(Photo: Rio Tinto)
(Photo: Jim Blackwell)
February 11, 2013
Have you worked at Meandu Mine at any time over the past 30 years? For Rio Tinto, Thiess or Downer EDI Mining? Or any other contractors on site?
Then you should rock on down to Memorial Park in Kingaroy during the Wine and Food in the Park Festival (March 9) and catch up with some old mates.
Laura Langan, from Rio Tinto in Brisbane, is organising a reunion of former Meandu workers to mark 30 years since the mine was opened.
The reunion will have its own special marquee in the park and there’ll be photo displays from 11:00am to 5:00pm sure to trigger some memories.
Laura is a former Meandu worker herself. She worked at the mine in HR from 1983 to 1997 before being transferred to other Rio sites.
At its peak there were about 350 people working at Meandu. Laura has no idea how many are likely to come back to Kingaroy for the reunion, but it could hundreds.
However she already knows many are coming up from Brisbane, and she expects others to come up from the Hunter Valley and down from Central Queensland.
The good news is, there is no need to RSVP, just turn up on the day. For more information, contact Laura by email
UPDATE March 3, 2013: Following the cancellation of this year’s Wine and Food in the Park Festival, the Meandu Mine Reunion will now be held at the Carrollee Hotel in Kingaroy from 11:00am on Saturday … all current and ex-employees from the Mine have been invited to attend!
