Murphy's Road Memorial Walk: This project was founded by the Wommin Bay Nursing Home and Tweed Shire Council in 1994 and DVA was asked to be involved. The idea had been for carers and staff from the nursing home to be able to walk patients to the beach to view the ocean. It also was designed to follow a natural walking path that would assist the locals to get to the beach and protect the vegetation.
The original application for this project was submitted in 1994 by Ivan McKay who was then Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Wommin Bay Nursing Home. The estimated cost of the project by Council was $45,000/$65,000. It was approved to be opened on 26th April 2007.
In 2007 Brian Vickery (RSL) received a phone call from Mavis Gilmore re General Peter Cosgrove AC, MC having read that he was visiting for the purpose of being the guest speaker at Kingscliff on Anzac Day. Mavis insisted that Peter open the walkway on his visit to Kingscliff. Brian, in protecting the visit by Peter said "No". Mavis was not to be denied, disregarded his advice and rang Peter direct in Sydney via the Tweed Shire Council.
Peter Cosgrove being the incredibly generous person that he is, agreed – the end result was that the stakeholders had a most enjoyable service with the Lions Club providing a sausage sizzle and the nursing home a morning tea. The walkway had its first two plaques.
Kingscliff RSL decided that the walkway was initially designed as a memorial walk and it should be organised to reflect Australians at war and schools should be involved. Since the formal opening in 2007, nine plaques have been added and Kingscliff High School, KIngscliff Public School, St Anthony's Catholic School, Cudgen Public School and Bogangar Public School have dedicated plaques to the walkway. Operational theatres have included Korea, Afghanistan, the Anglo-boer war, Kokoda, Buna and Confrontation in Indonesia. Plaques also have been dedicated to Women at War and the Kingscliff RSL's Women's Auxiliary.
During 2013 plaques were dedciated to "Reserved Occupations' paying tribute to one of Kingfisher Day Club's oldest members Jack Burroughs, who passed away aged 101 years and to Ivan MacKay and Mavis Gilmore who were the founders/drivers and instigators of the Walkway.
During 2014 plaques are being designed for Balikpapan and Somalia and will be dedicated by Duranbah Public School and Fingal Public School. It is also hoped that plaques will be dedciated in the second half of the year by St Anthony's Catholic Primary School and Wollumbin High School.
