Spotlight on Gordonvale Solstice fair marks sugar crush

l GORDONVALE

THE Gordonvale community is preparing for the third annual Gordonvale Sugar Solstice Country Fair. Gordonvale District Chamber of Commerce is organising the event and president Susan ByrneCallaghan said the fair celebrated the start of the crush or sugar cane harvesting season which this year is scheduled for June 12 but the date was flexible and subject to change.

She said the fair would be held on Saturday, June 10, from 2pm8pm.

“The event is put on by Gordonvale District Chamber of Commerce and brings together local business, community and historical groups and local residents and visitors in the picturesque setting of Norman Park in historical, quirky Gordonvale,” Ms Byrne-Callaghan said.

“This year our opening sponsor is MSF Sugar and this free event starts with a parade,” she said.

“The kids are kept busy and active with the fabulous inflatable jumping castles, slides and rides.

“There are interactive displays from MSF Sugar, Meringa Sugar

Research centre, The Water Project, and the Mulgrave Historical Society.

“There are food vans aplenty and heaps of variety and we are hoping for a vintage car, bikes and tractor displays.

“The entertainment in the park’s rotunda includes dancing troupes, martial arts displays and musical entertainment all afternoon long and will finish with a fireworks display.”

The Mulgrave Shire Historical Society’s stall is expected to feature a display of many historical photographs and other interesting paraphernalia associated with the district’s cane farming history.

At the Mulgrave Settlers Museum locals and visitors with ancestors in the region may want to investigate descendant charts of many local pioneering families. Detailed trees of many notable families are on display in the Rambler Room.

Visitors will also be able to take a little bit of local history home with them.

Numerous publications are on sale at the museum bookshop. For more details email: contact@gordonvalechamber. com.au