Bottle Tree Bulletin Bottle Tree Bulletin - September 2019

the bottle the bottle tree tree BULLETIN BULLETIN MARANOA REGION COMMUNITY NEWSLETTER September 2019 | Issue 108 In this month’s edition… Surat Diggers’ VJ Butler Memorial Cup Johnny’s Place opens to remember a Mitchell legend Injune gets crafty during Creative Odyssey Booringa Fire and Water Festival Following an eight year hiatus, Booringa Action Group are bringing the Booringa Fire & Water Festival back to the Maranoa over the weekend of September 20-21, 2019. Booringa means “fire and water” in the Gunggari language and this festival has been created to honour people’s connections (Nalingu) to the country that gives life and livelihoods to everyone who calls the region home. The Booringa Fire and Water Festival will celebrate the communities’ unique history and connection to this land and, all the wonderful things Mitchell and surrounds have to offer. The two day event will start with a three course camp oven dinner hosted by St.Patrick's School Mitchell. The theme of the evening is "lets take a walk through time” and will be shown through a slideshow projection of Mitchells rich history. This will be accompanied by live music from Mitchell artist Maggie Caskey. Students will also be presenting songs and dances they’ve learnt. To book your your place at this exciting event, email [email protected]. Saturday’s festivities commence at 12pm and are jam-packed with family fun, food and entertainment for all ages. A range of exciting live acts will perform including local musicians, dancers and, fire twirlers. A brilliant local market will run until 5pm with stallholders selling baked goods, candles, sweets, leather goods, River Sands wines, and more! Kids will be kept busy with the jumping castle, water slide and face painting. There will also be a great variety of food on offer too, with wood fired pizzas, Indian, burgers, soft-serve and coffee van and a licensed bar until late. 1