Kokoda Residences marks history , reaching its first summit
Waitara recently witnessed the celebration and sharing of a significant event for Vasey Communities , WMK Architects and Richard Crookes Constructions , of the eagerly awaited Kokoda Residences retirement apartments on Waitara Avenue .
Vasey Communities Chairman Kate Gunton , and CEO Graham Hooper , jointly conducted the traditional construction ‘ Topping Out ’ ceremony , where each contributing party was acknowledged for their invaluable roles in Kokoda Residences , reaching and completing the consummate 12th level of its structure .
One particularly significant and symbolic element of the Topping Out ceremony was the inclusion of six Aleppo pine
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Vasey Communities ’ Chairman Kate Gunton , CEO Graham Hooper and the Board of Directors at the ‘ Topping Out ’ ceremony .
trees . Propagated from a single pine planted on the building site in its previous life as a Vasey Communities village , the Aleppo pine seedling brings a lineage and heritage all on its own .
Stemming from Gallipoli origins , and the Battle of Lone Pine , Aleppo were common , evergreen Mediterranean pines cleared for Turkish trenches … apart from one solitary pine .
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The Aleppo Pine trees .
battlefield , an Australian Lance Corporal sent pinecones home to his mother in Australia who planted the seeds , raising two seedlings . One was sent to the Australian War Memorial to be planted in its grounds in honour of all sons who fell at Lone Pine ridge .
A forestry tube seedling program then designated the Aleppo pine for commemorative purposes . Vasey Communities , with its own ADF heritage , received a seedling , and planted it on the current site .
The pine seedlings were then propagated from the Aleppo pine on site before it was cleared for the construction that has been recently celebrated .
The Aleppo ‘ Lone ’ pines will be planted in the planned terrace gardens of Kokoda Residences in conjunction with the planned opening of the innovative and , truly , inspired retirement community village of 117 apartment , sanctuaries and facilities , scheduled as soon as July 2022 .
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