❓ Mr. Abetz asks about free events for families at the Kings Park Festival. The Minister responds by highlighting the festival's significance, its 50th anniversary, and sponsors, but doesn't directly answer the question about free events.
AnsweredQoN 808Legislative Assembly
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KINGS PARK FESTIVAL
808. Mr P. ABETZ to the
Minister for Environment:
I understand that the Kings Park Festival is on. I am
interested to learn whether there are any free events for families to visit as
part of this festival. I like freebies!
808. Mr P. ABETZ to the
Minister for Environment:
I understand that the Kings Park Festival is on. I am
interested to learn whether there are any free events for families to visit as
part of this festival. I like freebies!
AnswerView source ↗
It is a particularly exciting time to be in Western Australia
as we head into the spring–summer holidays.
Dr K.D. Hames interjected.
Mr A.P. JACOB :
That is right, Deputy Premier. Not only is there the excitement around finals
season, but also for those Western Australians who are not making their way
across the Nullarbor next week to try to get to Melbourne—hopefully,
that is people who support both Western Australian teams—there is the
Perth Royal Show, which will be getting underway. In addition, there is the
Kings Park Festival, which is a mainstay on the Western Australian social
events calendar.
Mr B.J. Grylls interjected.
Mr A.P. JACOB :
Thanks, member for Pilbara.
The Kings Park Festival kicked off on 5 September this year,
and has already attracted 400 000 visitors to the park. Combined with Kings
Park's annual visitation to this point, we have seen more than 5.8
million visits to Kings Park; it is the most popularly visited site within
Western Australia.
This year is a particularly important year for the Kings Park
Festival because it is the fiftieth anniversary of the Kings Park botanical
garden. In line with that, member for Southern River, the theme for this year's
festival is ''Beauty Rich and Rare'', which is obviously a line
taken from our national anthem but one which celebrates the beauty and
diversity of our plant species in Western Australia. It is particularly
appropriate given that the south west of Western Australia is one of only 34 global
biodiversity hotspots and the only global biodiversity hotspot on the
Australian continent. Within that botanic garden in the coming weeks, there
will be over 3 000 species of Western Australian plants on display. To
celebrate this 50-year milestone, the Botanic Gardens and Parks Authority has
released a new variety of kangaroo paw, which is our state emblem. This
kangaroo paw is appropriately named Anniversary Gold. It is a yellow cultivar
and it will be on sale over this weekend and throughout the festival. I
encourage anyone who is looking at developing a waterwise garden to take
advantage of the opportunity to purchase this new Anniversary Gold kangaroo
paw.
I would like to thank our
sponsors, because this festival does not happen with the support of just the
state government. Santos is a key sponsor and the Friends of Kings Park put a
lot of support behind this event. The West
Australian is a key sponsor of the Kings Park Festival and, of course, so
is Lotterywest. I encourage members to take the opportunity to have a look over
the next couple of weeks and to also have a sneak peek at the soon-to-be-opened
botanical staircase and botanical pavilion, which will be a permanent
installation in celebration of 50 years of having a botanic garden in Kings
Park. That will be officially opened on 4 October this year.
as we head into the spring–summer holidays.
Dr K.D. Hames interjected.
Mr A.P. JACOB :
That is right, Deputy Premier. Not only is there the excitement around finals
season, but also for those Western Australians who are not making their way
across the Nullarbor next week to try to get to Melbourne—hopefully,
that is people who support both Western Australian teams—there is the
Perth Royal Show, which will be getting underway. In addition, there is the
Kings Park Festival, which is a mainstay on the Western Australian social
events calendar.
Mr B.J. Grylls interjected.
Mr A.P. JACOB :
Thanks, member for Pilbara.
The Kings Park Festival kicked off on 5 September this year,
and has already attracted 400 000 visitors to the park. Combined with Kings
Park's annual visitation to this point, we have seen more than 5.8
million visits to Kings Park; it is the most popularly visited site within
Western Australia.
This year is a particularly important year for the Kings Park
Festival because it is the fiftieth anniversary of the Kings Park botanical
garden. In line with that, member for Southern River, the theme for this year's
festival is ''Beauty Rich and Rare'', which is obviously a line
taken from our national anthem but one which celebrates the beauty and
diversity of our plant species in Western Australia. It is particularly
appropriate given that the south west of Western Australia is one of only 34 global
biodiversity hotspots and the only global biodiversity hotspot on the
Australian continent. Within that botanic garden in the coming weeks, there
will be over 3 000 species of Western Australian plants on display. To
celebrate this 50-year milestone, the Botanic Gardens and Parks Authority has
released a new variety of kangaroo paw, which is our state emblem. This
kangaroo paw is appropriately named Anniversary Gold. It is a yellow cultivar
and it will be on sale over this weekend and throughout the festival. I
encourage anyone who is looking at developing a waterwise garden to take
advantage of the opportunity to purchase this new Anniversary Gold kangaroo
paw.
I would like to thank our
sponsors, because this festival does not happen with the support of just the
state government. Santos is a key sponsor and the Friends of Kings Park put a
lot of support behind this event. The West
Australian is a key sponsor of the Kings Park Festival and, of course, so
is Lotterywest. I encourage members to take the opportunity to have a look over
the next couple of weeks and to also have a sneak peek at the soon-to-be-opened
botanical staircase and botanical pavilion, which will be a permanent
installation in celebration of 50 years of having a botanic garden in Kings
Park. That will be officially opened on 4 October this year.
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