NMW Report – 26 January 2021
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...
NMW Report – 21 December 2020 Activities
This Monday was the last formal work activity for the year and included our annual break-up BBQ breakfast. Most of us ‘early birds’ were active from 5.30 am to finalise the work tasks and prepare the Walk for the long hot summer days until we formally return on 11...
NMW Report – 19 December 2020
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...
Visit: McDowall State School – National Memorial Walk – Remembrance Day 2020
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...
NMW REPORT – NOVEMBER 2020
Hello All, Everyone well? I hope so. Healthwise, I am aware of Kiwi and Margaret in RSL Care’s Fairview, Ron Woodrow still limping around at home, Margaret Devereaux still fighting on at home with Norm healing after his op. However, on the bright side Rod Wyatt...
NMW – 23/03/2020
Dave’s Report on Current NMW Matters – 2nd November 2020
Beautiful rain and a green, green Walk. Thanks Mother Nature! Hello all, It has been a while since my last report but times have been busy and many jobs have either been completed or are well on the way. READ MOREDownload
NMW Last Day of Winter – Manager’s Report
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...
Appointment – Manager National Memorial Walk
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...
Dads’ Army Report – Monday 25th May 2020
Another fine Brisbane morning last Monday with most of the usual people turning up and still working in pairs and being very aware of social distancing and we still got it done. A bit of Admin first up, Trevor Pond went into Brisbane Private Hospital on Tuesday...