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Dinner Under The Stars - Bunya Mountains

The 2nd annual Bunya Mountains Dinner Under The Stars will be held at the Dandabah Day Use Area in the Bunya Mountains National Park from 4:30pm onwards tonight. For $95 per head, guests can enjoy a delicious three course dinner prepared by celebrity chef Matt Golinski, music by Ryza, a Welcome To Country, guest speakers and live and silent auctions. The dinner is being organised by the Bunya Mountains Community Association as a fundraiser for a planned Bunya Mountains Community Centre and it is jointly sponsored by the South Burnett and Western Downs Regional Councils, Stanwell, Kingaroy Body Works and The Bunyas Tavern. Tickets can be booked by phoning 0404-040-003 but be quick - last year this event was booked out a week beforehand.

Linville Heritage And Arts Festival

The first day of the 3rd annual Linville Heritage And Arts Festival will be held in Linville today to celebrate 112 years since the first train arrived at the former timber town. Today the Festival will kick off with a free Bush Poets Community Breakfast at Linville Hall from 7:00am to 8:00am. This will be followed by morning teas and live music from Buzz Talay at the nearby Linville Store and Cafe between 10:00am and noon; and dinners at the Linville Hotel from 5:00pm to 7:30pm. During the day (9:00am to 4:00pm) there'll also be lots of activities in the town including a Bush Poetry Competition at Linville Hall; Chainsaw Art; the awarding of the Linville Art Prize; Whip Cracking and Camp Oven Cooking demonstrations; a Children's Petting Zoo; live music with the Linville County Convicts, Corn Liquor and a Great Aussie BBQ at the Linville Hotel; a Heritage Fashion Parade in Linville Hall; and a self-guided history walk for visitors that will be available throughout both days. This evening, there'll also be a paid concert by the Angel Strings Chamber Orchestra Quartet (tickets can be booked online). You can get a complete program of all the Festival's events and activities on the Linville Progress Association website

Quickstep Down Jazz Lane - Kingaroy

The South Burnett Community Orchestra will be presenting their "Quickstep Down Jazz Lane" concert at Kingaroy Town Hall in Glendon Street, Kingaroy from 6:30pm to 9:30pm this evening. As the name implies, the concert will focus on swing and jazz classics designed to get your dancing shoes working. A licensed bar will be open for drinks and there's also an optional $15 supper box available that you can order when you book tickets, which are $25 for adults or $15 for concessions and need to be booked online

Kingaroy Men's Shed

The Kingaroy Men's Shed will be holding their regular Saturday morning meeting at the old Motor Pool building off Geoff Raph Drive at Kingaroy Airport from 9:00am to around noon today. The group meet every Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday morning and new members and visitors are always welcome.

Murgon Men's Shed Garage Sale

The Murgon Men's Shed will be running their popular annual Garage Sale at their premises at 75 Macalister Street, Murgon from 6:00am this morning. The sale offers all sorts of goodies at bargain prices, and it's a great place to pick up bargains and locate hard-to-find items. People who'd like to donate goods for the garage sale can phone 0400-028-088 or 0407-409-335 to arrange a pick-up, and proceeds of today's sale will be used to fund Men's Shed projects.

Yarraman Men's Shed

The Yarraman Men's Shed at the end of Mill Street, Yarraman will be holding one of its regular get-togethers today. The Men's Shed is open Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays and new members are always welcome. More details? Send them an email

Kingaroy Friendship Markets

The third Saturday of the month Friendship Markets will be held at Kingaroy Showgrounds in Youngman Street, Kingaroy from 7:00am to around 12:00pm today. The markets are run by the Kingaroy Show Society and feature a great range of arts, crafts, food stalls, fruit and garden stalls, plus unusual bric-a-brac. New stallholders are always very welcome! More details? Phone Craig on 0408-880-927

Council Furniture Cent Sale - Nanango

The South Burnett Regional Council will be holding a Cent Sale of used furniture and equipment at their depot in Dalby Street, Nanango this morning. Gates will open at 9:00am and the sale will start at 10:00am. The sale is aimed at community groups who'd like to acquire additional furniture for their club rooms or offices, and all groups will receive 100 tickets each - but to attend you'll need to register beforehand on Eventbrite.

