RSL

Mount Morgan

On behalf of the President, Mr David McKenzie and members of Returned Services League of Australia (Queensland Branch), Mount Morgan Sub Branch Inc, we cordially invite the Mount Morgan community to the Anzac Day services.

There will be a Dawn Service and a main service at Mount Morgan Anzac Park in West Street.

The Dawn Service will start at 5.30 am and will be dedicated to those who served in the Boer War, World War 1 and the 1919 Russian conflict. There will be an opportunity to place a wreath towards the end of the service.

The Gunfire Breakfast, will be held at Footbridge

Paterson Wins Cross Country

Corner in Cornes Street at 7.00 am by the RSL Sub Branch.

The Sub Branch would also like to invite interested community groups and members to participate in the Anzac Day Parade.

This year’s parade will form up at the Mount Morgan School of Arts in Morgan Street at 10.30 am.

The route will follow that of previous years. It is planned for the parade to step off at 10.45 am, moving eastward along Morgan Street before turning westward at Morgan Lane and head back towards Anzac Park in West Street.

The parade should take about 15 minutes to complete and arrive at Anzac Park shortly before the start of the main service at 11 am.

The parade will have traffic controllers manning positioned barricaded road blocks along the route where necessary.

The service will be dedicated to those who served in World War 2, Korean, Borneo and Vietnam wars and all theatres and Peace Keeping roles.

There will be several guest speakers this year and an opportunity for community members to place a wreath towards the end of the service. It is expected that the main services will be completed by 12.15 pm. Please advise the Sub Branch of your intention to actively participate on the day.

Gavin McKenzie

Sub Branch Secretary - 0477 893 610

Golden Mount Festival 2023

Excitement is building for the annual Golden Mount Festival to be held on 28, 29 and 30 April 2023.

This year the Association has chosen the theme of “Fantasy and Magic”.

The opening event on Friday night will be a family BBQ and movie night with How to Train Your Dragon: Hidden World. Movie is sponsored by Mount Morgan Promotion and Development Inc.

The Mount Morgan State High School Cross Country went off without a hitch! We had over 50 participants running the entire course! The Students did really well walking laps and hunting for Easter Eggs to collect points for their team. In third Place was Kendall (Red House) on 453 Points, closely following Gordon (Blue House) with 494 points. In first place, Smashing it out of the park, was Paterson (Green House) with 722 points. Thank you to all Community members and parents that came to support the students running.

Submitted by Tanika McClintock

This will be followed by a gala fireworks display sponsored by Mount Morgan’s very own Rainbow Cafe. Saturday, as usual will be the biggest day of the Festival with the Gold Dig sponsored by Mount Morgan Promotion and Development Inc, the “Fantasy and Magic” themed procession and the Heritage Minerals Junior and Senior Running the Cutter, all taking place in Morgan Street.

The final event for the Association will be the Big Dam Breakfast at the No. 7 Dam.

A full write up and program will be in the next issue of the Mount Morgan Argus.

The Festival has received assistance under the Rockhampton Regional Council’s Community Assistance Program.