By Jena Carr
Torquay’s Taylor Park will celebrate 100 years with a picnic, music and guest speakers this weekend.
Friends of Taylor Park and the Torquay Bowls Club will host activities from Saturday, February 24, to Sunday, February 25, to celebrate a century of the park and everyone who has helped maintain it.
Friends of Taylor Park’s Ian Convery said he was looking forward to a “nice family picnic day” where people enjoyed the park and everything it offered.
“It is exciting for us because we look out to the park and it’s just recognition of the park as such an important asset of Torquay,” he said.
“I hope we’ve got people coming along to climb the trees, put the cameras up to show kids what are in the bird boxes, and you can see the possums as well.
“When you walk through there at night or dusk, and you see all the birds coming in, you can feel miles away, and yet you’re right in the middle of an ever-increasing suburban place.”
Friends of Taylor Park organised a self-catered family picnic, Welcome to Country and Smoking Ceremony, Surf Coast Shire Council guest speakers and community entertainment on Saturday.
The Torquay Bowls Club will then have a breakfast and open day on Sunday to celebrate the park’s milestone.
Mr Convery said everyone was welcome to come and celebrate the park’s birthday with the free activities.
