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This compact tree-shaded park
near the centre of the city links a number of features of interest to both
citizens and visitors. It can be entered from Water Street (alongside the
Advocate building), from the city end of First Ave or from the Forum North
carpark.
The name of the park
commemorates Edward Eugene Cafler, born in France 1797, served in the Battle of
Waterloo and after many adventures around the world and elsewhere in N.Z.,
settled in Whangarei in 1855. He was an enterprising businessman who built a
majestic home near what is now the Town Basin and later a cottage in the
vicinity of this park. He died in 1893 aged 95.
On its Water St. boundary the park begins with the Rose
Gardens. The park is bounded on its western side by a stream which was
once dammed to form a swimming pool. Walkways link with Forum North (and
Forum North carpark), via a footbridge with First Ave and thus to the
Fernery, Filmy Fernhouse, Conservatory & Cacti
House.
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