Set among the tinsel-clad trees, the monument honours the memory of children who have died.

One of those children – Joshua Gough – was the reason behind the memorial.

It has been 10 years since Joshua died in a road accident at Margate when he was 18.

To mark this anniversary, his mother Lisa Bird, and her husband Duane Bird, installed the plaque on the rock memorial, which reads: “In memory of our children/Always on our minds/Forever in our hearts”.

“[Josh] had the most amazing brown eyes and gave the biggest, best hugs,” Mrs Bird said.

“All his graduation certificates and awards came in the weeks after he died. He had two younger sisters – Alara and Carly, who were 9 and 10.”

But the memorial stone is not just for Joshua, with space underneath for further plaques in memory of other children.

Grieving parents do not always live where their children are buried, whether they have moved house because the memory was too difficult, or though marriage break ups.

“It is for parents whose children have been buried in another part of Australia, or the world,” Mrs Bird said.

“It’s about giving others a place where they can be, if they don’t have anywhere else they can be.”

Mrs Bird had the bereaved parents she has come to know through Bittersweet, the group she started after Joshua’s death, in mind when creating the plaque.

“Bittersweet came about because I lost my son Josh. It’s all a legacy for Josh.”

“There wasn’t anywhere to go to talk to anyone, so I started it and now it’s international,” she said.

The plaque was paid for through funds raised by St Patrick’s College students through a Girl’s Night In event this year.

“They asked me to speak but I didn’t know until the end that all the funds they raised were going to Bittersweet. They raised $130 on the night,” Mrs Bird said.

Mrs Bird’s employer, Tas-Fab Laser Services, produced the Car Villa plaque and other items for Bittersweet.

“They have done all the memorial plaques and seats,” she said.

For more, visit www.bittersweetparents.com.au

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