March 10, 2013
The cancellation of this year’s Wine and Food in the Park Festival didn’t put a dampener on the big Meandu Mine reunion which had been planned to coincide with the event.
Instead of hosting the reunion in a marquee in Memorial Park, the organisers shifted the event to Kingaroy’s Carrollee Hotel … and no-one seemed to mind.
“In fact, this may be even better, we have it all to ourselves!” said organiser Laura Langan, from Rio Tinto.
A room at the hotel was set aside for a display of photographs from throughout the past 30 years.
Visitors browsed the photo boards and flipped through photo albums.
Former employees – especially from the Rio Tinto years – and their partners dropped in and out of the reunion all day, swapping stories and reminiscing.
Many had travelled from Brisbane or Central Queensland to attend.
Work first began on Meandu Mine in 1978 after the State Government decided to proceed with the construction of the adjacent Tarong Power Station.
The mine was commissioned in 1983 and began regular coal deliveries to the power station via conveyor belt in 1984.
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