Byte Nite At The Pool - Murgon

South Burnett PCYC's popular "Byte Nite @ The Pool" will be running at the Wondai Swimming Pool in Mackenzie Street, Wondai from 4:00pm to 7:00pm this evening. It's a free night of fun, games and dinner for up to 80 people hosted by local volunteers, and free buses will be running from Goomeri, Cherbourg and Murgon. Everyone is welcome but children under 12 must be accompanied by a supervising adult, and there's a maximum of four under-12s per adult. For more information, contact the South Burnett PCYC on (07) 4168-1889 or visit the PCYC's Facebook page

Proston Men's Shed

The Proston Men's Shed will be meeting at their workshop buildings at Railway Park in Rodney Street, Proston for their regular Saturday morning get-together today, kicking off with a cuppa at 8:00am and continuing on until noon. New members are always very welcome. More details? Phone Geoff on 0439-694-000.

Open Garden - Brooklands

Greg and Joy Patch will be holding an Open Garden at their home at 86 Boldery Road in Brooklands from 8:30am to 3:00pm today as a fundraiser for the Leukaemia Foundation. Apart from a wonderful garden display, the event will also offer morning teas, a BBQ lunch and plant and craft stalls. Admission is $5 and everyone is welcome! More details? Phone Greg or Joy on (07) 4164-7217. Note: This Open Day will be held at the same time tomorrow, and next Saturday and Sunday as well.

Proston Men's Shed

Wondai Parkrun

The Wondai parkrun group will be holding their weekly 5km timed runs 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.

Nanango Parkrun

The Nanango parkrun group will be holding its weekly 5km timed walk/run along the Ros Gregor Trail at Tipperary Flat next to the D'Aguilar Highway south of Nanango at 7:00am this morning. Runners follow a course along the 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.

Railway Parkrun - Proston

The Proston parkrun group will be holding its weekly 5km timed walk/run at Railway Park in Rodney Street, Proston at 7:00am this morning. Runners follow a course along the former railway line 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. Note: Today's Railway Parkrun is also the group's first birthday.

Bowls Club Bingo - Kingaroy

The Kingaroy Bowls Club at 141 Youngman St, Kingaroy will be running bingo matches from 7:00pm this evening. More details from the club on (07) 4162-1404

Pig On A Spit Night - Cooyar

The Cooyar Hotel on the New England Highway at Cooyar will be running a pig on a spit night with live music with Allan Gumm from 3:00pm (when the music kicks off in the Outback Bar) until late tonight. Food will start serving at 6:00pm and tickets are $25 per person for adults and a price per age for children aged 4 to 12 (under 3s are free). However - to plan the catering - bookings are essential. You can make one by phoning the hotel on (07) 4692-6220.

DJ Clowry - Murgon

Popular local entertainer DJ Clowry (aka Clowry Kennell) will be spinning the platters in the beer garden of Murgon's Royal Hotel in Lamb Street from 5:30pm until late tonight. The hotel's kitchen will also be open for dinner or snacks if you get hungry, and there's no admission. More details? Phone the Royal on (07) 4168-1799

Proston Community Markets

The Proston Community Markets - organised by the Proston Show Society - will be held behind the QCWA Hall at Railway Park in Rodney Street, Proston from 7:30am to around 1:00pm this morning. The markets offer a variety of stalls carrying everything from home-baked cakes to crafts, and are held on the 3rd Saturday of every month. Everyone is welcome! More details? Phone Val on (07) 4168-9391 or 0456-661-444.

