Bottle Tree Bulletin Bottle Tree Bulletin - October 2019 | Page 7

Visitor Centre Nature’s Rewards Exhibition by Noelene Peters Official Opening at 6pm Friday, 27 September until Monday, 11 November 2019 Gallery Opening Times Monday - Friday 8.30am to 5pm Saturday - Sunday 9am to 5pm Second Avenue, Injune QLD 4454 Phone: [phone] Email: [email protected] spruik the sights of the area, and more volunteers are always Running all month at the Injune Creek Gallery welcome. Volunteers and will be Nature’s Rewards by Toowoomba committee members of Injune artist Noelene Peters. District Tourism even held a surprise 70 th birthday party for The following big event at the Injune Creek long-serving volunteer Valda Gallery will be the annual Santos Injune Art Show opening on November 15. This year the Hafemeister recently. Please ring Jane Vincent on 4626 0503 if you opening will be supported by a Christmas are interested in joining the team. maker’s market, grazing table and entertainment by Iain Jackson. Residents of 1. the Maranoa Region and Arcadia Valley are now invited to submit up to three entries by dropping them at the Injune library before 5pm November 8. For more information please ring art show coordinator Debbie Duff on 0447 125 115. In other arts news the recently formed Wallaroo Art Group kicked off proceedings with a Beating the Drought workshop held at Pauline and Justin MacDonnell’s Wallaroo Outback Retreat in September. Lampshades, Laughs and Footstools was sponsored by Maranoa Regional Council and the Regional Arts Development Fund and attracted participants from the Arcadia Valley, Injune, Bymount, Wycombe, Roma and Winton. As Sally West 2. reports: “all ladies are experiencing drought conditions and they came together to learn new skills and forge new friendships. 51 lampshades and 16 footstools are now adding a stylish flare to many country homes thanks to the tutorage of Glenda Rival - Interiors and her husband Mike from Goondiwindi.” Arts About 3. Volunteers at the Injune Visitor Centre have been run off their feet this season with up to 100 visitors a day pouring through the doors (the biggest day saw 132 visitors!). Each year approximately 15,000 travellers drop into the centre with numbers peaking in the July school holidays (this July saw 2160 visitors). Most are on the Great Inland Way and looking for information on Carnarvon Gorge or Roma and Lightning Ridge if travelling south. Many stay in Injune for at least one night. If each of the 15,000 visitors spent $20 in town that equates to a whopping $300,000. Volunteering at the Visitor Centre is an enjoyable way to meet new people and Participants and their footstools at the Lampshades, Laughs and Footstools workshop 7 Restore Natural Health presents BLOOMIN' WOMEN Nourished women bloom like flowers (and are bloomin' amazing too!) A workshop for ALL the women, trying to do ALL things and feeling burnt out, overwhelmed and sick of being told there's nothing wrong with you. SUPPER ROOM, INJUNE MEMORIAL HALL, INJUNE 11TH OCTOBER 2019 @ 9.30AM Register at Eventbrite - https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bloomin-women- injune-tickets-71491594283 Janelle is a highly experienced Naturopath and Remedial Massage Therapist (over 17 years) specialising in women’s health and hormonal balance. Offering best patient-centred care, Janelle knows the value and healing power of Naturopathy as she has overcome her own health issues through Naturopathic medicine. She holds a Bachelor of Health Science (Naturopathy), Advanced Diploma of Natural Medicine (Homoeopathy), Diploma of Remedial Therapies, Diploma of Remedial Massage and Certificate IV in Mental Health. Fully Funded by South West Hospital and Health Service Tackling Regional Adversity through Integrated Care Program 1. Tutors Mike and Glenda Rival at the Lampshades, Laughs and Footstools workshop 2. Visitor Centre volunteer Valda Hafemeister with her family at her surprise 70 th birthday (Mandy McKeesick) 3.Emma Grout, Toni Herbert, Jane Walsh and Jane Vincent with lampshades at the Lampshades, Laughs and Footstools workshop