Jim Finlay Park, Scarborough (Qld.)

Scarborough - Endeavour Esplanade and Sunnyside Road Jim Finlay Park was named for Jim Finlay who was born in Sandgate in 1933. He came to live in Redcliffe in 1943 with his aunt, Eileen Michel, at the age of ten. Jim learned his fishing skills from his uncle Jack and began commercial net fishing for himself in the late 1950s. Jim became a member of the Queensland Professional Fishermen’s League over fifty years ago and has been chairman of the Scarborough Branch of the Queensland Seafood Industry Association for 30 years. Currently he is an Environmental and Net delegate and a State Councillor for QSIA. Jim is a passionate advocate for the protection of the saltwater fishery habitat. Formerly Newport Park, the name was changed in 2006. There is now another Newport Park off Boardman Road. -- Redcliffe : Looking at the landscape by Pat Gee acknowledging the work of Jack Stapleton and Pat Fields