The Landsborough Cricket Club’s gates get a makeover for its anniversary
A LANDSBOROUGH local was walking past the town’s cricket club fields when he noticed the gates were about to turn 100-years-old.
The local, David Wilson, contacted Councillor 1 Rick Baberowski to see if some maintenance could be done, such as painting the gates, for its birthday.
This was then completed by the Sunshine Coast Council, in which a spokesperson said they are dedicated to upkeeping heritage assets of the community.
“Under the Sunshine Coast Heritage Plan 2021-2031, Council is committed to ensuring that council-owned heritage assets are managed in accordance with best practice heritage conservation principles,” they said.
“To this end, Council recently completed works to restore and re-paint the 100-year-old gates at Peace Memorial Park in Landsborough, after a request was received from a member of the public.
“Restoration works on the memorial gates included cleaning, sealing and rust treatment. The gates and surrounding elements were then re-painted heritage green and white – in what is believed to have been the original colours 100 years ago.”
Cr Baberowski was excited about this proposal, and was very happy with the final results.
“Council’s Heritage staff did the research in collaboration with our park’s maintenance staff before undertaking these works,” he said. “Everyone leaned into the opportunity to restore the original look of the gates.
“The end result looks and is really authentic, and the gates have very much been restored to their former imposing status, which is a wonderful way to mark their 100-year anniversary.”
The gates official anniversary date is unclear, but was said to have been unveiled either on ANZAC Day or Remembrance Day in 1923. Check out the before and after photos of this repaint job, including snaps of the gates from the past 100 years.
