December 11, 2014
Two months of public fund-raising for Wondai’s Charlotte The Emu memorial appeal will hit another milestone on Friday morning, December 12.
CROW-FM 90.7 will be holding an on-air auction of donated goods between 6:00am and 9:00am.
The auction is the latest fund-raiser for the Charlotte The Emu Memorial Committee, which is aiming to raise $10,000 to erect a permanent, sold steel statue of the former town emu in the heart of Wondai.
Collection tins for the appeal were distributed to businesses in Wondai, Murgon and Kingaroy in late September; and last month the group held a successful open-air screening of “Red Dog” in Coronation Park which generated more than $700 towards the project.
Charlotte’s statue is currently being built by award-winning Kilkivan metal sculptor Dan Davie, and is expected to be unveiled at a public function in Coronation Park on Australia day.
Friday morning’s radiothon will offer 14 items donated by local businesses to assist the appeal.
Items that will be up for bids are:
- A Christmas tree with lights attached donated by Sunshine Mitre 10 in Kingaroy
- One night’s accommodation for two people in a studio unit at Dandabah in the Bunya Mountains, donated by The Bunyas
- A $100 gift voucher donated by the Wondai Pharmacy
- An Asus H100T Transformer Book Tablet with a keyboard, Windows 8 and Microsoft office home and student edition included donated by Datawave Internet and Computers
- A rare Queensland Bulls cricket bat autographed by the 2012-13 Queensland Bulls team members including Coach Darren Lehmann, donated by Carl Rackemann
- A wet and dry 20L Kincrome stainless steel vacuum with a 5m cord, 1.5m suction hose and attachments donated by Wondai Hardware and Timber
- A case of Western Australia’s famous Emu Bitter, specially brought over from WA for the auction by the Wondai Hotel and Cellar
- A vehicle service to value of $200 donated by Wondai Mechanical
- A framed pastel emu portrait donated by artist Maree Cameron
- 250 litres of Castrol GTX Professional 10w/30 Oil suitable for a suitable for wide range of makes and models from 1995 onwards donated by BP’s Regional Operation Depot in Wondai
- A Combination Pack offering 12 months of free entry for two adults to the Wondai Regional Art Gallery’s famous monthly opening nights plus a $20 voucher from Ryan’s Butchery, donated by the Wondai Art Gallery and Ryan’s
- A 30 minute massage and foot detox donated by Tranquillity & Soul
- A unique set of three framed cricketing prints of the Bulls Master Teams at Kingaroy, the Lynda Geiger Invitational XI and the combined teams, all signed by the players donated by Denise Keelan Photography
- An antique carved emu egg with an emu motif which is believed to be carved in the mid 19th century which comes with a certificate of authenticity from Brian Labudda at Wondai Traders, donated by Jeanie O’Neill
CROW-FM station manager Chris “Corky” Corcoran will be leading the Friday morning auction and members of the Memorial Committee will be manning the phones.
Corky said the appeal is now well its way to the target, but still needs more to meet the Committee’s goal of having the monument entirely funded by the South Burnett community.
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