Drik Drik: Avenue of Honour and Memorial Gates

Drik Drik brings together an Avenue of Honour and several memorials, each with distinct forms and historical associations. The Avenue of Honour is on Winnap-Nelson Road, in front of the former state school; the Memorial Gates stand at the entrance to Drik Drik Cemetery. The Glenelg Shire War Memorial Trail also explores this theme: this self-guided driving route visits war memorials, Avenues of Honour and other memorial sites across Glenelg Shire, and includes a section near Drik Drik. For a trip focused on local memorials, the avenue of trees, stone marker, gates and plaques offer distinct points of interest.

Avenue of Honour on Winnap-Nelson Road

The avenue comprises about 15 Moreton Bay fig trees, planted in 1918. A stone marker commemorates the First World War. The row of trees and the marker offer different points of focus: the figs represent the specific planting, while the stone identifies the commemorative connection. If you are interested in landscape design, focus on the trees; if you are looking for an explicitly named historical connection, the marker refers to the First World War. This helps distinguish the planting year from the commemorative occasion: 1918 dates the planting, while the marker commemorates the war.

The Memorial Gates and their history

The Memorial Gates at the entrance to Drik Drik Cemetery commemorate people who served in the First and Second World Wars. The gates were originally erected at the site of Drik Drik Primary School. After the school closed, the memorial plaques were re-erected at the cemetery. Compared with the Avenue of Honour, the scope of the commemoration is broader: the stone marker there commemorates the First World War, while the gates honour people who served in both world wars. The gates’ original location and the plaques’ later re-erection also give them their own historical context.

Glenelg Shire War Memorial Trail

The Glenelg Shire War Memorial Trail broadens the focus from local memorials to a self-guided driving route. It visits war memorials, Avenues of Honour and other memorial sites across Glenelg Shire; one section runs near Drik Drik, and the Avenue of Honour is one of its stops. This places the avenue within a broader thematic context without merging the different memorials into a single site. The route appeals to travellers interested not just in one marker or a single Avenue of Honour, but in including several forms of commemoration across the shire in their trip. If you plan to drive the trail, check the route details locally before setting out.

For further planning, you can then check whether the self-guided trail also suits your trip.

For the broader travel overview: Glenelg Shire.