{"id":130682,"date":"2015-12-19T20:26:45","date_gmt":"2015-12-19T10:26:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=130682"},"modified":"2020-10-30T13:28:02","modified_gmt":"2020-10-30T03:28:02","slug":"frank-wins-singapore-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2015\/12\/19\/frank-wins-singapore-trip\/","title":{"rendered":"Lesley And Frank Win Singapore Trip"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Christmas lights competition winners Lesley Orenda and Frank Honey, from Nanango<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

December 19, 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n

South Burnett Regional Council has announced the winners of the Hancock Prospecting South Burnett Christmas Lights competition.<\/p>\n

Frank Honey, from Nanango, was judged South Burnett champion for his walk-through display in the garden of his house at 45 South Street, Nanango.<\/p>\n

He has won a trip to Singapore for two adults and two children (up to 12 years) including return economy, full-service flights from Brisbane to Singapore, courtesy of Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting.<\/p>\n

The trip includes five nights\u2019 accommodation at the Shangri La Hotel in a tower wing, deluxe room, with breakfast daily. Return private transfers between Singapore Airport and the Shangri La Hotel, High Tea at Raffles, and comprehensive travel insurance are included. The holiday is worth an estimated $15,000.<\/p>\n

South Burnett runner-up is Christine Collett, for the display on her property at 1330 Boondooma Road, Proston.<\/p>\n

She has also won a trip to Singapore for two adults and two children (up to 12 years).<\/p>\n

This trip also includes flights, transfers, Raffles High Tea and travel insurance, with five nights\u2019 accommodation at the Traders Hotel, in a superior room, with breakfast daily. The holiday is valued at an estimated $10,000.<\/p>\n

Other category winners have been awarded cash prizes: South Burnett Business Champion $1000, Business Runner-Up $500; Town winners and Regional winners $500, Town and Regional runners-up $300.<\/p>\n

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Town & Rural Winners \/ Runners-Up<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Name<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nAddress<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nCategory<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Diane Bosel<\/td>\n1 Wills Street, Nanango<\/td>\nWinner<\/strong>
\nNanango Urban<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Allan & Rosemary Strunge<\/td>\n10 Grey Street, Nanango<\/td>\nRunner-Up
\nNanango Urban<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ken & Dianne Lawes<\/td>\n102 Muir Road, Nanango<\/td>\nWinner<\/strong>
\nNanango Rural<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cheryl Ashdown<\/td>\n106 Lanigan Road, Nanango<\/td>\nRunner-Up
\nNanango Rural<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Monica Dennis<\/td>\nCnr Jefferies & Nutt Street, Murgon<\/td>\nWinner<\/strong>
\nMurgon Urban<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Geddes Family<\/td>\n5 Nutt Street, Murgon<\/td>\nRunner-Up
\nMurgon Urban<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wayne & Louise Thomas<\/td>\n298 Louttits Road, Murgon<\/td>\nWinner<\/strong>
\nMurgon Rural<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
McUtchen Family<\/td>\n592 Morgans Road, Murgon<\/td>\nRunner-Up
\nMurgon Rural<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Andrew & Renita Olsen<\/td>\n119 Pring Street, Wondai<\/td>\nWinner<\/strong>
\nWondai Urban<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Krystle Walters & Liam Baker<\/td>\n52 Pring Street, Wondai<\/td>\nRunner-Up
\nWondai Urban<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dwayne &
\nMichelle Barlett-Kennedy<\/td>\n		30 Amaroo Drive, Wondai<\/td>\nWinner<\/strong>
\nWondai Rural<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Keith McConnell<\/td>\n343 K. Duff Road, Wondai<\/td>\nRunner-Up
\nWondai Rural<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Geoff & Veronnica Hartwig<\/td>\n97 Ivy Street, Kingaroy<\/td>\nWinner<\/strong>
\nKingaroy Urban<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lisa Coutts<\/td>\n11 Venman Street, Kingaroy<\/td>\nRunner-Up
\nKingaroy Urban<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tony Wilson<\/td>\n43 Benair Drive, Kingaroy<\/td>\nWinner<\/strong>
\nKingaroy Rural<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Paul & Kristine Winter<\/td>\n25 Winters Road, Kingaroy<\/td>\nRunner-Up
\nKingaroy Rural<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Cavanough Family<\/td>\n6 Douglas Street, Blackbutt<\/td>\nWinner<\/strong>
\nBlackbutt Urban<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wingfield Family<\/td>\n18 Douglas Street, Blackbutt<\/td>\nRunner-Up
\nBlackbutt Urban<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Clinton & Brenda Stretton<\/td>\n23 Bowman Road, Blackbutt<\/td>\nWinner<\/strong>
\nBlackbutt Rural<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hillview Kidz Family Day Care<\/td>\n3 Daisy Court, Kingaroy<\/td>\nWinner<\/strong>
\nSouth Burnett Business<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nanango Taxi & Delivery<\/td>\n12 Greenwood Creek Road, Nanango<\/td>\nRunner-Up South Burnett Business<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Hancock Prospecting chairman Gina Rinehart … generously donated all the prizes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

