. . "The Adelaide Park Lands are the parks that surround the centre of the South Australian capital city of Adelaide. They measure approximately 7.6 km\u00B2 in a green belt encircling the city centre.The parklands were laid out by Colonel William Light in his design for the city. Originally, Light reserved 9.31 km\u00B2 for parklands, but allocated around 1.53 km\u00B2 for government purposes."@en .