Glen Innes

It was very cold here.
This was unexpected, not the cold but what we found there. I didnt know that it existed but Sheridan had been there before.

It was in Australia’s 1988 Bicentenary Year that the Celtic Council of Australia developed the idea of erecting a national monument to honour all Celtic peoples who helped pioneer Australia. Glen Innes responded with a 46-page submission for Australian Standing Stones, inspired by the Ring of Brodgar in Scotland’s Orkneys.

 Glen Innes was chosen. But no money came with the right to build the Stones.

They spent three months scouring the bush within 50km of Glen Innes for the stones. They had to stand 3.7 metres from ground level, which meant each to be 5.5 metres in total length.

They found only three stones which could be used in their natural state – others had to be split from larger rock bodies. 

It took more than six months of further effort, spearheaded by Bob Dwyer, who went on to become Glen Innes’ Mayor, and businessman Ted Nowlan, using a 12 tonne forklift and other heavy equipment to load and transport the stones on a timber loader to the Centennial Parklands site. The weight of the stones averaged 17 tonnes.

The above paragraphs have been taken from the Glenn Innis site. the park where the stones sit has been improved since the photo was taken and it is a very nice area now with picnic tables and bbqs just the other side of the stones. The stones area has been paved all stones numbered.