Hello All, It is with pleasure that I can start this report by stating that The Walk is in tip top shape! The weather has been reasonably kind and everything is growing well and the lawns are as green as I have seen them. We are also in a happy place financially...
The unveiling ceremony will take place at the NMW ,Gallipoli Barracks , Enoggera Brisbane on Monday 14 th February at 10.30 am. Paul’s mother Mrs Angela McKay will unveil the plaque. The ceremony will be lived streamed via this...
The Regiment’s National Memorial Walk (the Walk) is in excellent condition, thanks to the outstanding commitment of the Management Team, our loyal volunteers, Dad’s Army, and the support from both 6RAR and 8/9 RAR. The Commanders of 7th Combat Brigade...
The 3 RAR Memorial Garden Commemoration Service was held on a rainy 22nd March 2021 day in the NMW Contemplation Building with Padre Lionel Orreal (8/9 RAR) conducting the Service. Over 50 people attended including the NMW Patron Major General Stuart Smith AO CSC, a...
Hello All and a happy Australia Day. I have just finished watching Grace Tame, our Australian of the Year talk on the news. What an erudite lady with a ton of guts and marvellous looks to match. Her determination and fortitude should be a lesson to any...
A very thirsty Walk welcomed 130mm over the week and more since. It will do wonders for the place but in other ways be a hindrance such as it is too wet to have the turf cut and delivered and the Western Bank will now have turf laid in the new year. Another downsize...
Thank you to the Royal Australian Regiment Association for hosting our visit to the National Memorial Walk 11th November 2020, from the 2020 Year 6 students and staff of McDowall State School. We walked through the Garden of Remembrance and observed all the plaques...
Well spring has sprung ("...the grass is riz...") which means that maybe we won’t have as many cooler nights and things will start growing again but, the big "must have", rain, is still AWOL. We can but hope that it will turn up, not only for the Walk but the imminent...
Dave McDonald has been formally appointed as the Manager. In advising Dave of his success Mike von Berg Chairman of the RAR Corporation Board and National President of the RAR Association wrote: Dear David, Further to our discussions yesterday I am very pleased to...
This history of building the RAR National Memorial Walk was written by Margaret Gibbons who with her husband Kiwi Gibbons (The Curator) were part of the group of pioneers who brought the NMW concept into reality. The Regiment is indebted to Margaret and Kiwi for...