2015 Queensland Week sponsorship program events
Queensland Week events sponsored as part of the 2015 sponsorship program were:
- Queensland Week Family Fun and Fitness Expo (Ayr)
- Beef to Beach for Queensland Week (Yeppoon)
- Buderim Queensland Week Youth Festival (Glenview)
- Celebrating Queensland Week (Dysart)
- Croydon Queensland Week Golden Gate Picnic Day (Croydon)
- Dishing up Queensland Week (Innisfail)
- Fraser Coast's Queensland Week Music and Arts Fest (Hervey Bay)
- Gold Coast’s CBD Queensland Week Multicultural Celebration (Gold Coast)
- Queensland Week Global Food Village Street Festival (Woodridge)
- Queensland Week Inauguration of the LCCA Community Garden (Laidley)
- Food in Films (Normanton)
- Queensland Week Walk Through Time (Boulia)
- Queensland Week Richmond River R.A.T. Run (Richmond)
- Sunrise Park Queensland Week Celebration (Emerald)
- The Queensland Week Cantor (Crows Nest)
- Way Out West Queensland Week (Windorah)
Queensland Week Family Fun and Fitness Expo
(Burdekin Shire Council)
Where: Anzac Park, Ayr
When: Sunday 7 June 2015
A week-long event included competitions and Queensland themed food specials at local eateries and culminated in a family fun day with free entertainment, activities, rides and market stalls.
Beef to Beach for Queensland Week
(Livingstone Shire Council)
Where: Bell Park, Emu Park
When: Sunday 31 May 2015
A community beef BBQ celebrating Central Queensland’s history and lifestyle, included free entertainment, market stalls, activities, sports demonstrations and fireworks.
Buderim Queensland Week Youth Festival
(Fusion Sunshine Coast)
Where: Aussie World, Glenview
When: Saturday 6 June 2015
Community festival celebrated Queensland’s youth featuring live music, information stalls and displays, leadership activities, rides, competitions and games.
Celebrating Queensland Week
(Dysart Community Support Group Inc.)
Where: Dysart Girl Guides grounds, Caswell Street, Dysart
When: Saturday 6 June 2015
Bush festival celebrated the history and lifestyle of Queensland with bush craft demonstrations, children’s games and bush poetry and culminated in a camp oven meal and outdoor family movie.
Croydon Queensland Week Golden Gate Picnic Day
(Croydon Shire Council)
Where: Golden Gate Railway Siding, Croydon
When: Wednesday 3 June 2015
Free return ride on the historic Gulflander Train from Croydon to the Golden Gate Mines Railway Siding Site for a colonial picnic and fireworks.
Dishing up Queensland Week
(Taste Paradise—Tropical North Queensland Regional Food Network)
Where: Various locations in Innisfail
When: Saturday 30 May to Saturday 6 June 2015
A community celebration showcased the history of food production and preparation in the region with food stalls, demonstrations and a competition to find the quintessential Tropical North Queensland dish.
Fraser Coast's Queensland Week Music and Arts Fest
(Hervey Bay Council for the Arts Inc.)
Where: Scarness Park, Hervey Bay
When: Saturday 30 and Sunday 31 May 2015
A free two-day festival showcased local Queensland artists through music, dance, visual arts, associated local products and community groups.
Gold Coast’s CBD Queensland Week Multicultural Celebration
(City of Gold Coast)
Where: Chinatown, Davenport and Young Streets, Southport
When: Saturday 6 June 2015
A celebration of the diverse Gold Coast community through the delivery of a citizenship ceremony and multicultural expo featuring performances from local sporting and cultural organisations.
Queensland Week Global Food Village Street Festival
(Ethnic Communities Council of Logan Inc.)
Where: Woodridge train station car park, Woodridge
When: Sunday 7 June 2015
A street festival with local food and entertainment celebrated Queensland and Logan’s cultural diversity.
Queensland Week Inauguration of the LCCA Community Garden
(Laidley Crisis Care and Accommodation (LCCA))
Where: LCCA, Laidley
When: Saturday 6 June 2015
A celebration of the opening of a new community garden featured a sausage sizzle, children’s activities and gardening talks by local experts and culminated in the unveiling of a statue and plaque.
Food in Films
(Queensland Police-Citizens Youth Welfare Association Normanton)
Where: Normanton PCYC
When: Saturday 30 and Sunday 31 May 2015
Free community celebration—movie night with films played on an inflatable screen, followed by a family barbeque inspired by the movies.
Queensland Week Walk Through Time
(Boulia Shire Council)
Where: Boulia Stonehouse Museum
When: Saturday 6 June 2015
An interactive day at the heritage listed Stonehouse Museum with a guided tour, market stalls and live entertainment.
Queensland Week Richmond River R.A.T. Run
(Richmond Shire Council)
Where: Flinders River, Richmond
When: Sunday 7 June 2015
A free event featured a fun run through the dry riverbed, team building activities and BBQ dinner with local produce and performances by local entertainers.
Sunrise Park Queensland Week Celebration
(Rotary Club of Emerald Sunrise)
Where: Rotary Sunrise Park, Emerald
When: Saturday 6 June 2015
Community BBQ celebrated the Queensland outdoors with BMX demonstrations, children’s cycle safety learning activity, remote-controlled car racing demo, family entertainment and market stalls.
The Queensland Week Cantor
(Lions Club of Crows Nest)
Where: Carbethon Historical Museum, Crows Nest
When: Saturday 30 May 2015
A small community fun run around the Carbethon Historical Museum followed by a sausage sizzle and free entry into the museum celebrated Crows Nest’s rich history.
Way Out West Queensland Week
(Windorah Development Board Inc.)
Where: Windorah Community Centre
When: Saturday 30 May to Sunday 7 June 2015
A week-long community celebration opened with the Way Out West photography expo and concluded with the Yellow Belly fishing competition and outback music festival at the iconic Cooper Creek featuring Mick Lindsay and band.