Robert “Rocko” Langton was providing the live music … the gymnasium wall features a full-length mural created by Rocko, his family members and local childrenWilliam Saltner with Alecia, 3 … the day was really all about activities for the children
November 26, 2021
Cherbourg hasn’t had a lot of success this year scheduling its NAIDOC celebration with events cancelled for multiple reasons … so when the rain came on Thursday, things again looked grim.
But the Barambah Local Justice Group and the Muran Djan Centre weren’t going to be put off.
They simply moved the activities that had been planned for Cherbourg’s Memorial Park to the Sports Centre.
The Jeffrey “Mitta” Dynevor Gymnasium was filled with stalls from a number of groups sharing information and giveaways.
Special guests were from the Queensland Reds – including captain Liam Wright – who encouraged the children to pass and kick a football into a special blow-up net.
Out in the oval, other children were having a great time tossing returning boomerangs. Gundoo Early Childhood Centre and the HIPPY Program also had kids’ activities.
Volunteers from the Muran Djan Men’s Centre put on a barbecue, and there were also fruit cups and snow cones for the kids.
Cherbourg Radio broadcast live from the event, interviewing local residents as they passed by.
In the main hall, Rocko Langton provided live music.
The theme for 2021 NAIDOC was “Heal Country”.
Queensland Reds captain with Liam Wright, Alecia Pienaar, Garrick Morgan, Ema Masi and Kalani ThomasBarambah Justice Group had lucky draws and a guessing competition, from left Aunty Dorothea Douglas and Aunty Lillian GrayThe crew from Cherbourg Radio were broadcasting liveThe fire truck had to stay outside in the rain, but the fireys were indoors … Kingaroy Station Officer Matt Swainson with Cherbourg crew members, Lieutenant Daniel Cobbo and firefighters Kenny Gyemore and Gene BarrettFormer Cherbourg mayor Arnold Murray, who officially opened the NAIDOC celebrations, with Tyrone MurrayLaToya Enoch, Kimberley Appo and Kendi Grant-Freeman, from Deadly KindysATSILS court support officer Mark Messer also had a table full of giveawaysCr Leighton Costello and Steve Fisher, from the Muran Djan Men’s Centre were busy at the barbecueThe SES had heaps of giveaways … from left, Stanley Cusworth, Chaz Fuller, Peter Smith and Kathy StewartSophia Fisher, Sheryl Zelinski, Brenna Prendergast and Jodi Carlo, from Child Safety
