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\"\"The inaugural Australian IIPT – International Institute for Peace through Tourism Peace Park, was commemorated this past April at Leura in\u00a0the Blue Mountains, Sydney,\u00a0Australia.<\/p>\n

His Excellency Mr. Reha Keskintepe, Ambassador of Turkey, and Mark Greenhill, Mayor Blue Mountains City Council dedicated the Lone Pine Peace Park which coincided with the \u201cGreat Gathering of Peace, Friendship and Understanding in Istanbul, marking the centenary of the Gallipoli Campaign of WW1 and a call for peace across all nations.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Russell Butler, President, Skal Australia; Martina Keskintepe (wife of Ambassador for Australia);Mark Greenhill, Mayor of Blue Mountains City Council, Ambassador Reha Keskintepe for Turkey; Don McGregor,BMCCY and Gail Parsonage, President, IIPT Australia<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The initiative of IIPT\u00a0 with the Blue Mountains City Council and Central Blue Mountains Rotary saw the establishment of the Lone Pine Peace Park located within the Gordon Falls Reserve, Leura\u00a0and part of the UNESCO Blue Mountains World Heritage Area.<\/p>\n

Gail Parsonage President of IIPT Australia said that\u00a0 the \u201cLone Pine Peace Park, becomes the first IIPT Peace Park in Australia and joins the Global network of Peace Parks and Peace Cities\/Towns\/Villages which IIPT\u00a0 International have initiated .\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe hope that more regions and towns with tourism interests will take up the invitation and be part of the program which encourages the Tourism Industry to create a \u201cCulture of Peace\u201d and for all travellers to be Peace Ambassadors.\u201d<\/p>\n

Over 200 persons were in attendance for the dedication which included \u00a0the Australian Army “Catafalque Party”, a welcome by the Indigenous\u00a0Elder, and speeches by Mark Greenhill, Mayor, Blue Mountains, and Amb. Reha Keskintepe, Ambassador of Turkey. \u00a0The ceremony included the unveiling of two plaques and the planting of two Lone Pine trees, symbolic of the ANZAC\/Turkey, WWI Gallipoli campaign and in keeping with the tradition of tree planting for our Peace Parks.<\/p>\n

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