Weather permitting, this event is usually held in the spacious Gladstone Park.

Tullamarine contains the smaller residential area of Gladstone Park.

The much larger Gladstone Park was to prove a rather less challenging undertaking.

At the 2011 Census, Gladstone Park had a population of 8,329.

European settlement of the area now known as Gladstone Park began in the 1840s, with the land used for agriculture.

The Gladstone Park Secondary College has large sports grounds which are open to public use.

There are numerous other small parks and reserves in Gladstone Park.

A new infants building was erected in 1892, and by 1912 the school was separated from Gladstone Park.

Gladstone Park has two platforms which serve three tracks.

There is no ticket agent at Gladstone Park, so tickets must be purchased on board the train.