Category: Community Noticeboard

Reminder: memorial celebration for Glenn Parker this Saturday

Paluma residents are invited to participate in the celebration of Glen Parker’s life this Saturday at the Community Hall, April 20th from 12-2 pm. There was a mistake on the sign in front of the Hall earlier this week that showed the celebration as being on Sunday. This has now been corrected with the correct date.

There will be an open bar. You are invited to bring a plate of finger food.

Paluma History Display

First open day for 2024

April 10 @ 11:00 am – 1:00 pm

If you’re a resident up for the day or one of our (lucky) lovely permanent residents in Paluma village, come and take a look at what happens during our History Project display day. Every Wednesday from March till November we open up the Community Hall and set out a variety of displays and resources that document the rich history of the region.

There are fact sheets and a dvd about the history of Paluma for viewing. You may learn something about where you live and even have some fabulous ideas on how to improve our display. We love feedback but we also would love some help.

We are needing interested volunteers to help with keeping the display open. Come along during April and May to see how it all works as there will be a range of people there who are experienced in manning our display. They will happily show you the ropes if you think you’d like to give it a go. Check with the person ‘on duty’ to see which dates during the year you may be free to support.

At the very least, come along and have a cup of coffee or tea  and a chat with our local history enthusiasts.

Working Bee this Saturday, April 13

Our next Paluma working bee will be held this coming Saturday from 2-4 pm followed by drinks at the Community Hall.  Depending on the number of volunteers we will finish clearing fallen tree branches from Bruno’s house, and clear some roadside vegetation from the cutting.

We will meet up at the Community Hall first.  

See you there

Memorial Celebration for Glenn Parker, 20th April 12pm-2pm

Bobbi Parker is holding a memorial celebration at the Community Hall at 12pm on April 20th to honour Glenn Parker who died recently at their home in Paluma.

Friends and relatives from Townsville and other parts of Australia will be attending, and Paluma residents are also invited to participate. There will be an open bar. You are invited to bring a plate of finger food.

Social drinks this Friday and a quick familiarization with the defibrillator

Don’t forget that this Friday evening (6-8pm) will be our second Social Drinks session at the Hall.

As an additional attraction to quicken your pulse (and before we get to the drinks nibbles and games), Wilfred will give a very brief (5min) talk on how to access and open up the defibrillator. See you there!

Easter Market Preparations

And some talk of cake…


Our Paluma Community Easter Market is just over a week away and will be held at the community hall on Sunday March 31st from 9am to 1pm.
This is a reminder that the hall will be open this Saturday, the 23rd from 10 – 11am for anyone wishing to register their availability to help out with a range of tasks such a community event entails.

Some of the jobs on the day are listed below if you would like to volunteer a half hour of your time to support a successful community market. Experienced volunteers will be there to explain the task if required.

Hall set up: from 8 – 9am

PDCA Stall Holders: on a roster from 9am – 1pm. Baked goods and preserves stall, produce and plants stall.

Sausage Sizzle set up (8:30am) and run: on roster from 9am – 1pm

Pack up and Clean up bbq, pagoda and hall: From 1 – 2pm.

This is also a reminder for the ‘Paluma Kitchen Rockstars’ baking for the PDCA baked goods stall. You can collect your ‘Paluma Produce’ stickers if you wish to use them, this Saturday from the hall between 10 and 11am. Please refer to the post: “Call-out to Paluma Bakers for the Easter Markets” for details on plating and labelling your baked goodies.

Easter Market Preparations

To All Our Quiet Achievers aka Volunteers

Our Paluma Community Easter Market is on Sunday March 31st from 9am to 1pm. There are a range of tasks that need some ‘quiet achievers’ to help with to ensure a successful market. You will be working alongside some of our more well known ‘quiet achievers’ (ok, maybe they’re not always quiet, but there’s the fun in it) who will be more than happy to guide you in whatever’s required… in case you’re new and want to help. All are welcome to come and be part of this community event and give a hand, even if it’s for a 1/2 hour (which would be brilliant!).

If you are interested in doing some volunteering, below are a list of jobs that need support. If there is a name beside them, that means they are managing that task and absolutely still need some help.

Easter Market Job List

This list will be on a signup sheet displayed at the hall on Saturday evening at the St Paddy’s day gathering. It will also be available for signup on Saturday 23rd at the hall at 10am or see/email Wilfred or Juanita and let them know what you can do to help.

Day before:

  • Slice onions for BBQ: This is a good one for those with food processors (and goggles!). Onions, Large plastic bags and/or plastic containers will be provided. Juanita only has a small processor but has a big fridge to store the sliced onions. More helpers welcome.

On the day:

  • Hall set up: (from 8-9am) organise tables for stall holders; coffee/tea set up – Wilfred and 4 others … as many as is free
  • PDCA stall holders for: (roster from 9am – 1pm) bake stall and produce stall – Wilfred, Juanita and 2 others.
  • Sausage sizzle set up and run: (set up 8:30am) tables, bbq, utensils, serviettes, oil, sauces, etc., Eski. Cook- ‘The Don’ (tbc); Money Man – Les; need people to serve the customers and to make up our deluxe sausage sizzle hot dogs. 3 volunteers to allow a roster to give everyone a break.
  • Pack up and clean up: (starting at 1pm) bbq pagoda and hall – as many volunteers as possible.