South Burnett Tourism - Daily Events Calendar

Bowls & Burgers For Beginners To Best - Murgon

The Murgon Bowls Club in Macalister Street, Murgon will be holding "Bowls & Burgers for Beginners To Best" from 1:00pm to 4:30pm today as a fundraiser for the Murgon Local Ambulance Committee. It will feature barefoot bowls (or flat soled shoes without heels) followed by a barbecue, and it will be a fun day out for family and friends with prizes to be won (no prior bowls experience or gear is necessary). The cost for playing plus the BBQ is $15 per head, or $5 if you just fancy a BBQ dinner. You can register yourself or your team of four players by phoning the bowls club on (07) 4168-1043. Note: To help plan the catering, an RSVP by May 30 would be greatly appreciated.

Dance - Inverlaw Hall

A dance will be held at Inverlaw Hall on the Burrandowan Road (roughly 20km from Kingaroy) from 8:00pm until late this evening. Music will be supplied by the Joytimes and there'll be the usual great supper and novelties, along with a Lucky Door draw. Admission fees are $10.00 for adults, $5.00 for high school students and everyone is welcome! More details? Phone June on (07) 4162-1195 or David on 0459-228-882.

Nanango Country Markets

The Nanango Show Society will be holding their regular monthly Country Markets at the Nanango Showgrounds in Cairns Street from 6:00am to around 12:00 noon today. As usual, the markets will feature a wide variety of craft stalls, new and used goods, plants, poultry and pets. The Nanango Markets are the largest rural market in south east Queensland and routinely attract 300 to 400 stallholders. But new stallholders are always very welcome too! More info? Phone the Market Co-Ordinator on (0427) 631-273 during business hours.

Aussie Rules - Kingaroy

The South Burnett Saints' men's and women's teams will be back in action today in Kingaroy after a week off. Both will be facing up to to the Toowoomba Tigers. The women's game will start at 1:30pm and the men's at 3:30pm at Lyle Vidler Oval.

St Mary's Catholic College Open Day - Kingaroy

Saint Mary's Catholic College at 10 Kent Street in Kingaroy will be holding their annual Open Day from 10:00am to 1:00pm today. The Open Day is an opportunity to look over the school and its many facilities and learn more about the particular advantages the College offers, as well as meet St Mary's teachers. Everyone is welcome! More details? Phone the College on (07) 4160-0900.

Golden Spurs Pool & Darts Day

The Golden Spurs Hotel in Blake Street, Proston will be holding a bumper day of social pool and darts from 11:00am this morning right through until almost midnight tonight. Entry to either competition is just $5 and there'll be a $2 sausage sizzle for lunch, followed by $15 pig on a spit, roast beef or roast chicken with veg and gravy meals for dinner around 6:00pm, or $7.50 pork, beef or chicken gravy rolls if you prefer something lighter. The day has been arranged by the hotel's social club and everyone is welcome! More details? Phone the hotel on (07) 4168-9272.

Saturday Soccer - Nanango and Kingaroy

The South Burnett's 2017 soccer season will hold its seventh round in Nanango and Kingaroy today. In Nanango, home team Nanango will play Barambah at the Burnett Street Soccer Fields, with 2nd Division hitting the park at 12:30pm, Women's Division at 2:00pm and 1st Division at 3:15pm. And in Kingaroy, Wests will play Gunners at Tom Alford Oval in Oliver Bond Street, with 2nd Division kicking off at 2:00pm, Women's Division at 3:30pm and 1st Division under lights at 5:00pm. Admission to view the matches is free, and a canteen will be running at both venues. Spectators are very welcome! Meanwhile, the 2017 Junior Soccer competition will continue today at the junior soccer fields in Oliver Bond Street, with the first matches getting underway at 8:30am in all classes from U6s to U10/11s. Cadets and U12/13s will hit the park slightly earlier at 8:00am.

SDRQ Training Weekend - Benarkin

Sled Dog Racing Queensland - a social sled dog racing club formed in 2014 which wants to expand the sport in Queensland - will be holding a training weekend today and tomorrow at their Benarkin State Forest training track. Participants can camp at the Blackbutt Showgrounds 4km away for $8 (unpowered) or $10 (powered) per night. More details? Visit the SDRQ website.

