<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It's been almost five years since Brisbane locked in </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/brisbane-olympics-2032" rel="" target="" title="Olympic"><span>Olympic</span></a><span> hosting rights, and tomorrow construction on the centrepiece stadium will finally begin.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Victoria Park will be closed to the public.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>But desperate protesters haven't gone down without a fight, swarming the site in a last-ditch effort to block the build.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/wa-weather-unusually-strong-system-could-bring-destructive-winds-heavy-falls-and-localised-tornadoes-for-western-australia/6bcc2234-b7b7-472d-9f48-6ed97e3c4e59"><strong><span>Wild weather smashing WA could hit rest of Australia this week</span></strong></a><span></span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Hundreds lined Herston Road in an eleventh-hour bid to keep hands off the site that will be home to the Brisbane Olympic Stadium.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Campaigners said they were "appealed" and "outraged".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I'm prepared to fight for it until its saved," one person pledged.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/brisbane-2032-victoria-park-brisbane-olympics-stadium/258fe1d6-9b92-461a-af71-a59d6a5ac7aa" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I think it's a tragedy that its going to be bulldozed and concreted over," another said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>On Friday </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/victoria-park-protesters-clash-with-council-brisbane-olympics-2032-queensland-news/4d52e372-efe2-42d1-a82e-3c61a0ca6257" rel="" target="" title="two protesters were arrested."><span>two protesters were arrested.</span></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>At midnight on Sunday Victoria Park, will close to the public.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/ebola-virus-outbreak-who-chief-visits-eastern-congo/0389823a-c0dc-4d4a-9eaa-872de44c9d7c"><strong><span>Ebola cases begin to outpace response</span></strong></a><span></span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Heavy machinery has been moved in and fences have already gone up, sparking violent clashes on Friday between police and traditional owners who had set up camp.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"This is our land, always was, always will be," Aboriginal Elder Theresa Williams said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Today officers watched from afar and overnight it was expected the tents would come down.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"The reality is it's a construction site and no one's going to be able to be on the construction site, so they're gonna have to be moved on," Deputy Premier Jarrod Bleijie said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Former premier Campbell Newman said: "We're about to lose something precious due to an act of barbarism."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Tomorrow, the land will no longer be owned by the council but the Olympic Games Delivery Authority.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Nine News has obtained exclusive mapping revealing which parts of the park will be shut down and where access will remain.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Fencing will close off the green space surrounded by the Inner Northern Busway, and Gilchrist Avenue including a section that borders the ICB.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The central footpath and bikeway will remain open while building is under way, as will the site of the future aquatic centre where Centenary Pool currently sits and the urban pump track.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>But there will be no pedestrian access from the QUT or Herston Bus Stations.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It's the end for the Victoria Park Golf Complex, with locals turning out to say farewell to the driving range, putt putt course, and bistro.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>But the premier maintains this is generational infrastructure in the making.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It'll be there for concerts, it'll be there for sport, it'll be there as a green space for people to be able to go and enjoy every single day," David Crisafulli sadi.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Junior footy player Beau Martel will turn the first sod on the building site.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>When construction begins it'll mark one of the most significant milestones towards becoming an Olympic city since Brisbane secured the games in 2021 - but protesters say it won't bring an end to their campaign</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We have not given up, it is not a done deal, and we are still fighting, and we need you," Sue Bremner from Save Victoria Park said.</span></div></div>