[talk-au] How is the word "park" meant in Australian English?

Andrew Harvey andrew.harvey4 at gmail.com
Fri Oct 23 03:48:49 UTC 2020


Greg's description matches mine. Used for recreation, not conservation,
usually just grass, maybe a few trees scattered, sometimes there could be a
playground there, maybe benches, maybe bbqs, ie.
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:leisure=park.

National Parks, Marine Parks etc would be boundary=protected_area.

Looking at your proposal Steve, I can see the gap you're trying to fill, an
area with a single name but might have areas of natural=wood and
leisure=park all forming the same grounds. I think Central Park, NYC is
probably the best example because it's likely to be understood more
globally, as far as I know it's a mix of forest areas, recreation areas,
but still the whole area is known as Central Park.
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