(Photo: Marcus Priaulx)
November 11, 2013
by Marcus Priaulx
Cherbourg’s Yurri Muntha Café is expanding to accommodate a growing clientele.
The Cherbourg eatery will enlarge its deck and build a special room to host exhibitions and professional meetings.
The staff will also get added training and a mentor will be hired to enable a growing number of schoolchildren to do work experience.
Yurri Muntha has been running for a year and manager Sheree Strauss said it made sense to expand the business.
“The new meeting room will host about a dozen people and we’ll be on hand to provide up-to-the-minute catering,” Ms Strauss said.
“The room will also cater for the latest technology in an easygoing atmosphere.
“People will come here and feel relaxed by knowing everything will be taken care of.
“They can then concentrate on their project to hand.”
Art and photo exhibitions will also be hosted in the room for patrons and tourists to view.
Cherbourg Aboriginal Shire Council CEO Warren Collins said the Yurri Muntha extensions would add to the town’s character.
He was grateful for a State Government grant that would make them possible.
Work is expected to be completed by the middle of next year.
“This grant will take it to a new level,” he said.
“We hope people from the wider community support it because we’re trying to build something special in Cherbourg and things are moving ahead.”
