Come and ‘Experience Pioneer Life at Highfields Pioneer Village on Easter Saturday, Sunday and Monday, April 3rd, 4th and 5th, 2010.
Milk a cow, crack a whip or be a blacksmith. Enjoy Billy tea and damper, Grand Parade , baby animals in the nursery, great food, entertainment all through the day  with special guest Jeff Brown  are only a few of the features! You don’t even have to love history or be a vintage  machinery buff to enjoy this Festival. It is an affordable, entertaining weekend for all ages.
Highfields Pioneer Village is in Wirraglen Road, Highfields. For more information call 4696 6309 or visit www.eastervintagefestival.com
More than 40 sailplanes and their pilots will fly from Chinchilla in this year’s annual Easter Gliding Competition. The event, run by Caboolture Gliding Club and Gliding Queensland, will see massed launches from Chinchilla Airfield daily from Good Friday 2 April through to Saturday 10 April.
The sight of 40 sailplanes being towed into the air in quick succession by a small squadron of powerful tug aircraft is an exciting sight,†says competition organiser and Caboolture Gliding Club Chief Flying Instructor Brian Wade. Visitors are welcome to come and enjoy the spectacle, which will be starting from about 11 am every day of the competition.â€
The Easter event has a reputation among soaring pilots as a friendly competition and this extends to visitors and onlookers, who are welcome to ask questions and be shown around by event officials after the launching is complete.â€
Among the 40 plus men and women flying from Chinchilla will be pilots who have flown in elite national and international competitions. Two of these are Darling Downs fliers Mike Codling and Alan Barnes, who will be using the Easter competition to hone their pair flying skills for the next gliding world championship in Europe.
Mike and Alan, who fly with Darling Downs Soaring Club at Jondaryan, were selected as team representatives for Australia and have already flown together in Europe as part of their preparation for the worlds.
Other pilots are coming from as far away as New Zealand to compete in this year’s Easter competition.
Further information:
Garrett Russell 0412 374 477 gjr@powerup.com.au
The Inaugural ‘A Stroll Down Broadway’ was a grand success and raised $7,000 for the Toowoomba Hospice.
Promotions and Fundraising Manager Mr. Mark Munro said he had goose bumps through and through on opening night and he couldn’t wait until the matinee session on Sunday.
I was so proud of the Toowoomba Municipal Band and Choir ‘The Accidentals’ as they all did an outstanding performance in presenting  music from many great Broadway shows including ‘Love Changes Everything’ from Lloyd-Webber’s ‘Aspects of Love’, Peter Allen’s ‘I go to Rio’ from ‘Boy from Oz’, ‘I Know him so well’ and ‘Anthem’ from the musical ‘Chess’. The ever popular music of ABBA as seen in ‘Mamma Mia’ was featured in a great medley of their hits.
Mr. Munro also sang the praises of Compere Mr. Robert Ketton, Musical Director Lorraine Fuller, Choral Coach Cherie Macaulay and Choreographer Shannon Gralow who had combined their talents in this production with the whole cast to make it such a success.
All proceeds from the 2 performances have gone to the Toowoomba Hospice to help continue the invaluable free palliative care service for the terminally ill on the Darling Downs and Lockyer Valley.
Cidinha Moos and Gai McGee volunteered to serve light refreshments for all those who attended the Performance at the Empire Theatre, Toowoomba
Mr. Munro wanted to pass on the Hospice’s sincere gratitude to: University of Southern Queensland, Empire Theatres, The Glennie School, Bob Horstman, Mark Munro, Renae Coonan, Lorraine Fuller, Leanne Fuller, Ian A Rosenberger, Elizabeth Crook, Matthew Skerman, Stephen Lebsanft, Toowoomba Regional Council’s Community Access Fund, Hospice Volunteers, Municipal Band Volunteers & all media for their support of this event.
Finally to Lisa Skerman who made Mr. Munro’s dream of holding a special ‘Musical Concert’ a reality! I have been wanting to do something like this for a long time and when I put the idea to Lisa she was more than happy to get the ball rolling by securing the band and creating the ‘Accidentals’ Lisa was and is an absolute Gem…Thank you Lisa!â€
Roisin Davis, Chris Lebsanft, Leo Lebsanft and Grace Elliott were all smiles at the Inaugural 'Stroll Down Broadway' Laureen Roberts and Desley Nothdurft were all cuddles for Jamie Nuss from the Toowoomba Municipal Brass Band to congratulate him on the success of the night.
l to r: Mark Munro and Graham Barron (Toowoomba Hospice) encourage Wippells Dealer Principal Dave Russell to get his tie off in support of the Annual Darling Downs Free Dress Challenge.
The Toowoomba Hospice sent out a ‘Free Dress Challenge’ to all the businesses, clubs, organisations and schools on the Darling Downs and in the Lockyer Valley a few weeks ago via mail and Wippells Autos have taken it on!
Mr. Dave Russell – Dealer Principal of Wippells Autos says he and his staff will participate in the Free Dress Challenge in May on the proviso that other Car Dealers take on the Challenge too. I would like to challenge the other Car Dealers to have a free dress day in May or in June to help raise funds for the Toowoomba Hospice. These funds will assist the daily operations of this important community facility providing palliative and respite care for all agesâ€
The organisers of the Challenge have taken a slightly different angle this year with running the Challenge over a 2 month period instead of 1 week Toowoomba Hospice Association Chairman Mr. Graham Barron OAM says This gives the businesses, clubs, organisations and schools a wider time frame to hold their free dress day. We would like to raise at least $6000 from this fundraiser.
A Digital Camera, DVD Player, Photographic Portraits are up for grabs for the businesses, clubs, organisations and schools that raises the most money to make it fair for all; especially the ones with a smaller participants, the organisers will divide the total money raised by total Participants at the participating businesses, clubs, organisations and schools, to obtain an average raised per person.
Participants can contact Mark Munro on 07 46598500 OR email admin.toowoombahospice@bigpond.com to register their business, club, organisation or school
The Millmerran Multipurpose Health Service will be holding the biennial health expo at the Millmerran Sports Centre on Thursday May 20th, from 9.00am to 4.00pm. Please note the new venue.
This year we are asking a wider range of health service providers, sports, craft and beauty services. In past years, exhibitor feedback indicated that the Expo is a valuable tool in promoting their business or activity in this community.
The Expo will be open to the public of all ages, free of charge to access the many displays featured. Schools will be invited to come along. There will be activities eg. food and nutrition for school students to take part in. This Expo will give our community more insight into the services available locally and regionally.
Helen Blanch
Community and Health Promotion Nurse
Millmerran Multipurpose Health Service
50-60 Commens Street, Millmerran Q 4357
Phone 07 4695 3123Â Â Fax 4695 3133
Email:Â Helen_Blanch@health.qld.gov.au
