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Centenary Garden

            The first station on the Redcliffe Railway line (see next shot) is the suburb of Kallangur in the City of Moreton Bay. It is quite a way west of the coast and Kippa-Ring terminus which is why the train trip I describe is more or less the long way round (probably still faster than road in peak hours). It has a special Centenary Garden which celebrates and pays tribute to those people who have served in the Naval defence forces on and under the sea. It consists of a number of carved and painted power poles showing people of different roles and ranks, these are just two; plus has artwork/murals by the nearby Dakabin High School students. Here is how it is described on its web page. 

"The Naval Memorial and Centenary Garden commemorate those who have served at sea in the various conflicts in which Australia has been involved. 

The memorial was originally unveiled in 2005 and the Centenary Garden established in 2011 to commemorate the centenary of the granting of the Royal Warrant to the Royal Australian Navy on 10 July 1911. The three-metre-tall telegraph poles were carved and painted to represent the ten decades of 20th century Australian naval history. Artist Jamie McLean sculpted ten people dressed to represent different naval jobs. On the 7th December 2015, additional plaques and murals were unveiled. The murals were created by Dakabin High School students".

"May those that have crossed the bar, rest in eternal peace" - quote from the memorial plaque on site.

I will try to bring at least one more shot in a day or so. It's a challenging little park to get into and I didn't realise until we got there in the morning that most of the works are west facing!

Taken on: April 6, 2024

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