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Blackbutt and District Tourism and Heritage Association president Noeleen Bird with Member for Nanango Deb Frecklington and the new Community Directory<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

July 16, 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n

Blackbutt residents and visitors to town have a new source of up-to-date local information, thanks to the idea of a newcomer to the region.<\/p>\n

The updated Blackbutt & Benarkin Community Directory is the brainchild of local resident Maria Arranz who found she had difficulty locating local tradespeople and services when she shifted to the area.<\/p>\n

Blackbutt and District Tourism and Heritage Association (BDTHA) president Noeleen Bird said Maria started collecting information and asking around about how she could publish the results.<\/p>\n

Someone pointed her in the direction of the BDTHA, which just happened to have 1000 spare covers left over from the last community directory published in Blackbutt.<\/p>\n

The next problem was printing the inside pages, which is when Noeleen knocked on the door of the local Member for Nanango, Deb Frecklington.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Staff at Mrs Frecklington’s electorate office in Kingaroy started printing, printing and printing …<\/p>\n

A “short” while later, 1000 copies of the 32-page booklet were ready to go, all nicely stapled.<\/p>\n

The Nanango Electorate Office donated the paper for this project, although usually they ask community groups to provide their own paper when doing printing.<\/p>\n

The electorate office often prints show schedules, as well as the Kumbia Partyline and other local newsletters.<\/p>\n

Mrs Frecklington officially launched the directory at the\u00a0BDTHA headquarters at Nukku Nook on Friday, ahead of the group’s regular history morning.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“This is one community that definitely bats above the average. When something needs to done, they get up and do it,” Mrs Frecklington said.<\/p>\n

“They don’t just wait for it to fall into their laps.”<\/p>\n

Mrs Frecklington praised Leanne Hams, from her office: “She did all the hard work; she should be the one here today,” she said.<\/p>\n

But she noted the really hard work had been done by the people who gathered all the information together.<\/p>\n

And all the changes since the last directory were recognition of how the area was growing.<\/p>\n

Copies of the new\u00a0Blackbutt & Benarkin Community Directory will be available at businesses in Blackbutt and Benarkin, including real estate agents.<\/p>\n

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At the launch of the Community Directory were Heather Crack, Benarkin; Sue Littlemore, Blackbutt; Jenny Gilliland, Taromeo; and Iris Crumpton, Blackbutt<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Des Aston, from Blackbutt, and Ken Crumpton, Benarkin, were staying around for the monthly history morning, which this month focussed on the topic of sawmilling<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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