by Bronwyn Marquardt<\/strong><\/p>\n

Grand champions Frank Honey and Lesley Orenda have been entertaining residents and visitors for years with their Christmas Lights displays, and they say giggles and smiles of children were the only thanks they needed.<\/strong><\/p>\n

So when Mayor Wayne Kratzmann presented them with the prize for South Burnett Champion, the pair was momentarily lost for words.<\/p>\n

\u201cI got tears, Frank got tears, but he wasn\u2019t game to let them out because he didn\u2019t think they would ever stop,\u201d Lesley said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was really great. We couldn\u2019t believe it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Frank, a father of five, and Lesley, a mum of four, whose adult children live away from home, moved to Nanango about six years ago.<\/p>\n

They fell in love after Frank drove from Western Australia to Brisbane to comfort Lesley following the death of her husband.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThere was something about Nanango. It\u2019s a nice place to live, and this house came on the market. We walked into the kitchen here, and there were butterflies on the tiles. I have a thing for butterflies and I said: \u2018This is our house\u2019,\u201d Lesley said.<\/p>\n

Each October, Frank begins the painstaking task of setting up his Christmas lights display, which he already did as a hobby in Western Australia.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s Frank\u2019s thing really, I just supervise,\u201d Lesley said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had the Christmas spirit knocked out of me after my husband died, but Frank and the people who visit the lights are helping to bring it back.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe doesn\u2019t do it for prizes. He does it every year to see the smiles on the faces of people and to hear the giggles. It\u2019s like a playground outside.\u201d<\/p>\n

On the night Mayor Kratzmann surprised the couple with the good news, Lesley had been on her hands and knees cutting grass with scissors to ensure the lights looked their best.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve already been through two mowers keeping the lawn cut nice and short so people can walk through the display, but if you get too close you cut the cords,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo I was bent over cutting the grass with scissors so everything would look nice, and we were hoping it wouldn\u2019t rain.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

She was inside when Frank called out to let her know that she was needed outside.<\/p>\n

There, she found Mayor Kratzmann and Council\u2019s Senior Officer Community and Sport Michael Hunter waiting with a certificate, champagne, and details of their prize \u2013 a family trip to Singapore donated by Christmas Lights sponsors Hancock Prospecting Pty Ltd.<\/p>\n

\u201cI still can\u2019t believe it,\u201d Lesley said. \u201cNeither of us have been overseas. We don\u2019t even own passports. We don\u2019t know anything about Singapore. We\u2019ll have to sit and Google it. It was very nice of Gina Rinehart to donate the prize.\u201d<\/p>\n

The children and grandchildren will have to battle it out to see who will be going as extra passengers.<\/p>\n

As an added bonus, the couple have been using their Christmas Lights display to raise awareness for a cause close to Lesley\u2019s heart – organ and tissue donation.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWhen my husband died, me and his Mum donated his organs,\u201d she said. \u201cWe had already had the discussion, and I know that about six people benefitted from our decision to donate his organs. It was sad that he died, but at least he helped others to live and have better lives.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are so many people who don\u2019t know anything about organ donation. We don\u2019t push it on people but we have leaflets available, and we talk to people about it if they want to know anything.<\/p>\n

\u201cDonating life is one of the best gifts you could give anyone I think.\u201d<\/p>\n

Frank and Lesley will continue to operate their display for at least three days after December 25 so that as many people can enjoy their display as possible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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