Bottle Tree Bulletin Bottle Tree Bulletin - March 2019 | Page 8

Yuleba | Wallumbilla | Jackson
Merle Murphy Citizen of the
Year 2019
At the Australia Day celebrations at the
Wallumbilla Memorial Hall, Merle Murphy was
presented with the Citizen of the Year Award
for 2019. Merle has been part of the Yuleba
community for more than 80 years and loves
to be involved with the Yuleba State School,
Cuppa for Cancer’s Biggest Morning Tea as
well as creating over 1100 knitted teddy bears
for the Queensland Children’s Hospital and
the Wallumbilla Hospital.
Australia Day Awards for Wallumbilla/Yuleba
and Surrounds were as follows:
Young Citizen of the Year –Thomas York
Cultural Award – Festival of Small Halls
Achievement Award – Kristie York
Sports Award – Katrina Cleland
Junior Sports Award – Payton Leahy
Community Event of the Year – Wallumbilla
100 Year Show
Member Contribution Award – Wallumbilla
SES and Rural Fire Brigade.
Congratulations to all nominees and award
recipients. A delicious morning tea was
served after the ceremony and in the
afternoon, the Wallumbilla Pool was the
venue for lunch and an enjoyable swim in the
warm weather.
Citizen of the Year, Merle Murphy with Mayor
Tyson Golder and Councillor Geoff McMullen
cutting the Australia Day Cake
March IN Yuleba | Wallumbilla |
Jackson area
Bendemere Garden Club
The Bendemere Garden Club met for their
AGM and a general meeting at Robyn and
Jim Wilby’s garden in Dargal Road. There
was a good roll up with 49 members in
attendance. The guest speaker for the
afternoon was Craig Thorne.
Craig gave an informative talk including the
history of the Bougainvillea, soil types they
prefer, flowering times and fertiliser
requirements. Craig then gave a
demonstration of how to take and strike
cuttings. Craig’s talk was listened to
enthusiastically and many questions were
asked. Anne Moloney thanked Craig for his
informative talk.
The raffles for the day were drawn and they
were won by Viv Bruton, Christine Webster
and Robyn McKenzie. President Lynne
thanked Robyn and Jim Wilby for having us to
their garden. Robyn spoke briefly about the
beautiful sunflowers in the garden which are
currently bringing parrots, including Crimson
Wings and Rosellas. Robyn advised they are
usually on town water but have recently
pumped from the dam to the garden for a
couple of waterings and this has greened the
lawn up immensely.
Locals having fun at the Jackson Games
Afternoon
Award winners with Cr Geoff McMullen at the Wallumbilla/Yuleba and Surrounds Australia Day
Event
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3 Bendemere Garden Club, venue TBA
20 Wallumbilla Town Improvement Group
Meeting
+EVERY 2nd Thursday Wallumbilla QCWA
meet 9:30am@ QCWA Hall call Caroline on
4623 4134
+EVERY Tuesday Metafit & Circuit Training
5:30pm @ Yuleba Tennis Courts
Jackson Games Afternoon
A delicious afternoon tea was served, as
usual. Robyn invited everyone to feel free to
enjoy the garden and wander everywhere.
The next garden Club meeting will be on
Sunday, 3 March. Venue to be advised.
The Jackson Branch of the QCWA organized
a games afternoon in January. It was held at
the CWA hall in Jackson. More than 25
people from Roma, Noonga, Dulacca and
Jackson were in attendance. All enjoyed
games of table tennis, darts, chess, blokus
and word games. The attendee then stayed
on for drinks and nibbles. A great afternoon
and evening was had by all.
The ladies of the CWA who organised the day
have indicated that they will be having other
events for the Jackson community so keep an
eye out for date claimers!
A study in concentration at the Jackson Games
Afternoon
Guest speaker Craig Thorne speaking about
Bougainvillea at the Bendemere Garden Club