Ambulance Flower Show on again this year

entry forms, opening times, etc closer to the date of the show.

THE COOLOOLA COAST Local Ambulance Committee’s (LAC) annual Flower Show continues to be a great success with large numbers attending last year. The LAC is intending to hold the show this year on Saturday 30 September.

There was a wonderful response from all our exhibitors so we wanted to give everyone advance notice to have time to prepare your flowers, plants, and photographs for the competition. There will be more details regarding

The public support for the show is much appreciated as all proceeds go towards helping our Cooloola Coast Ambulance Service. There will be stalls, raffles and plants for sale as well as morning and afternoon teas. So please make a note of the date and come along to spend a very pleasant few hours among all the garden lovers and keen photographers in our community.

Just a reminder that our other major fundraiser for the Ambulance Service is the weekly bingo sessions held on

Rainbow Beach DroughtRunners Report

Tony Stewart - 0408 767 930 rainbowfishing@southernphone.com.au

WELL, WITH WINTER approaching comes drier times in Queensland and it’s when all farmers pray for good autumn rains then spring or early summer rains to kick start the next growing season. It has really been a below average rainfall year so far so let’s hope there was a good fall in May, where last year we had 200 mm.

Enough said on the weather, as we continue to raise funds to help flood victims in New South Wales and Queensland. So far this month we have increased our donations with $2000 going into Eugowra Progress Association, a community organization in this tiny town that lost 204 houses out of 450 in last summer’s floods.

Another $1000 has gone into feeding the Gympie homeless right on our doorstep. Many of the people being fed nightly do not qualify for assistance and if you want to know why give me a call.

On 25 May we had three big boxes of new wooden toys going down to Eugowra made by Bill Neil of Tin Can Bay, a wonderful generous donation. Bill’s toys are all over Queensland and more going to NSW!

Thank You’s for donations go to Quay Carlo, Rainbow Dive, Big4 Park at Carlo Point, Watts family, and all in Rainbow and Tin Can Bay who donate their bottles and cans to our collection bins. Wayne Kerle does a great job sorting these and help is given to him by Bay Auto in Tin Can Bay.

Last week we raised more funds from collection tins at Tin Can Bay Bakery, Mitchells Fruit & Veg, and Lees Co-Op, thank you all as it is getting much harder appealing for donations.

If anyone can spare a few $’s our donation tins are in local shops or our bank details are: BSB 124047, A/C 22599186, RB DroughtRunners, BOQ Gympie. As you know we have no admin fees so it all gets to its destination.