School holidays are well underway, and the Shire is buzzing.
On the coast last week, the Keppel Bay Sailing Club (KBSC) hosted the Queensland Junior Sailing championships which saw around 600 competitors and families attend the event.
It was the largest junior sailing regatta in Australia held to date, and Council is proud to be a major sponsor.
Events like this bring people to our region, which provides a benefit to our community and economy.
Hopefully they then return home and tell their friends and families how great it is here.
That’s promotion you simply cannot buy.
And guess what? We get to do it all again next year as the KBSC will be hosting the championships again.
Well done to all involved, and let’s hope the event is even bigger in 2024.
With my Local Disaster Management Group Chairman’s “hat” on, I would like to remind everyone that we are heading into our natural disaster season.
In fact, it has already arrived given the number of bushfires our rural fire brigades have had to attend of the past few weeks.
There have been large fires at Etna Creek, Kunnawarra.
Stanage Bay Road, and in Shoalwater Bay, to name a few areas.
As many are saying, the country is drying out rapidly, and we should all be conscious of fire risk.
The fires in the north have predominantly been started by machinery sparks, but a fire can start because of many things.
So, if you are working in the open, please be conscious of any risk of fire you may be creating.
This week also saw Police Remembrance Day services across our country.
This day is to honour and remember those police officers who died protecting us in service to their community.
These brave men and women gave their lives to keep us safe, and we must always be grateful.
Police Officers have a tough job and often deal with community members in unpleasant situations and in some of the darkest times of life.
They do this because of a drive and passion to serve their communities.
It is tragic that they are sometimes put in harms way in doing so.
So next time you see a Police Officer, how about doing what we do for our defence personnel and community groups?
How about saying “thank you for what you do for us”.
They are people just like us and would undoubtedly appreciate you doing that.
