Community

The 16th annual Caxton Street Seafood and Wine Festival, featuring stalls operated by 15 of Brisbane’s top names in food and wine, will stretch along Caxton Street from The Barracks to the Caxton Hotel on Sunday 2 May 2010 between 11:30am and 10pm.

Sixteen years ago, the Caxton Street Seafood and Wine Festival had humble beginnings with pyjama street parties, bed races and golf games that were designed to spotlight Caxton Street’s emerging restaurant precinct. Fast forward to 2010 and Queensland’s most anticipated street party‘s much loved open-air format attracts an estimated 15,000 patrons annually, drawn by a combination of the nonstop entertainment and the delectable range of quality food and wines on offer.

Nestled in this city’s oldest historical precincts, ten Caxton Street restaurants and fifteen Street Food stalls will delight patrons with the best of Queensland seafood .

“The Petrie Terrace community values its beautiful environment as well as fine dining. As a result there is a major focus on protecting the environment for residents and visitors alike during this year’s Festival, by providing greater numbers of Festival Volunteers all too willing to lend a helping hand” said Caxton Street Development Association President Sarosh Mehta.

Event Community Plan

Local Community Overview

What sets Caxton Street apart from other precincts in Brisbane? Living in Petrie Terrace holds a certain magical quality. At just over a kilometer to the GPO and with a much sought after 4000 postcode, the locality provides quick access to a diverse inner city lifestyle.

The famous Caxton Street Precinct with its renowned nightlife and divine dining is the jewel in a crown that includes close proximity to Suncorp Stadium games, Brisbane Arts Theatre, Barracks Cinema and Cafes, Roma Street and South Bank Parklands within walking distance, specialty shopping on Latrobe Terrace or Park Road while right on the doorstep of the CBD. The surrounding streets in every direction are filled with original Queensland architecture. There are entire Petrie Terrace streets that look like as if they stepped out of the pages of a historical novel.

Petrie Terrace is one of Brisbane’s oldest historical sites with the areas surrounding Caxton Street amongst the earliest parts of Brisbane to be settled by Europeans from the 1850s. Originally known as Green Hills, the site of the notorious Petrie Terrace jail (1860 to 1883) and later the Petrie Terrace Police Depot (early 1880s to late 1980s) – the top end of Caxton Street drips with heritage. Today, the Caxton Street Precinct is the heart of Brisbane’s burgeoning “place to be scene”.

The Caxton Street Development Association holds a high value on the lifestyle, cultural and historical natures of this area and works hard at furthering a good relationship with those who live in close proximity of the street. The Caxton Street Development Association is developing a Residents Protection Scheme aiming to minimize the impact of major events on the community.

We understand the need to build and develop this relationship and do all we can to be good neighbours and ensure that we place as little inconvenience to their daily lives as we possibly can. We work hard at ensuring we respond quickly to any resident’s requests and ensure that we have a mechanism to provide the appropriate action.

Resident Protection Scheme

The Caxton Street Development Association is developing a unique Resident Protection Scheme which aims to reduce the impact of major events on the local community. Some aspects of the program include:

• Encourage and promote the use of Public Transport to minimize traffic flow around the venue
• The employment of a Traffic Management Plan to minimize the impact of heavy traffic in Petrie Terrace.
• The employment of an Environmental Protection Plan to manage Waste and Noise to minimize the impact on the cultural and historical precinct of Petrie Terrace
• The deployment of additional Security personnel to guard the residential streets and minimize the impact of box office entrance and exit numbers.
• The provision of a Resident Kit for all residents on Weetman, Sherrif, Judge, Caxton and Cricket Streets affected by the road closure.

All residents within 1 kilometer radius will be advised within 30 days of the event in writing regarding road closures and event details and invited to meet with Promoter and Event Organizers to facilitate all concerns. Residents affected by Road Closures will be provided with official Vehicle Passes for access on the day.

Community Consultation

Effective consultation is a fundamental component of The Caxton Street Development Association to further engage communities in local decision-making processes for all Events, Tours and Concerts.

We believe that every stakeholder involved in a Festival and Event can strengthen their confidence, capacities and connections through engaging their communities. A key tool to achieve this is effective community consultation and, through this, genuine engagement.

Residents are invited to share their feedback by completing this on line form

Check here for Information about Road Closures that may affect you

Event Hot Line = 3124 4051

The Caxton Street Seafood and Wine Festival 2010 will be monitored by Brisbane City Council officers on 2 May 2010.

The HOT LINE will be available from 6am until midnight Sunday 2 May 2010 and will be monitored by Event Managers based at the Festival Site Office situated at 19 Caxton Street.