South Burnett Australia Day Awards - Blackbutt
The South Burnett Regional Council will be presenting the region's 5th annual Australia Day Awards at a special ceremony at the Blackbutt Community Hall in Coulson Street, Blackbutt at 6:00pm this evening (presentations begin at 6:30pm). The awards provide the community with an opportunity to acknowledge and reward outstanding groups and individuals committed to improving the lifestyle experience of our region. The award categories that have been chosen give all the region's communities equal opportunity to nominate individuals and/or groups who've made special contributions to the area, and everyone is welcome to attend. More details? Phone the Council on 1300-789-279.
Endeavour Foundation Bingo - Kingaroy
- The Endeavour Foundation will be holding bingo games at Kingaroy RSL from 10:00am this morning. There'll be four jackpots on offer, as well as a raffle. Everyone is welcome.
South Burnett Speedway - Kingaroy
The South Burnett Speedway will be roaring into life at 4:00pm this afternoon with the first day of their three-day Kings Royal Modified Production Meeting - probably the biggest single race meeting the club has ever held. Today's action wil kick off with hot laps, followed by Time Trials at 5:30pm and then heat racing from 7:00pm until late as contestants vie for places in tomorrow night's main events (ie Modified Productions and Junior Sedans). A record field of more than 80 current and former national and state champions, along with blue ribbon event winners from Victoria and NSW and lots of Queenslanders will be taking to the field in an effort to win $10,000 in prize money and the Kings Royal Modified Production crown. However the three-day event will also feature the South Burnett Junior Nationals and Street Sedans too. Tickets to tonight's racing are $25 for adults, $15 for students or $65 for families of four, but discounted 3-day passes are also availble ($60 for adults, $40 for studnts and pensioners or $150 for a family of four). You can find out more on the Speedway's website. CANCELLED: This meeting was cancelled at 8:30am on Friday 26-Jan-13 due to rain. It will now be held on the Australia Day long weekend in 2014.
Biodiversity Revegetation and Restoration Project - Cushnie
- The first day of a three-day, federally-funded biodiversity revegetation and restoration project will be held at Cushnie today. The organisers' aim for the weekend is to give participants an opportunity to learn the principal methods for the repair of degraded ecosystems and the provision of long-term soil fertility in any application, climate or soil type using readily available waste material, as well as get hands-on experience at doing it. They'll be exploring and experimenting with nature’s processes and systems of natural vegetation to prepare a degraded site for a future planting of diverse native flora.
Interested people are very welcome to get involved, and you can obtain more details and the location of the site by phoning (0418) 895-656 or by emailing them.
Robbie Burns Dinner - Kingaroy
Here's something different! Accents Restaurant and Cafe at 30 Alford Street in Kingaroy will be holding their third annual Robbie Burns Dinner from 6:00pm this evening in honour of the famous Scottish poet who was born in Ayrshire on January 25, 1759 (pictured at right). The licensed restaurant will be offering a five-course dinner for $60.00 per head and you can view the menu by clicking here. More details? Bookings? Phone Accents on (07) 4162-2990 or email them
Friday Social Golf - Kingaroy
- The Kingaroy Golf Club on the Bunya Highway at Kingaroy will holding their regular Friday 9-ers 9 hole social golfing sessions for men and women from 8:00am until dusk today. Everyone is most welcome (including non-members) and green fees are $11 for members or $14 for non-members for the nine holes - but this also includes a card draw for prizes in the clubhouse in the evening (there's also a Jackpot card draw on the last Friday of each month). More details? Phone the Golf Club on (07) 4162-1720
Healthy Weight Week - Nanango
This week is Australia's Healthy Weight Week and to mark it, RHealth and the South Burnett Regional Council will be holding a series of Health Pit Stops across the region this week to raise awareness about healthy eating and cooking. Each Health Pit Stop will offer visitors the opportunity to get a free health check by a local Community Nurse; a cooking demo where you can taste-test a healthy recipe; and free information about all the different Healthy Communities programs that will be running in the South Burnett this year. Today's Pit Stop - rthe final in this series - will be held outside the Nanango Foodworks in Fitzroy Street between 10:00am and 2:00pm. You can obtain a PDF flyer with times and locations for all this week's Health Pit Stops by clicking here.
Australia Day Warm-Up - Nanango
The South Burnett Energy Centre, the Nanango Visitor Information Centre and NaTDA (the Nanango Tourism and Development Association) will be holding a "Pre-Australia Day Warm-Up" in the Energy Centre's courtyard in Henry Street from 8:00am to around 2:00pm today. Activities will get underway at 8:00am with market stalls and a free sausage sizzle, and entertainer Luke Green will be performing from 10:30am to around 1:30pm to add to the festive mood. The event is being held both as an awareness-raiser for Australia Day (which falls tomorrow) and also to promote the town and the Energy Centre and provide a chance for people to come along and see what it has to offer. Everyone is welcome and there's no entry fee. You can obtain more details by phoning the Energy Centre on (07) 4189-9446.
Cyberbullying Seminar - Kingaroy
- A free Cyberbullying Seminar led by Dr Michael Carr-Gregg will be held at Kingaroy Town Hall in Glendon Street, Kingaroy from 6:30pm to 8:00pm this evening. The seminar is aimed at parents of adolescents and the topics that will be discussed are cyberbullying (what it is; what to do if it happens; and how to prevent it) and youth and child mental health matters. Dr Carr-Gregg is one of Australia's highest profile psychologists who worked for many years as an Associate Professor in Melbourne University's Department of Pediatrics before going into private practice. He's also a founding member of the National Centre Against Bullying and has been the agony aunt for Australia's biggest selling young women's magazine Girlfriend for the last six years, as well as making regular TV appearances on Sunrise and The Morning Show. More details? Phone Nanango State School on (07) 4171-6200.
South Burnett Pantry - Kingaroy
The South Burnett Pantry will be open from 11:00am to 1:00pm today at 22 Stolzenberg Road in Kingaroy. The Pantry is a not-for-profit registered charity run by a Board of Management and staffed by volunteers, and it helps low income families, couples and singles stretch their shopping dollar further. The Pantry offers $35 pantry hampers that contain most of the food and personal cleaning items that most people need to get through part of the week (though you'll need to shop elsewhere for extras or special items). And anyone who's finding it hard to make ends meet is very welcome to make use of it. More details? Phone Joane on (0427) 496-684 or Ruth on (0447) 812-789. PS: If you'd like to help The Pantry in any way - either by volunteering or donating goods - please contact Joanne or Ruth about this too, or visit the website.
