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Fierce Zombie Hunter Jess Miller terrified zombie Chrissy Lauder at the South Burnett’s first ever Zombie Walk in Nanango on Saturday … but happily the day turned out to be fatality free<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

November 26, 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n

Drivers passing through Nanango were treated to a rare spectacle on Saturday afternoon as a parade of 50 zombies shambled slowly along the side of the D’Aguilar Highway.<\/p>\n

The South Burnett’s first-ever Zombie walk – an unusual fundraiser for Nanango’s all-inclusive playground project – drew appreciative honks from motorists as the undead shuffled along the Ros Gregor Walking Track beside the roadway.<\/p>\n

The idea was the brainchild of Seren Ahlquist and it now looks set to become a novel addition to Nanango’s annual events calendar.<\/p>\n

Seren stumbled across a Zombie walk happening in a Brisbane park when she first moved to Queensland.<\/p>\n

She was surprised to learn it was a fundraiser for the Brain Foundation, a charity that raises funds for brain injury research.<\/p>\n

Over the next few years she watched Brisbane’s Zombie walk grow from 400 to 12,000 people, and Zombie walks spring up in other towns.<\/p>\n

“I shared this idea with (my friend) Stella Wade and our other friends, and everyone just loved it,” Seren said.<\/p>\n

“So we set up Zombie Invasion Nanango as a group, and started promoting our first-ever event.”<\/p>\n

Seren said Heritage Bank Nanango had quickly come on board as a sponsor, and Crs Roz Frohloff and Danita Potter donated $200 each from their discretionary funds to help pay for signage and other materials.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Nanango Lions and many other people also volunteered to help.<\/p>\n

The event was endorsed by Cheryl Warner, the Nanango mum who first brought the need for an inclusive playground to public attention in May.<\/p>\n

Cheryl’s seven-year-old son Jai has special needs, and the lack of local facilities has been forcing her to drive to Yarraman, Ipswich or the Sunshine Coast so her son can play.<\/p>\n

Cheryl issued a public plea to build an inclusive playground for special needs children and adults in the South Burnett.<\/p>\n

Her idea has now won widespread support from the community and\u00a0South Burnett Regional Council has designated Nanango’s Butter Factory Park as the preferred site for the facility.<\/p>\n

Zombies began gathering at Tipperary Flat from 3:00pm on Saturday, slaking any lingering thirst for blood or brains with soft drinks and sausage sandwiches from the Lions food van.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Then at 5:00pm – with the sun beginning to move lower in the sky – the zombies assembled for the long shuffle to Hannibal’s Bucket.<\/p>\n

After pausing to be splattered with artificial blood near the finish line, they dragged their feet the last 100 metres to the Bucket for a group shot snapped by half a dozen keen photographers.<\/p>\n

They then returned to the starting line to dance to Michael Jackson’s “Thriller”.<\/p>\n

Later that evening, many zombies rounded off the day at a Zombie After Party held at Nanango’s Palace Hotel.<\/p>\n

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On Monday, Seren told southburnett.com.au she was very pleased with the roll-up.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“For a first time event in a town the size of Nanango, I think we did much better per capita than the 400 people who took part in the first Brisbane zombie walk,” she said.<\/p>\n

“Another thing that impressed our committee was that so many people put such a big effort into their zombie costumes.<\/p>\n

“Emma Perkins, the winner of the Best Zombie Costume category, really went above and beyond with her outfit, and so did the team who took out the group prize.”<\/p>\n

Seren said it would be a few days before the group could work out how much money the walk raised.<\/p>\n

This was because donation tins and the Palace Hotel’s after party donations also had to be collected and counted,.<\/p>\n

“The wonderful thing about this project is that Heritage Bank Nanango will contribute $3 for every $1 raised, so whatever we raised will quadruple,” Seren said.<\/p>\n

“We’ll be presenting a cheque for the proceeds to the Nanango Tourism and Development Association (the association collecting money for the inclusive playground project).”<\/p>\n

Seren said she hopes the Zombie walk will become an annual event to raise funds for good causes.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“It’s a fun day out for people, it’s not expensive and how often do you get the chance to dress up like a zombie and do something for the community?” she said.<\/p>\n

“If Butter Factory Park’s fundraising target hasn’t been reached by this time next year we’ll do our second walk for it, too.<\/p>\n

“But if it has been reached – and we all hope it will be – we’ll find another good cause to help instead.”<\/p>\n

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  • Anyone who’d like to help Seren and her team organise next year’s Zombie walk can phone her on 0432-346-090. <\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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    Saylor Turnbull, 4, and her brother Cooper, 6, dressed for the occasion; the duo had dressed in different costumes at Nanango’s Halloween celebrations just three weeks ago<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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    Marilyn Avison, Brett Macleod, Steven Smith, Tina Murray and, at front, Gavin Howell welcomed fellow zombies to Lions Park<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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    Stella Wade, Cathy Gilliland and Ina Patterson processed registrations at the front desk<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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    Best Zombie Costume winner Emma Perkins and Shelley Murray were two of the 50 zombies who took part in the South Burnett’s first-ever Zombie Walk in Nanango on Saturday<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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    Terry Mackrell, from NaTDA, got friendly with zombie bride Christine Maree<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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    About 4:30pm, zombies began to assemble for the trek to Hannibal’s Bucket …<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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    … pausing only for photos snapped by a small army of photographers ….<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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    … before they shuffled off into the bright late afternoon sunshine ….<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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    … in what turned out to be a surprisingly big (but slow-moving) parade<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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    It’s not easy being a blood-spattered zombie, but these three undead participants soldiered on anyway<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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    By the time the parade crossed Brown Street – with the help of traffic controllers, to ensure all zombies were kept safe – the marchers had begun to spread out<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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    Mum Cheryl Warner and her son Jai, 7, took part in the Zombie Walk, too<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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    Near the finish line, participants who’d dried out on the march had the option of being sprayed with some extra ‘blood’ …<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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    … before most of the zombies assembled inside the blood-red Hannibal’s bucket for a commemorative photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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