Queen's Baton Relay route released today

Residents can start planning their Queen’s Baton Relay festivities from today with the release of local route information and community event details.

The Baton will arrive in Noosa on March 26 next year, ahead of the XXI Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast.

It will depart Tewantin’s Read Park at 3.42pm and follow a seven-kilometre course through Tewantin, along the river’s edge and on to Noosa Parade toward Hastings Street.

From Hastings Street, the baton will travel along Main Beach to reach its final destination, Noosa Heads Surf Club, at 5.30pm.

More than 30 local residents will carry the baton, including 13-year-old Alfie Shacklock, who said he was very excited to take part.

“It’s a huge honour and something very special that I never would of dreamt I would of been selected to be a part of,” he said.

“It’s amazing to think the relay started in England where my grandparents live and it’s coming here where I live and I can be part of it. I hope to be a good representative for my community, family and friends.”

Council will host two community celebrations on the day – a Come ‘n’ Try Sports Afternoon for schoolchildren from 12.30pm at Read Park, plus an afternoon celebration with live music and other entertainment at Noosa Heads Surf Club from 4.30pm.

Chair of the local Queen’s Baton Relay Working Group, Councillor Joe Jurisevic, encouraged the community to get involved in the festivities.

“There’ll be plenty of spots for residents to catch a glimpse of the baton and cheer on our local batonbearers as they complete the journey,” Cr Jurisevic said.

“The baton will change hands more than 3000 times as it makes its way around Australia, having shared the Commonwealth Games dream with more than a third of the world’s population before reaching Australian shores.

“I encourage locals to join the community celebrations and be a part of history.”

From Christmas, through January, thousands of Australians will get to see the Queen’s Baton at popular summertime events, iconic locations and children’s hospitals around the country.

For the full Noosa route and community celebration-event details, visit the website.

17 November 2017