Starting from a pedestrian tunnel underneath the rail line close to Artarmon Station, which is decorated with colourful murals, a short walk through a pleasantly wooded corridor next to the train line leads us to the oval. There are some sculptures of acorns near the oval.
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Beauchamp Park
Beauchamp Park is our local park, situated in the upper park of the Scotts Creek sub-catchment. There is a sports oval here which is also used by many dog owners exercising their dogs in the afternoon. The area south of the park has a playground and many interesting flowering plants.
Glebe Park
Glebe Park is a remnant of a hundred acres (40 hectares) of land allocated to the Anglican Church in the early 1840s for use as a glebe, an area of land whose revenues contribute towards parish expenses. With the founding of Canberra as the nation’s capital, it reverted to the Commonwealth and subsequently proclaimed as a park in 1983. Glebe House was formerly situated here but no longer exists, but some remnants remain such as elaborate gates. The present size of the park is just under 5 hectares or one-eighth of it’s original size.