Blackbutt Christmas Festival Arts & Crafts Fair and Food Fiesta
The second-last day of week long, 14th annual Blackbutt-Benarkin Lions Club Christmas Festival will kick into gear at 9:00am this morning at the Blackbutt Memorial Hall in Coulson Street, Blackbutt when the hall's doors open for the annual annual Arts & Crafts Fair, which run until 9:00pm tonight (and also from 8:30am to 12:30pm tomorrow). The Arts & Crafts Fair is a perfect opportunity to pick up unique, unusual and inexpensive Christmas gifts and this year it's being sponsored by Bendigo Bank's Blackbutt, Yarraman and Nanango branches, so admission is free. This year there'll also be an Outdoor Food Fiesta running from 6:00pm to 9:00pm offering exotic and yiummy foods for dinner, along with a licensed bar, live entertainment by John Harvey and Christmas carol singing. In addition, Santa will be dropping by at 7:30pm with some gifts for the kiddies. More details? Phone Marjie on (07) 4163-0621 or email her; or Ivan on (07) 4170-0068 or email him. You can get a copy of this year's complete Christmas Festival programme by clicking here (500K PDF)
Art Exhibition Opening - Wondai
The Wondai Regional Art Gallery on the roundabout at Wondai will be opening their final monthly exhibition for 2014 with a wine and cheese tasting at 6:00pm tonight. This month the gallery will be hosting a first for the region: a completely custom-built "living artwork" by Tingoora artist Robyn Dower and her sister Kay Gorring which recreates the "Wonder" cottage central to the pair's "A Sense Of Wonder" stories (you can read these stories on our website). The Gallery has been closed all this week while Robyn and Kay have assembled the exhibition, but when it opens tonight it will feature the usual refreshments and live entertainment that have made the Gallery's monthly openings "must dos" on many people's social calendars all year. Admission is $5 and everyone is welcome to attend. More details? Phone the Gallery on (07) 4168-5926. Note: After tonight's opening the "Sense Of Wonder" exhibition will remain on display every day (except Christmas Day) though until the end of January.
Junior Blue Light Disco - Kingaroy
The final bi-monthly Junior Blue Light Disco for 2014 will be held at Kingaroy Town Hall in Glendon Street, Kingaroy from 6:00pm to 8:30pm this evening. Entry to the Junior Disco is restricted to young people aged 14 and below who can produce their student ID, and in addition to a fun night out tonight's disco will also have some great prizes to be won as well. Admission is $5 and - as usual - attendees are asked to remember that Blue Light Discos are drug, alcohol, chewing gum and tobacco free and no passouts or early exit will be given without parental permission and/or collection. More details? Contact the Kingaroy police station on (07) 4160-4900 or send them an email.
Annual Christmas Remembrance Service RSVP Deadline
- Today is the last day you can RSVP to attend Virgo Funerals' Annual Christmas Remembrance Service which will be held in the chapel of the Souith Burnett Crematorium in Kingaroy next Wednesday, December 10 (see entry that day for all details)
Sempf Sisters - Kingaroy
- South Burnett entertainers The Sempf Sisters will be performing in the Purple Room at Kingaroy RSL in Markwell Street, Kingaroy from 7:30pm to 11:30pm this evening. Admission is free. More details? Phone the RSL on (07) 4162-1755
Yarraman Kindy Pool Party
- The Yarraman Kindergarten will be holding a Pool Party at both the Yarraman and Blackbutt swimming pools from 5:00pm to around 7:00pm this evening as a fundraiser. There'll be competitions with prizes to be won, and food and drinks available at both venues. Admission is $5 per child and adults are free, but all children under 10 years of age must be accompanied by an adult. More details? Phone the Kindy on (07) 4163-8174.
Hivesville QCWA Meeting
- The Hivesville QCWA will be holding their regular monthly meeting at the Hivesville QCWA Rooms in Main Street, Hivesville at 10:00am this morning. Entry is free and members are asked to bring a plate to share for lunch. Everyone is welcome to attend! More details? Phone Judy on (07) 4168-9892.
Endeavour Foundation Bingo - Kingaroy
- The Endeavour Foundation will be holding bingo games at Kingaroy RSL from 10:00am this morning (eyes down at 10:30am). There'll be four jackpots on offer, along with book games and raffles, and proceeds will go to help people with an intellectual disability. Everyone is welcome. More details? Phone Endeavour's Kingaroy Kitchen on (07) 4162-2254
Friday Night With The Sultan Of Sax - Wondai
The South Burnett's very own "Sultan Of Sax" Tom McKenzie will be playing on the rear deck of the Wondai Hotel & Cellars in Haly Street, Wondai from 6:00pm until late tonight. Dinner will be available in the Cellar's restaurant from 6:00pm onwards and pizzas will also be availble too. More details or bookings: phone the Cellars on (07) 4168-5274.
Men's Shed - Kingaroy
- The Kingaroy Men's Shed will be open from 9:00am to 12:00 noon and 2:00pm to 4:00pm today behind the Salvation Army's headquarters at 44 Alford Street in Kingaroy. The shed is open to all men who'd enjoy the companionship of other men while undertaking woodwork, metalwork or similar projects or who'd just enjoy a chat. More details? Phone the Salvos on (07) 4162-5246.
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
Friday Night Darts - Kingaroy
The South Burnett Darts Association will be holding their regular weekly Social Competition Night from 7:00pm to 10:00pm at their premises at Shed 1, 18 Stolzenberg Road in Kingaroy. This is a 3-a-side event with a $5 playing fee, and a fully licensed bar will be operating along with raffles. New players are always very welcome, and the club caters for all skill levels from novice to expert. You can obtain more details by phoning Kurt on (0403) 400-771 (after 5:00pm) or Bianca on (0431) 954-023.
Friday Bingo - Blackbutt
- The Blackbutt RSL & CMC at the corner of Muir and Douglas Streets, Blackbutt will be holding bingo games at 10:30am this morning (eyes down). There'll be a $250 jackpot and everyone is welcome. More details from the RSL on (07) 4163-0383.
Friday Social Golf - Proston
- The Proston Golf Club at 81 Brigooda Road in Proston will be holding its regular Friday afternoon social golf competition from 2:30pm this afternoon (tee-off is at 3:00pm). This is a 9-hole social competition where "Proston Rules" give handicaps a completely new meaning. New players are very welcome! More details? Phone (07) 4168-9380 or visit the website
Friday Afternoon Scroungers - Nanango
- The Nanango Bowls Club in Henry Street will be holding their reglar Friday Afternoon Scroungers at 3:00pm. New players are welcome. More details from the club: (07) 4163-3363.
Heritage House Christmas Dinner - Yarraman
- Heritage House at Millar Street in Yarraman will be holding a Christmas Dinner at 6:00pm this evening. Everyone is welcome, but charges apply and a booking is essential. More details? Phone (07) 4163-8111 or (07) 4163-8954
Country Music Practice Night - Nanango
- The Nanango Country Music Friends will be holding their weekly practice night at the Wesleyan Church in Cairns Street, Nanango at 6:30pm this evening. The group is open to people of all skill levels who enjoy playing country music, and you can find out more details by phoning (07) 4163-2469.
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.
