CANBERRA.AUSTRALIA.MARCH 25-26
Opening Ceremony
Join us for the 2023 Aussie Peace Walk opening ceremony. 5pm Friday 24 March at the Canberra Rotary World Peace Bell
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The official opening of the 2023 Aussie Peace Walk will take place with a ceremony at the Rotary World Peace Bell in Nara Park.
The ceremony will begin with a traditional aboriginal smoking ceremony and ‘Welcome to Country’ by a local Ngunnawal elder.
We will then hear a few words from representatives of Rotary, the IML and a special guest.
The special guest will then make a brief speech about peace before the Aussie Peace Walk event director will conclude with a welcome to walkers.
All speakers will ceremoniously strike the bell together to declare the event officially opened.
Pictured above: New Zealanders perform at the 2021 Opening Ceremony.
Our special guest in 2022 was Volodymyr Shalkivskyi, Chargé d’Affaires a.i. of Ukraine, seen here speaking at the 2022 opening ceremony.