Jimmy Mango & DJ Art Class - Kingaroy

Entertainer Jimmy Mango will be performing at the Commercial Hotel at the corner of Glendon and Haly Streets, Kingaroy from 5:00pm to around 9:00pm tonight, followed by DJ Art Class who'll be spinning platters in The Nest from 10:00pm until late. Admission is free. More details from the hotel on (07) 4162-1380.

Australian Gin Day - Moffatdale

Clovely Estate's cellar door at 91 Steinhardts Rd, Moffatdale will be celebrating Australian Gin Day today with South Burnett distilled gins. They will have guided gin tasting experiences running all day where - fo9r a small charge - you'll receive 4 half pours of four different types of gin, along with an explanation of the finer points of each one by expert distiller Nick Pesudovs. The cellar door will be open from 10:00am to 5:00pm and everyone is welcome!

Robert Early - Kingaroy

Entertainer Robert Early will be performing at the Kingaroy RSL in Markwell Street, Kingaroy from 7:00pm until around 11:00pm tonight. Admission is free. More details from the RSL on (07) 4162-1755.

Yarraman Markets

The Yarraman Progress Association's Yarraman Markets will be held on the vacant block at the corner of the D'Aguilar and New England Highways (ie opposite Bendigo Bank) in Yarraman from 8:00am until around 1:00pm today. The markets feature trash and treasure stalls, car boot sellers, local produce and hand-made goods, as well as food stalls, and are held weekly. Everyone is welcome and if you'd like to book a stall yourself - it's only $5! - call Joe on (0459) 638-282. Note: All patrons and stallholders are asked to observe proper social distancing to stay safe.

Moore Hall Markets

The monthly Moore Markets will be held outside the Moore Soldiers Memorial Hall off the D'Aguilar Highway in Moore from 6:30am to around 1:00pm this morning. The markets feature hand painted china; hand made jewellery; hand crafted dolls; quilts; biscuit tin banjos; jade; wooden toys; delightful handmade bags; plants; bric-a-brac; antiques and collectables; tea cosies; baby clothes; tea towels; candles; soaps; cakes; jams and pickles, and more. There's also brekkies available inside the Hall. Everyone is welcome!

Saturday Cricket

The sixth round of the South Burnett's 2022-23 senior cricket competition will get under way at 12:30pm today when Nanango Yellow play the Wooroolin Warriors at the Alan Downie Sports Fields in Burnett Street, Nanango; Nanango Purple play Tingoora Vikings at the Murgon Showgrounds in Macalister Street, Murgon; Murgon play Wondai at the Wondai Sportsgrounds on the highway north of Wondai's CBD; and Kingaroy Services Blue play Kingaroy Services Orange at Taabinga State School in Kingaroy Street, Kingaroy. Meanwhile, junior games will start a little earlier with Kingaroy playing Nanango at 8:00am at Taabinga State School in the sixth round of the Stage 3 competition; and Kingaroy Wamuran Timbers playing Kingaroy Pineview Westlink at the River Road, Kingaroy oval in the fifth round of Stage 2, also starting at 8:00am. And in the Gympie A Grade competition, Murgon Crusaders will play the Gympie Royals at Murgon Showgrounds while Wooroolin Warriors play Gympie Valleys at Lyle Vidler Oval in Youngman Street, Kingaroy - both matches starting at 12:30pm. Spectators are very welcome at all games.

Community Centenary Meeting - Proston

A community meeting to help plan Proston's centenary celebrations in 2023 will be held at the Proston Community Hall in Rodney Street at 1:30pm this afternoon. Anyone with ideas for the event or willing to volunteer to help is very welcome. More details? Phone Linda on 0428-689-280.

Saturday Night Live Music - Blackbutt

The Radnor Hotel in Coulson Street, Blackbutt will haver local musicians playing in the hotel's "out back" area from 6:00pm to 9:00pm tonight. Admission is free and the hotel's kitchen will be running for dinner and snacks. More details? Phoner the Radnor on (07) 4163-0203.