LEST WE FORGET - Dawn Service, Toowong

ANZAC DAY Monday 25th April Toowong Service

The service will be at Toowong Memorial Park, Sylvan Road, 6:30am

Toowong Memorial Park, Sylvan Road, was opened in 1918. The park contains the Soldiers' Memorial on top of the hill and an RSL memorial is located near the Memorial Gates on Sylvan Road.

Anzac Park, Wool Street, was established in 1916.

ANZAC PARK - TOOWONG - TO THE EDITOR. Sir - Soon after the outbreak of the big war Mr. Walter C. Harding, solicitor, initiated the idea of planting trees in Anzac Park, Toowong, the first place in the world to bear that historic title, it is understood. This he did at his own expense, and at the present time over 3000 trees have been planted, 1600 of which are in memory of fallen sailors and soldiers. The only charge made to the persons who desire a tree planted in memory of a soldier “gone west’ is for the plate which bears the battalion colours, rank, name, unit, date of enlistment, and date and place of death, the cost of such plates ranging from 2/ to 3/6...(The Brisbane Courier, Monday 27 January 1919, page 5.)

 

Brisbane City, Monday, April 25, 2011

Midnight Service: Time: 12:00am

Venue: Shrine of Remembrance, Anzac Square, Ann Street, Brisbane

Dawn Service Time: 4.28am

Venue: Shrine of Remembrance, Anzac Square, Ann Street, Brisbane
Details: This traditional dawn service commences at 4:28am, the time of the original ANZAC landing at Gallipoli in 1915.

Anzac Day March Time: 10:00am

Venue: March will start at the corner of George and Elizabeth Streets, Brisbane
Details: The march will proceed along George Street, right into Adelaide Street, right into Creek Street, where the parade will disband.

We Saved ANZAC Park - Enjoy Easter

The western worksite for the Legacy Way tunnel project is being set up now on the northern side of the Western Motorway in Toowong. This photo was taken from inside the Botanic Gardens looking over to ANZAC Park.

A large section of our park would now look like this if we hadn't have fought so hard for the past five months to save it. Instead it still looks like the below photo. Sadly, more often than not it is the other way around. Remember Diggers Drive. We still have our green space and our memorial park. Enjoy your Easter break - we all deserve it! Remember to keep Saturday May 7, 2011 free for our celebratory picnic in ANZAC Park - will keep you posted.

MEDIA: Worker parking plan not popular

Westside News 13 April 2011 by Vanessa Croll HERE

Transcity Construction Notifications

We Saved ANZAC Park! (Can you imagine what could be happening now to our beautiful park if we hadn't saved it from BCC?) It's all starting to happen at the Western Worksite. Keep up to date by taking "TRANSCITY CONSTRUCTION NOTIFICATIONS' under LINKS on the right or HERE

Celebratory Anzac Park Picnic

Anzac Park is Saved!

Celebratory picnic in Anzac Park

7 May 2011 commencing middayish

All welcome

Friends of Anzac Park!

We will be holding a celebratory picnic at a date to be fixed. It has been 5 months and 1 week since we found out about the first proposal, and a long and hard campaign but, “WE SAVED ANZAC PARK!” Thank you to all of you, the friends of the park, who with your support and fervour have made this happen. It took a lot of people and a lot of time and energy to save ANZAC Park, and we are very grateful for the assistance. We will keep you posted.

Message from Toowong RSL

My most sincere congratulations to the Save Anzac Park Team,

This is a huge success for you.
You can now have that break and get your life back.

Warmest regards,
Kerry Gallagher
President Toowong RSL Sub Branch

To the Vocal Residents 5 April 2011

You will soon receive a letter from our local member claiming that he has represented local concerns. Who is our Local Member? Our Local LNP Member is Cr Peter Matic who holds the title of Chairman of Environment, Parks & Sustainability, and the post Brisbane flood title of Chairman, Environmental Recovery Sub-Committee. NOTHING CAN BE FURTHER FROM THE TRUTH THAN WHAT HE CLAIMS IN THIS LETTER - NOTHING CAN BE FURTHER FROM THE TRUTH PETER MATIC, NOTHING CAN BE FURTHER FROM THE TRUTH. Really Peter, please show us how you have represented the community, please explain this to us. Read Peter's letter HERE and ask him to tell you specifically how he has represented local concerns over the past five months by contacting him HERE

MEDIA: tonight

Watch the NEWS tonight - Ten, 9 and 7. We were interviewed and filmed today at our favourite location, ANZAC Park, Toowong - Save ANZAC Park - done!



Thanks for the great coverage!

MEDIA: Westside News 'Anzac Park carpark ruled out'

5 April 2011 - Vanessa Croll - Local Comedians HERE
Submit your comment.

Local dogs ecstatic - our dog off-leash park is saved!

ANZAC Park Dog-parkers and especially all the local dogs and other dogs who come from far and wide to meet and exercise at the park are ecstatic - our dog park and our community meeting place has been saved. Woof woof!! Grrrr BCC!!

WE HAVE SAVED THE PARK

After five months of defending ANZAC Park and fighting with BCC to SAVE ANZAC PARK this email was just received: "Dear Workforce Parking Consultation Group, Today Brisbane City Council will announce their preferred workforce parking solution. After community consultation and feedback Council has decided not to pursue either of the options in Anzac Park. The workforce vehicles for the project will be spread across two car parks – the Mt Coot-tha Road Park ‘n’ Ride and the Mt Coot-tha overflow car park – during the day shift (6:30am to 6:30pm). A third car park in the Brisbane Botanic Gardens, Mt Coot-tha will house worker vehicles during the night shift (7pm to 7am from March 2012) to reduce the impact on local residents. An extra 100 car parking spots will also be built on Scenic Drive, Mount Coot-tha, in the upper cleared area only (not the lower shoulder), to accommodate an increase in vehicles for approximately 18 months when construction reaches its peak in late 2012. Thank you for your participation, feedback and comments during the process, which have allowed us to get to this result. Legacy Way Consultation Team"

We support our friends from Mt Coot-tha Residents’ Group - As usual the spin is not quite right (but what else would we expect by now!?). Putting some of the cars coming and going at all hours right next to a residential area (at the Mt Coot-tha Botanic Gardens) will not ‘reduce the impact on local residents’ – it will of course INCREASE it. Looks like Transcity, BCC and the Northern Link Consultation Team will have to be very very nice indeed to our MCRG friends across the overpass. Transcity can build a tunnel – what’s a few swings and slides to keep the neighbours happy?. What about our beautiful Botanic Gardens - where are the details for this and the community consultation?