, which link it to Carramar to
135-415: The crown. Adult leaves are egg-shaped, 53–105 mm (2–4 in) long and 23–52 mm (0.9–2 in) wide on a petiole 18–43 mm (0.71–1.7 in) long. The leaves are the same dull or glossy green colour on both sides and sometimes have a whitish bloom. The flowers are borne in groups of seven in leaf axils on an unbranched peduncle 5–11 mm (0.20–0.43 in) long, the individual buds on
150-515: The eastern end of the park and there is a pedestrian bridge above it, providing views over the creek. The vegetation that surrounds the reserve's creekline is within the riparian zone . The fauna commonly includes Australian birds , such as the Australian raven , Australian magpie and the galah . All in all being 18 hectares (44.48 acres) in size, the park proper (which excludes the area south of Prospect Creek, around Orphan School Creek )
165-399: The park grounds. Eucalyptus baueriana Eucalyptus baueriana , commonly known as blue box or round-leaved box , is a tree that is endemic to south-eastern Australia . It has rough, fibrous or flaky bark on the trunk and branches, egg-shaped adult leaves, oval to diamond-shaped flower buds arranged in groups of seven, white flowers and conical fruit. Eucalyptus baueriana is
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#1732800816980180-477: The south and Fairfield East to the east. The Horsley Drive is a major arterial road on the east side of the parkland. There is also an entry to the park from Haughton Street in Carramar to the south, via a walk/cycleway, adjoining Heiden Park to the west. Honour Avenue , situated on the entrance of Fairfield Park, is a memorial gateway that commemorates Australia's involvement in various 20th century wars. It
195-557: The title Fairfield Park . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fairfield_Park&oldid=1005640159 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Fairfield Park Precinct Fairfield Park Precinct , or Fairfield Park ,
210-673: Was built in honour of the Fairfield residents who served in the World Wars and it includes the names of World War II personnel. Its connecting metal arch displays the words: '1939 Honour Avenue 1945'. The avenue therein contains large brush Boxes and hill's weeping figs on both sides and public seating. In February 2013, a body of a young man, a homicide victim , was located in the park's oval at around 4am by police and paramedics. In April 2014, two 16 year old girls who skipped school were raped by three men in broad daylight within
225-709: Was first formally described in 1843 by Johannes Conrad Schauer and the description was published in Repertorium Botanices Systematicae . The specific epithet ( baueriana ) honours Ferdinand Bauer . In 2011, Kevin James Rule described three subspecies: Blue box grows in woodland in near-coastal areas of New South Wales south from Putty to areas near Melbourne in Victoria although Chippendale in Flora of Australia reports
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