Queens Gardens is a beautiful park tucked away in East Perth near the WACA and Gloucester Park. There is plenty of paid parking available in the area on a weekend (unless a major event is underway) or you can use the free CAT buses. The site was originally used for horse racing before becoming a clay mine which produced bricks between 1860 and 1890. These bricks were used in many of Perth's historic buildings of that era. In 1894 the brick kilns were removed and the old cla