Bottle Tree Bulletin Bottle Tree Bulletin - March 2020 | Page 9

1.Trish Sedgwick with Cr Geoff McMullen receiving the Australia Day Cultural Award on behalf of the Jackson QCWA 2. & 3. Happy winners at Noonga Dance 4. Pelicans on the dam 5. Mitchell visitors enjoying Noonga Dance 6. Fiona and Brian Sinnamon having a lovely night out at Noonga Dance 1. 3. Saturday 25 th April ANZAC Day The hall will be open following a short service at the How wonderful the rain has been with much of memorial. Please bring a plate to share. the Jackson district enjoying water running Noonga Notes into dams and tanks and green grass at last. It is good to see the wild birds back at dams and The Noonga dance was held on February 1st, waterways but sad to see the number of dead while the crowd was down the fun didn’t stop. trees especially along the Warrego Highway. Everyone who attended had a great night, and Congratulations to QCWA Jackson Branch for saw guests travel from Mitchell, Roma and receiving an Australia Day Award in the Chinchilla to attend the evening. Wallumbilla, Yuleba, Jackson District of the The winner of the Family holiday to Woodgate Maranoa for a Cultural Event – Festival of kindly donated by Brian & Fiona Sinnamon Small Halls held in November. Linda Hyland was Alice Elder of Chinchilla. A very excited also received an Australia Day Award for Alice accepted her prize. The winners of the Member Contribution. lucky door a nights accommodation at On January 19, the Jackson Hall was the Possum Park Miles kindly donated by Julie & venue for a games afternoon and BBQ as part David Hinds was Bill and Desley Murray. of the school holiday program in the Maranoa. Date claimers for Noonga! Indoor bowls, table tennis, Guess Who and What’s coming up @ Noonga… card games were popular with many who A very busy year ahead! attended. Great fellowship followed as the March 7th- Noonga’s Women’s Day, community celebrated a number of January Celebrating our Women in Rural Qld. birthdays, Trish Sedgwick, Alison Sedgwick April 4th - Noonga’s American Tennis and Harry Johanson. Tournament and night under the stars. On Monday, February 3 the Jackson and August 1st - Noonga’s “Black Tie Affair”, first Noonga communities met with members of Maranoa Regional Council and discussed the ever! August 14th Noonga’s Senior Week Jackson Waste Transfer Facility, fire risks to celebration. the town of Jackson, the Noonga bore and Watch this space for more information as the Harrisia Cactus control. All community months members are reminded to use 2. progress! [email protected] to lodge any issues or concerns in the Maranoa It’s going to be a BIG Regional Council area. The next meeting will year ahead! be at the Jackson Hall on Monday 11 th May Upcoming events are: Sunday 1 st March Clean Up Australia Day Meet at Jackson Hall at 8am. Sausage sizzle to follow. Sunday 29th March 5pm BBQ $5 burgers. All welcome. Please contact Trish on 0427 709 611 if attending. Jackson Jottings 4. 5. 6. SAVE THE DATE NOONGA’S AMERICAN TENNIS TOURNAMENT Saturday April 4th @ The Noonga Tennis Courts Nominations accepted on the day, in by 9:30am All welcome - beginner to experienced GREAT PRIZES TO BE WON | FUN FOR ALL Full canteen & bar all day, multi draw raffle, EXCITING NEWS live music from 3:30pm BBQ dinner BBQ dinner for sale from 5:30pm. FREE camping 9