HMAS Tarakan Freedom of Entry in Bowen, Queensland
- When
- Saturday, 12th November
- Where
- City of Bowen, Queensland
- Time
- 1pm
HMAS Tarakan will visit her adopted city of Bowen, North Queensland this weekend.
During the port visit, the crew will conduct a Freedom of Entry parade and take part in Remembrance Day activities at the Bowen Cenotaph at 11am on the 11 November 2011.
Whitsunday locals are invited to line the streets at 1pm to witness the age-old ritual of Freedom of Entry, which was last carried out by Tarakan on 23 April 2004.
Tarakan’s crew will step off from Santa Barbara Parade, Bowen at 1pm on Saturday 12 November, before marching up Herbert Street and being symbolically challenged by Police Sergeant, Andrew Rickerby.
Bowen Mayor Mike Brunker will then take the salute and review the ship’s company, before the parade finishes in front of the Bowen Council Chambers.
Freedom of Entry is conducted as a symbolic mark of honour and support from a city to a military unit.
The history of the custom dates back to medieval times, when a city would show its trust in men-at-arms by allowing them to enter its walls without being disarmed.
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