{"id":364072,"date":"2025-08-28T21:42:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T11:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=364072"},"modified":"2025-08-28T21:42:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T11:42:08","slug":"latest-exhibition-opens-at-murgon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2025\/08\/28\/latest-exhibition-opens-at-murgon\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest Exhibition Opens At Murgon"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_364073\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-364073\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250823murgon1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-364073 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250823murgon1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250823murgon1.jpg 740w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250823murgon1-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250823murgon1-269x167.jpg 269w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250823murgon1-285x177.jpg 285w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250823murgon1-340x211.jpg 340w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250823murgon1-263x163.jpg 263w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-364073\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lorraine Syratt and Jan Goetz, from Murgon, were enjoying afternoon tea at the 55MYA gallery<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>August 28, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 55 Million Years Ago art gallery in Murgon opened its latest exhibition on Saturday afternoon with another of its popular &#8220;Elegant Afternoon Teas&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Guests enjoyed sipping their drinks from china cups while supping on sandwiches and tasty treats.<\/p>\n<p><strong>They also had the opportunity to browse &#8211; and perhaps purchase &#8211; the latest works on display around the walls created by local artists.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There was also a raffle and a &#8220;best dressed&#8221; prize.<\/p>\n<p>The art gallery fills one section of the complex, which also features the fossil museum and interactive displays.<\/p>\n<p>The 55MYA volunteers change the artworks on display every two months.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_364074\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-364074\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250823murgon2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-364074 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250823murgon2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250823murgon2.jpg 740w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250823murgon2-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250823murgon2-269x167.jpg 269w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250823murgon2-285x177.jpg 285w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250823murgon2-340x211.jpg 340w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250823murgon2-263x163.jpg 263w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-364074\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Elaine Madill and Linda Staines, from the Wondai Art Gallery, were checking out the Murgon artworks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_364075\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-364075\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250823murgon3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-364075 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250823murgon3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250823murgon3.jpg 740w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250823murgon3-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250823murgon3-269x167.jpg 269w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250823murgon3-285x177.jpg 285w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250823murgon3-340x211.jpg 340w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250823murgon3-263x163.jpg 263w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-364075\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pauline and Doug Johnson, from Murgon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_364076\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-364076\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250823murgon4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-364076 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250823murgon4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250823murgon4.jpg 740w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250823murgon4-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250823murgon4-269x167.jpg 269w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250823murgon4-285x177.jpg 285w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250823murgon4-340x211.jpg 340w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250823murgon4-263x163.jpg 263w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-364076\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michelle Coulson, from Tablelands, and Lainie McInerney, from Boat Mountain<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_364077\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-364077\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250823murgon5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-364077 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250823murgon5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250823murgon5.jpg 740w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250823murgon5-300x109.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-364077\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Guests enjoyed afternoon tea to launch the latest exhibition at 55MYA in Murgon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 55 Million Years Ago art gallery in Murgon opened its latest exhibition on Saturday afternoon with another of its popular &#8220;Elegant Afternoon Teas&#8221;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":364073,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[863,3],"tags":[23,28],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Latest Exhibition Opens At Murgon - southburnett.com.au<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The 55 Million 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