Guest speaker Shane Webcke, centre, with Deputy Mayor Kathy Duff, right, and some of the organisers and guests on Thursday night (Photo: Murgon Moments)
February 23, 2019
The third Community Health Expo organised by Murgon Area Community Health Nurses attracted a strong turnout of stallholders at the South Burnett PCYC on Thursday night.
There was information on hand from both not-for-profit groups and commercial companies but all linked to the expo theme “Focus On You” ie. safety at home, at work and online.
Guest speakers included Senior Constable Danielle Gordon, from Dalby, who spoke about cyberbullying.
The expo was officially opened by South Burnett Mayor Keith Campbell who said safety meant different things at different times in our lives, but it always had to be the paramount issue embedded in our minds.
A highlight of the expo was the kitchen fire display put on by Murgon firefighters outside the main pavilion.
The flames roaring into the sky demonstrated graphically why you should NEVER try to put out a burning pan of oil fire on the stove with water.
The correct way is by using a fire blanket, which will smother the flames.
Guest speaker was rugby league legend and sports presenter, Shane Webcke, who is Queensland’s Safety Ambassador.
Shane spoke about the importance of work safety so everyone can return home to their families.
The volunteers from the Murgon’s Men Shed were doing a roaring trade with their barbecue while the Murgon Hospital Auxiliary offered tea, coffee and slices for a gold coin donation.
Other talks focussed on injury prevention, medication safety and safety in the home.
The first of the Health Expos was held in Murgon in September 2016. This was followed by a similar Health Expo at Proston last year.
Proston Community Health nurse Kathy Crane, Breast Care Nurse Sue Cox, Queensland Health Mobile Women’s Health Network nurse Marcia Hunt, Murgon Hospital Director of Nursing Julie Kelly and Darling Downs Hospital Health Service Executive Director Rural Joanne Shaw; front row, Amie Taylor, Cherbourg Community Health; South Burnett Palliative Care co-ordinator Kylie Wolski; and community health worker June RutterThis is why you DON’T try to put out an oil fire in the kitchen with water (Photo: Murgon Moments)Proston Community Health Nurse Kathy Crane with Wakka Wakka Elder Eric Law who did the Welcome To CountryJoyce Stephens and Annette Ivins, from Kingaroy Home AidsBrenda Brown and Angie Dingle, from South Burnett CTC’s Partners In Foster CareJacqui Holland and Emme Tulleken from FAIS (First Aid Instruction and Services)Rodney and Gaven Evans, from Chubb FireFrom Murgon Neighbourhood Watch … back row, co-ordinator Brett Sander and secretary / treasurer Phenella Hiron; front row, Stan Munday, Kitty Robertson and Josiah Robertson, 10From the Murgon Local Ambulance Committee (LAC) … Louise Gibson, Terry Levi and Kerry BaldwinCentacare South Burnett operations manager John Stevenson and service delivery manager Tania KilkennyDistrict Crime Prevention co-ordinator Senior Constable Dan O’Hara and Officer-in-Charge Murgon Police Senior Sergeant Steven StewartDalby volunteer-in-policing Rae Tucky, guest speaker Senior Constable Danielle Gordon, and Senior Constable Dan O’HaraBrenda Rewald, from the Murgon Hospital Auxiliary, and Murgon Men’s Shed treasurer John ArmstrongMaree Anderson and Iris Ferguson, from Graham House in MurgonShane Webcke checks out an emergency stretcher carrier (Photo: Murgon Moments)
