Tasmania’s tight-knit northwest community will pause to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the Hillcrest Primary School jumping castle tragedy.
Six children were killed after a freak wind gust lifted the castle and several inflatable balls into the air during end-of-year celebrations on December 16, 2021.
People have been invited to leave flowers and messages of support on Thursday afternoon at a public commemoration in Devonport’s Market Square, not far from the school.
The school will hold a private service on Friday.
Lauchie Avery, a former police officer who chairs a specialist Hillcrest recovery committee, knows two of the families.
“People are at different stages of their grief process and acceptance,” he said….