Queensland’s City of the Gold Coast Mayor, Tom Tate, has unveiled an historic gift to his Royal Highness, Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall, presenting the final marker for the city’s Commonwealth Walkway.
The Gold Coast is the first Australian city to open a Commonwealth Walkway.
Stretching 10 kilometres from Southport Chamber, to the new Home Of The Arts precinct and City Chamber the walkway passes many of the city’s landmarks including Captain James Cook Memorial, ANZAC Park, Surfers Paradise Foreshore, Chevron Island Bridge and St Margaret’s Chapel.
The walkway is an insightful and scenic discovery trail, with walkers encouraged to complete a passport along the way, based on 37 bronze markers located along sections of the walk.
Each marker includes a piece of history about the city, or marks a place of interest. Inside the passport is a question about each location.
More than 100 walkways are planned across Commonwealth countries with only six completed – Malta, Canada, New Zealand, Ascension, Scotland and now Australia.
The walkway was created in partnership with The Outdoor Trust, an organisation that delivered similar walkway projects across the world.
The walks are based on the Queen’s Walkway in Windsor, opened in 2016, to celebrate Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth’s reign.
“This is a lasting legacy of the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games and offers an insight into the story of our modern city,’’ said Mayor Tate.
