Park 18
English name: Peppermint Park
Kaurna name: Wita Wirra (meaning "peppermint place")
Features:
Himeji Japanese Garden
Osmond Gardens
three sporting fields
native vegetation, and
the South Park Lands Creek.
Bounded by: Glen Osmond Road, Hutt Road and South Terrace
Peppermint Park / Wita Wirra (Park 18)
Our Park Ambassador, Nicole Lionnet leads a Guided Walk in this Park once each year.
See our schedule of Guided Walks.
But don’t wait for a Guided Walk.
Park Ambassador Nicole Lionnet
Take your own self-guided walk through this Park and the adjacent Park 19 at any time, using our Trail Guide. Click or tap on the image below.
Click the map above to use our Trail Guide and take your own self-guided tour of these two Parks. Start at the corner of South Terrace and Glen Osmond Road (stop #1 above) and use the Guide to follow the Trail around the two Parks, 18 & 19.
This Park is only 8.6 hectares in size, making up not much more than 1% of the Adelaide Park Lands.
From the 1850s to the late 1870s it was used for grazing, fire wood collection, and agistment of stock. In the late 1860's after most of the native vegetation had been removed. it was fenced in white-painted timber post and wire.
It has been known as Park 18 since at least 1895. Its two names – 'Peppermint Park' and 'Wita Wirra' are much more recent. The Kaurna name Wita Wirra was assigned by the City Council in 2002. The title "Peppermint Park" is an English translation of the Kaurna name and was officially assigned to the Park only as recently as September 2017
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