Community Spirit

1915 and its 108th birthday passed unnoticed just a few weeks ago. The best-known report of its opening was penned by the Kin Kin correspondent to the Gympie Times & Mary Valley Mining Gazette. The writer described it as "an event in the progress and development of the district, as it has been recognised for some time that such an institution is a necessity here”.

Word has it that the Kin Kin Hotel kept its name until the early 1970s when a new owner decided he didn't like it. He was chatting with some locals at the bar and glanced down at a packet of cigarettes – Country Life – which was a popular brand at the time. He liked the name and switched the building's name plates. It remained The Country Life Hotel until the new owners took over in 2021 and opted to switch the name back to the original.

Current opening hours are 12-8pm Wednesday and Thursday, 11am-9pm Friday and Saturday and 11am-5pm Sunday with drinks and a bar snacks menu. It will be closed from 4pm Christmas Eve and re-open at 12pm on 28 December. Visit: kinkinhotel.com or follow them on FB and Insta.

For thirsty locals it's been a long time between drinks! Relle Schuh

History

The first cricket club in Eumundi

Long before the Cricket World Cup cricket was conceived the small township of Eumundi formed its first cricket club in October 1903 and hosted a fundraising dance at the school. The following week the Eumundi cricket team

Eumundi cricket team at North Arm c. 1910 played a match against Traveston in Eumundi. While the location of the first oval is unknown the pitch obviously favoured the fielding team. Traveston batted first and were all out for 34 with the Eumundi captain Fred Hull bowling 4 for 15! Eumundi then scored a total of 45 with Edgar Jefferies – who had just bought the Eumundi Hotel – the only batter to reach double figures with a top score of 13.

Traveston scored 38 in their second innings with Hull bowling 6 for 16 but Eumundi only managed 20 in their second innings and with five ducks, Traveston won by 7 runs. The following week Eumundi travelled to Kenilworth and got thumped, losing by an innings and 94 runs. Shortly afterwards the Moreton Cricket Association was established with five teams –Nambour, the Waratahs (also from Nambour), Woombye, Landsborough and EumundiKenilworth who joined together as one club. The new local newspaper The Chronicle also created a team and joined the association. Low scores were the norm and forfeitures were common as trying to get a whole team to a neighbouring town by horse and train was certainly not easy. Joe Hextall – Curator Eumundi Museum

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