Queensland 2023
To promote your National Wattle Day celebrations in Queensland on this website please email wda-qld@wattleday.asn.au
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Further information:
Mike Gilmour
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Redland City
Saturday 2 September 2023, from 8:00am to 12:00pm
Eco Markets
17 Runnymede Road, Capalaba, QLD 4157
Enjoy open-air eco friendly markets in the beautiful native botanic garden surrounds at IndigiScapes!
If you would like to try some wattle seed cake, take time to have a coffee at the Redland City IndigiScapes Nursery café during the Eco Markets.
Celebrate National Wattle Day by wearing your brightest spring yellow, or add a sprig of lovely wattle to your outfit. Visit the Wattle Day Association exhibit and join Ranger Stacey on stage for a conversation with vice president Michael Gilmour about our National Floral Emblem the golden wattle (Acacia pycnantha).
10.00am Michael Gilmour – talking about the wattle and national wattle day
Where: IndigiScapes Nursery (a Division of the Redland City Council)
Wattle seedlings – IndigiScapes a wide variety and plentiful supply of wattle seedling stocks
Redland’s community art gallery run by artists
Old SchoolHouse Gallery Queensland
Sunday 27 August & Sunday 3 September
10.00 am – 12.00pm
124-126 Shore Street North Cleveland QLD 4163
(07) 3821 2419
The Gallery has a vibrant colourful Wattle art exhibition and installation created by the members.
E: info@oldschoolhousegallery.org.au
Vicki Whalen (President) & Hilary Wakeling pictured below at the Old SchoolHouse Gallery
Mt Coot-tha Botanical Gardens
Wattle walks, talks, light ups and tree plantings!
In the lead up to to National Wattle Day…
Go for a walk with Mike Gilmour to see the wattles in flower at the Mt Coot-tha Botanic Gardens. Mt Coot-tha’s wattle collection includes common Acacia species and others that are vulnerable.
Mike Gilmour (left) and fellow wattle-lovers on a Wattle Walk
through Mt Coot-tha Botanical Gardens Brisbane
The Wattle Bloom Walks in the Mt Coot-tha Botanic Gardens will be conducted 27 July – 24 August 2023. We would love to show you the wattles in their majesty.
The timing of the walks will hopefully mean most of the wattles will be in bloom as we stroll through the Australian indigenous section of the gardens. The dates and times follow:
Thursday 27 July – 10am meet near the Visitors Centre
Sunday 30 July – 10am meet near the Visitors Centre
Sunday 6 August – 10am meet near the Visitors Centre
Thursday 10 August – 10am meet near the Visitors Centre
Sunday 20 August – 10am meet near the Visitors Centre
Thursday 24 August – 10am meet near the Visitors Centre
The walks will not be difficult – more like a casual stroll as we view the blooming wattles.
Please contact Mike Gilmour by email (preferably) or phone to book a walk. There is a limit of 20 people for each walk – so be quick. The walks generally take 1.5 to 2 hours.
Redland’s community art gallery run by artists
Old SchoolHouse Gallery Queensland
Sunday 27 August & Sunday 3 September
10.00 am – 12.00pm
124-126 Shore Street North Cleveland QLD 4163
(07) 3821 2419
The Gallery has a vibrant colourful Wattle art exhibition and installation created by the members.
E: info@oldschoolhousegallery.org.au
Vicki Whalen (President) & Hilary Wakeling pictured below at the Old SchoolHouse Gallery
Brisbane City Council
Brisbane Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner wearing the new Open Minds’ Wattle Day badge
1 September – the Story Bridge, the Victoria Bridge and Reddacliff Place statues will be lit in yellow and green courtesy of the Brisbane City Council.
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| Victoria Bridge across the Brisbane River | Story Bridge lit up in green and gold for National Wattle Day |
| Photo: Mike Gilmour | Photo: Mike Gilmour |
Wattle seedlings – Brisbane City Council (BCC) – Check the BCC website for your wattles for sale at your nearest stockist – Participating nurseries | Brisbane City Council
See if you can find the Queensland Silver Wattle, (pictured below) on your walks!
Queensland State Government
1 September – the pedestrian Kurilpa Bridge across the Brisbane River will light up.
Queensland Art Gallery & Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA)
Located at the Southern end of the Kurilpa Bridge which will be lit up on 1 September
For National Wattle Day, QAGOMA has created a fabulous online blog ‘Wattle from the illustrations of May Gibbs to Ellis Rowan” full of history and pictures.
Memorial portrait of Mrs Ellis Rowan, flower painter and authoress 1926
John Longstaff, Australia 1861-1941
Collection: National Library of Australia
Plaque on frame reads: Memorial portrait of Mrs Ellis Rowan flower painter and authoress painted by Sir John Longstaff (from a photograph) subscribed for by the people of Australia
Mount Morgan
Saturday , 2 September 2023 | 09:00 AM – 02:00 PM
One of Australia’s most ornamental wattles – Acacia podalyriifolia (Queensland Silver Wattle, Mt Morgan Wattle)
Photo: © Suzette D Searle
Mount Morgan Historic Rail Station & Visitor Information Centre,
1 Railway Parade, Mount Morgan QLD 4714,
More: https://www.mountmorgan.org.au/Events-directory/Mount-Morgan-Wattle-Day-Festival.
Townsville
Townsville will light up yellow and green on the night of Friday 1 September 2023.
Enjoy the night lights for National Wattle Day.
- Townsville Sign
- Victoria Bridge
- Wharton Reef Lighthouse
- George Roberts Bridge
- Old Magistrates Court House
- Central Park Boardwalk
- Little Fletcher Bridge
Photo: Gary Rebgetz
The Townsville sign will be lit up in yellow and green for National Wattle Day Friday 1 September 2023
Thanks to our major sponsor – OPEN MINDS
A bit of Queensland wattle day history
The Queensland Wattle Day League (QWDL) formed in 1912.
Highlights from the fundraising activities of QWDL include
- A scholarship to study overseas to Daphne Mayo, who went on to sculpt the tympanum over the entry to Brisbane City Hall and the Banjo Paterson statue at Winton. Read more about Daphne Mayo on the Queensland Art Gallery and Gallery of Modern Art (QAGMA) website.
- Funding of the Hospital Orthopaedic ward for returned service men missing limbs (now part of the RB&WH)
After branching out to help people with disabilities, the League became the Not-For-Profit organisation we know well today – Open Minds. Today, Open Minds is a registered NDIS provider and charity still based in Queensland, and its purpose is enabling a positive and independent future for people living with mental illness and disabilities.
Open Minds is a proud sponsor of the Wattle Day Association Inc.