The park was designed using native Australian foliage decorated with fountains as an urban stream.
[1] The park is used as a venue for central Sydney events, including New Year's Eve and Australia Day celebrations.
This site was used for the skydiving opening scene in 20th Century Fox's Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie.
The park is a public space and is accessible by bus, train via Town Hall Station, ferry services from King Street Wharf and Pyrmont Bay wharf and light rail services via the Paddy's Market, Exhibition Centre, Convention or Pyrmont Bay stops.
[4] In 1994, local David Kang fired two blank shots at Charles III (the then Prince of Wales) who was giving a speech at the park.