This month in ‘Meet a Villager’ we introduce you to Jack Appleton
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Jack Appleton with his dad Neil at the Rainforest Inn At 14 years of age Jack Appleton is Paluma’s youngest full-time resident. Jack is turning 15 very soon and will celebrate his birthday during July.
- Jack moved to Paluma with his Mum and Dad (Jenny and Neil) in 2013, but he has been visiting Paluma since he was a baby. When he was a baby the family stayed at Fatima Cottage. He has been visiting Paluma quite regularly since the age of 5.
- Jack currently attends Ingham State High School and he is in Year 9. His parents travel up and down the Range Road twice a day to ferry Jack to the school bus which meets him at the bottom of the range.
- Before starting High School, Jack attended Mutarnee State School and in Year 6 he was the School Captain.
- Jack loves living at Paluma because of the rainforest. Over the years he has established quite a few secluded ‘Base Camps’ in the jungle surrounding the village.
- Jack has competed twice in the Paluma Dam Fun Run and he completed the course both times.
- Jack doesn’t watch much TV. He has many hobbies and one of his favourite things to do is online gaming. He loves to play ‘Grand Theft Auto’.
- Jack also likes to go bushwalking, bike riding and fishing with his Dad. He likes to build and fix bikes and his scooter. He would like to go snow skiing and knee boarding.
- Jack regularly helps out his neighbours around the village with mowing, gardening and other chores.
- His favourite time of year is cyclone season. This is because the Range Road and the Bruce Highway are often closed during storms and floods and Jack doesn’t have to go to school.
- Jack’s favourite foods are lasagne and sweet & sour chicken.
- Just two weeks ago, Jack broke his wrist at school whilst playing touch football. He has to wear a cast on his arm for 5 weeks.