There has been quite a bit happening around the area since my last column. Some of the events I have been lucky enough to attend are the Burdekin Grower Race Day, Burdekin Netball Association’s Burdekin Cup, Rotary Club’s Norm Perry Memorial Duck Race, East Ayr State School’s under 8s Day, the Burdekin Chaplaincy Fundraising Breakfast, and also made it along to the Burdekin Theatre to see Dreams – The Fleetwood Mac & Stevie Nicks Tribute Show. These types of events don’t happen in small towns like ours without the dedication, hard work and generosity of volunteers. We have been very lucky to have a community that is willing to give back. Hopefully this will continue into the future.
Fingers crossed, at the time this is printed, for the whole communities’ sake, the four Burdekin sugar mills are up and running. Let’s pray for a safe crushing free from unnecessary disruption.
A bit of salt to finish the column.
The day before the 1st Men’s State of Origin, Councillor Furnell pointed out that his team, the cockroaches, were one up. Obviously, he must have been talking about the NSW ladies winning game one of their series. Unfortunately for John, his cockroaches are now down two to one after QLD’s men and ladies' sides both getting wins. The next 2 games are home games also. Off to Townsville for the ladies and Melbourne (that’s in QLD) for the Men. QUEENSLANDER!