Cry the beloved St George’s Park

Renowned Bay tourist attraction going to ruin as vandalism escalates

Once renowned as a recreational site for families and friends, St George’s Park has disintegrated into a shadow of its former self.

So desperate is the situation at the park — which was founded in 1860 and spreads over 73ha of wooded parkland — that vagrants are opting to sleep among the dead, while many of the facilities have been vandalised.  ..

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