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generations of the community have access to enjoy, appreciate and care for The Spit. Much of their work was undone between 2003 and 2005 when seven deliberately lit fires devastated the area and destroyed planting that had been supported by a $ 25,000 grant from Enviro Fund. Following the fires, a weed-a-thon was held in
November 2006 to mark the receipt of a grant from the government of Queensland, which was in addition to money received from the Gold Coast City Council.
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tree that currently marks the start of the walk was planted to mark the ribbon-cutting. The first stage of
Federation Walk was officially opened on 21 January 2001, with more than 5,000 people in attendance and 100 trees planted. The Opening of the Federation Walk Pathway was held on 6 June 2002,
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Centenary of Federation Queensland grant of $ 75,000, the Gold Coast City Council matched that amount and the $ 150,000 was committed to Stage 1 construction of the Federation Walk pathway designed and surveyed by Southport Architect and Urban
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Queensland State Government committed $ 100,000 per year to the Federation Walk project. This amount was matched by the Gold Coast City
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Federation Walk is supported primarily by
Friends of Federation Walk, a subcommittee of the Main Beach Progress Association, whose mission is to prepare a Master Plan for the regeneration of the vegetation on The Spit, create public access for passive recreation, to ensure present and future
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Wolthers prepared and submitted to Gold Coast City Council the Land Management Plan for Federation Walk.
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