The recent Redland City Council announcement of the redesign for the proposed Anzac centenary memorial is a sensible compromise for providing a suitable memorial for the centenary of the Gallipoli Anzacs.
The proposed design on a new site at the top of the park is well clear of local residents and is an attractive and visually unobtrusive memorial to so many Australian servicemen and women who made the ultimate sacrifice for their fellow and future Australians.
It is a low profile and striking design yet appealing and dignified in a simple way.
The existing cenotaph and Anzac Memorial Park is much too small for continuing Anzac Day services.
It is widely accepted that a larger memorial space is essential to meet the growing needs of thousands of residents and visitors on the special day in the nation's historic and spiritual calendar.
Many residents have a personal link with Anzac commemorations. I associate Anzac Day services with my deceased father, a veteran of the war in the Pacific in WWII.
I also miss a good friend killed in South Vietnam.
The services conducted on a special day once a year provide a fitting occasion for quiet reflection on the loss suffered by so many Australian families since the First AIF.
This is especially significant for the approaching centenary services in 2015, and for many years to follow.
Chris Ryan, Cleveland
