Centennial
Park is now home to the world’s most intricately designed and
constructed outdoor labyrinth, after Her Excellency Professor the
Honourable Dame Marie Bashir AD CVO officially opened the pathway this
week.
Labyrinths have been described as ‘paths of prayer’, ‘walking
meditations’ or ‘watering holes for the spirit’, as they are simple
contemplative pathways with only one route and no dead ends. Research
from Australia and overseas shows labyrinths have a positive effect on
mental health and wellbeing.
Delivered under the Centennial Park Master Plan 2040, the Centennial
Park Labyrinth is located adjacent to Willow Pond. It is 18 metres in
diameter, made of sandstone, and composed of 11 circuits, based on the
design of the medieval labyrinth in Chartres Cathedral in France, which
dates back to the early 13th Century.
Musical composer Corrina Bonshek has created a stunning arrangement
specifically for the Centennial Park Labyrinth, and has made it freely
available for users to download and listen as they traverse the
labyrinth.
Further information is available at the Centennial Parklands website.
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