Hello Winter Ladies Morning Tea - Kingaroy

The QCWA's Kingaroy Twilight Branch will be holding a Hello Winter Ladies Morning Tea at the Kingaroy QCWA Rooms in Kingaroy Street, Kingaroy (just next to the RSL) from 9:30am onwards this morning. The day will provide an opportunity to get out and about in the lovely Winter weather and join other women in sharing a story or two over a great morning tea. All women are welcome, whether they're QCWA members or not. More details? Phone 0423-116-824 or send an email.

Three Person Charity Ambrose - Nanango

The Nanango Golf Club on the D'Aguilar Highway north of the CBD will be holding a Three Person Charity Ambrose from 10:00am this morning as a fundraiser for the Breast and Prostate Cancer Association. Green fees are $20 per player (which includes a golf ball and biro) and there'll be lots of trophies on offer. There'll also be nine pin shots and a multi-draw raffle. Everyone is welcome, and tee-offs begin at 10:30am. More details? Phone Trent on 0409-723-380.

Wondai Parkrun

The Wondai parkrun group will be holding their weekly 5km timed run at Coronation Park in Wondai at 7:00am this morning. Runners follow a course along the South Burnett Rail Trail and the parkrun group is free to join. All you need to do is register (once) online at parkrun.com.au and bring the printed barcode to any parkrun event. More details? Send an email.

South Burnett Western Performance Club Show - Nanango

The South Burnett Western Performance Club will be holding their Beginner/Improver/Open Show at their grounds in Racecourse Road, Nanango from 8:00am this morning. Rhonda McCallum will be the judge, and nominations closed on May 31, but spectators are very welcome. More details? Phone Robyn on 0439-708-275.

Proston State School Sausage Sizzle

A sausage sizzle and car wash to help raise funds for Proston State School's Year 6 Canberra trip and the Proston State School Cattle Show Team will be held outside Proston Rural Supplies next to Railway Park in Rodney Street, Proston from 9:00am to noon this morning. Car washes will be available for $10 to $15 (depending on the size of the vehicle) an inexpensive sausage sizzle, tea, coffee, soft drinks, cappuccinos and cakes. Everyone is welcome!

Saturday Rugby League

Rugby league fans in pursuit of a Saturday A-grade match should head north to Cherbourg today, where the Wondai Wolves will play the Cherbourg Hornets in U6s/U8s at 10:00am; U10s at 11:00am; U12s at Noon; U16s at 1:00pm, and the A-grade clash at 2:30pm. At Fred Kassulke Oval in Nanango - Nanango's U16s side will play the Central Burnett Brumbies at 2:00pm, and at T.J. O'Naill Oval in Kingaroy, the U16s Red Ants will take on Chinchilla at 2:30pm.

Sisterhood Day Conference - Kingaroy

The Highway Christian Church at 66 Edenvale Road, Kingaroy will be holding a Sisterhood Day Conference from 9:30am today. Pastor Sue Mulhare, the Senior Pastor from New Hope Church in Toowoomba will be the Conference's special guest speaker. Tickets - which include morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea - are $25 per head and need to be booked by Sunday, May 28. More details? Bookings? Phone Pastor Jo Mould on 0418-394-679.

Bowls Club Bingo - Kingaroy

The Kingaroy Bowls Club at 141 Youngman St, Kingaroy will be running bingo matches from 7:30pm this evening with over $1000 in prizes on offer. More details from the club on (07) 4162-1404

Proston Men's Shed

The Proston Men's Shed will be meeting at the old railway station building at Railway Park in Rodney Street, Proston for its regular Saturday morning meeting today, kicking off with a cuppa at 9:00am. The meeting will run until around noon, and new members are always welcome. More details? Phone Geoff on 0439-694-000.

Murgon Men's Shed

The Murgon Men's Shed will be holding their Saturday meeting at their shed in Macalister Street, Murgon (the former Murgon Railway Station) today. The Men's Shed meets every Wednesday and Saturday to work on projects and new members are always welcome.