ALBERT PARK NAMED AFTER PRINCE ALBERT. HERE KINGSFORD-SMITH LANDED HIS PLANE “SOUTHERN CROSS” ON HIS HISTORIC FLIGHT FROM CALIFORNIA TO AUSTRALIA IN 1928. IT TOOK 34 HOURS USING A FOKKER TRIPLANE. IT WAS THE FIRST LANDING IN FIJI AND TREES HAD TO BE CUT DOWN IN ORDER TO ALLOW HIS PLANE TO LAND IN THE PARK. IT IS ALSO THE SITE OF FIJI'S INDEPENDENCE CEREMONY