March 7, 2018
The South Burnett Regional Council will be hosting a community celebration in Kingaroy on March 27 to welcome the Queen’s Baton Relay runners.
The runners will all be South Burnett locals who applied to the Council to be baton bearers last year.
The Relay began on March 13, 2017 (Commonwealth Day) at Buckingham Palace in London.
The baton, which carries a message from the Queen to be read out at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games, then travelled through every Commonwealth nation and territory on its way to Australia.
It began its Australian journey last Christmas and will travel for 100 days over a 40,000km route designed to connect with as many Australians as possible in every State and Territory.
Locally, it will travel from Noosa Heads to Caloundra, then Kilcoy, Kingaroy, Dalby and Oakey before working its way back to Brisbane via Toowoomba.
The community celebrations will begin at 4:00pm and will offer free amusement rides, free face painting for children, demonstrations, food stalls and a lucky door prize.
The Baton Relay runners are expected to arrive at Memorial Park in Haly Street at 5:30pm that day.
After the Baton Relay arrives, there’ll be a small break for official proceedings.
Then activities will resume until the event concludes with a fireworks display at 8:00pm.
The community celebrations are free, and all residents are welcome.
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