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Art Exhibition Opening - Wondai

The Wondai Regional Art Gallery on the roundabout at Wondai will be opening their latest monthly exhibition for 2022 with a wine and cheese tasting at 6:00pm tonight. This month the gallery will be displaying " Groundswell: Recent Movements Within Art And Territory" from Artback NT, a travelling exhibition featuring works in a variety of media by contemporary Indigenous artists from the Northern Territory and Central Australia. This exhibition - which deals with environmental issues through moving images, visualised data, sound recordings, painting, printmaking, ceramics and sculpture - has rarely been seen anywhere else in rural Australia, and has been brought to Wondai after many months of negotiation. As usual, tonight's opening will also feature great hot and cold finger foods and punch, along with wine tastings from a local winery, live entertainment and lots of fun socialising. Admission is $5 and everyone is welcome. More details? Phone the Gallery on (07) 4168-5926. Note: After tonight's opening the exhibition will remain on show from 10:00am to 4:00pm daily until the end of the month.

Art Gallery Opening - Kingaroy

The Kingaroy Regional Art Gallery in Haly Street, Kingaroy (opposite the peanut silos) will be launching their popular two-month Winter Craft Festival from 5:00pm to 7:00pm this evening with the Alpaca Collective's "Farm to Fashion 2022 Collection" of hand-crafted winter clothing. Tonight's opening will feature a fashion parade along with a warming supper, and it will usher in two months of exhibitions, workshops and demonstrations covering a wide range of locally-produced crafts from quilt-making through to gem cutting, and everything in between. Previous Winter Craft Festivals have drawn a very positive reaction from the public and this year's promises to be the best to date. Admission to tonight's opening is free and everyone is welcome!

2022 Relay For Life Launch Breakfast

The 2022 South Burnett Relay For Life fundraising drive will be launched with a breakfast at Kingaroy RSL in Markwell Street, Kingaroy from 6:30am (for a 6:45am start) to 9:00am this morning. The breakfast is being hosted by the Kingaroy Chamber Of Commerce and Industry and will feature the sashing of 2022's "Face of Relay", a Ride for Relay update, information about a new "Cricket for Life" event in the South Burnett with special guests, and an update on the planning for this year’s Dinner With The Captains. Thyere'll also be a panel of guest speakers who'll talk about how the money raised from Relay for Life has helped them on their journeys with cancer. Tickets to the breakfast are $35 per head and are strictly limited. They can be booked online.

Kingaroy RSL Bingo

Bingo games will be running at Kingaroy RSL from 9:30am this morning (eyes down at 10:30am). There'll be multiple jackpots on offer, along with book games and raffles, and proceeds will go to help local good causes. Everyone is welcome. More details? Phone the RSL on (07) 4162-1755.

Line Dancing - Yarraman

Weekly line dancing classes will be held the Community Hall in Browne Street, Yarraman from 9:00am to noon this morning. Class fees are $5 and everyone is welcome. More details? Phone 0422-889-530.

Friday Social Golf - Proston

The Proston Golf Club on Brigooda Road, Proston will be holding a Friday afternoon social golf game today. Names need to be in by 2:00pm for a 2:30pm tee-off, and everyone is welcome. Cold beer and snacks will also be available at the clubhouse from noon, and dinner after 5:30pm (all with appropriate social distancing, of course). More details? Phone 0474-741-822.

Social Cards - Nanango

A social cards group will be meeting at Nanango Library in Drayton Street, Nanango from 9:30am to around 11:30am this morning to play euchre and chat. The group meets every Friday during school terms and new players are always welcome. More details? Phone Richelle on 0437-224-672.

Friday Croquet - Kingaroy

The Kingaroy Croquet Club will be playing croquet games at the rear of the Kingaroy Cricket Club in Youngman Street, Kingaroy (just next to Beangrowers) from 9:00am to around 11:30am this morning. New members are always welcome and a $2 lesson is available if you'd like tuition in the basics (all equipment is supplied). More details? Phone (07) 4163-6022.

SBRC Budget Committee Meeting

The South Burnett Regional Council will be holding a Budget Committee meeting at the Warren Truss Chambers inside its Glendon Street offices in Kingaroy from 9:00am this morning to help frame its upcoming 2022-23 Budget. Interested people can view the meeting via a livestream on the Council's website.

Mr Q Duo - Nanango

The Mr Q Duo (aka Tony and Gavin Cisneros) will be performing at the Palace Hotel in Drayton Street, Nanango from 7:30pm until late tonight. Tony and Gav will be laying down their favourite acoustic tracks and there'll also be karaoke if you want to get up and have a go. And if you get hungry, the hotel's kitchen will also be serving up dinner and snacks. Everyone is welcome! More details? Phone the hotel on (07) 4163-1287.

Arthur Nettelfield - Kingaroy

Popular local country rock entertainer Arthur Nettelfield will be performing at the Carrollee Hotel's beer garden in King Street, Kingaroy from 6:30pm until late tonight. Admission is free. More details from the hotel on (07) 4162-1055

DJ Serendipity - Kingaroy

DJ Serendipity will be spinning the platters at the Commercial Hotel at the corner of Glendon and Haly Streets, Kingaroy from 8:00pm until late tonight. Admission is free. More details from the hotel on (07) 4162-1380.

Friday Night At The Shed - Nanango

The Shed in Little Drayton Street, Nanango (just next to the Scott Car Park) will be open from 7:00pm until late tonight for local musicians and anyone else who enjoys music to come along, bring their instruments and jam in a relaxed and informal setting, or just sit on the Shed's lounges, listen in and enjoy the wide variety of talent on offer. The Shed fires up every Friday night, has tea and coffee-making facilities, and there's no admission charge. Everyone is welcome! More details? Phone Jane on 0400-631-677.

Cuppa And Chat Group

Kingaroy's Cuppa and Chat Group will be holding its weekly meeting at The Biscuit Tin behind St Mary's Church at 15 Albert Street, Kingaroy from 10:00am to around 11:00am today. As the name suggests, members enjoy a cuppa and biscuits baked in the community kitchen, and simply chat about whatever interests them. More details? Phone Centacare Community Connections on (07) 4162-5439.

South Burnett Pantry - Kingaroy

The South Burnett Pantry will be open from 8:30am to 12:00 noon 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 $40 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 James on 0438-071-658. PS: If you'd like to help The Pantry in any way - either by volunteering or donating goods - please contact James about this too, or visit the website.