Fitzroy Gardens (community service announcement)
What:
Fitzroy Gardens (community service announcement)
Where:
East Melbourne... ridiculous no?
When:
Open 24 hours (and that's the problem)
Fitzroy Gardens is undeniably one of Melbourne's daytime delights. Ice cream vans. Peaceful Falun Gong practitioners. A greenhouse and statues. I once saw people rooting there which was weird but strangely exciting because I was only about 15. Then there's the moments when frisbee meets family picnic with terrifying results. And the weddings that must take so much effort but statistically are likely to end in divorce. Any way you look at it, between sun-up and sun-down Fitzroy Gardens is a celebration of all that is great in the great outdoors.
But here's some advice for the night-time stroller. Don't disregard people who say "there's bad juju in that park at night" because they speaketh the truth. Exhibit A: the muscly aggressive men who hide out in the bamboo forest towards evening - dangerous sorts. Exhibit B: the amount of smashed car glass on all the pavements surrounding the park. The thing is... you never really want to be in a situation where the best-case scenario is losing your wallet and your iPod and the worst case is unimaginable. So play by day and avoid by night.
Ambience: Outdoor
Difficulty: Exertion will pay off
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