ALBERT PARK

It was here that Australian aviator Charles Kingsford Smith landed in 1928. Kingsford was the forerunner of commercial aviation, with his plane, the Southern Cross, in which, on May 31, 1928, he made the first flight across the Pacific. This flight took him from California to Brisbane, Australia, via Hawaii and Fiji, and lasted 8 days! For the record, this public garden is named after Prince Albert of Saxe-Boburg-Gotha, husband of Queen Victoria, and continues to host many cultural and sporting events.