The Paluma Push is on again this year on the 18th of July. It will be back to the full course, commencing in Paluma & finishing at Hidden Valley.
The event provides one of the main sources of revenue for the Paluma/Hidden Valley district SES & Fire Brigades with substantial donations to each determined by the number of competitors. It also allows the Paluma District Community Association to raise funds through sales at the Hidden Valley end event.
In return we need community volunteers to staff the numerous check points around the course, providing directions to competitors and feed back to race managers.
At this time we are still short on a few volunteers. If you are interested in helping please ring or text Charlie Allen
on behalf of Paluma/Hidden Valley volunteers
0487 840197
Why should we volunteer when Outer Limits can afford to pay staff. Us locals do our own volunteering afterwards. Cleaning up rubbish, filling all the ruts in our gardens that get ripped up with unsustainable traffic and parking. Put up with the noise from loud speakers early in the morning, over allowable desibles for that hour. AND!! cleaning up all the dog poo from inconsiderate visitors. Sure, rural fire brigades get a donation. Add up all the hours all the volunteers put in, long hours, way more. Even the bar the PDCA has at the cricket grounds doesn’t make enough for the efforts.
. Sorry but I do enough purposeful volunteering in the village. I would say hey! Great for Ivy Cottage. But NO! You brought your own coffee van in the last time the start was at Paluma.