SES Group Meeting
2025-09-19 18:30 - 20:30, 2025-10-17 18:30 - 20:30, 2025-11-21 18:30 - 20:30, 2025-12-19 18:30 - 20:30, 2026-01-16 18:30 - 20:30, 2026-02-20 18:30 - 20:30, 2026-03-20 18:30 - 20:30 (Australia/Brisbane)

Yoga workshop
2025-10-03 - 2025-10-06 | Paluma Community Hall, 55 Mt Spec Road, Paluma, Australia

PDCA Social Drinks in Hall
2025-10-03 18:00 - 21:00, 2025-10-31 18:00 - 21:00, 2025-12-05 18:00 - 21:00, 2026-01-02 18:00 - 21:00, 2026-02-06 18:00 - 20:00, 2026-03-06 18:00 - 20:00, 2026-04-03 18:00 - 20:00
Once a month (on the Friday night before the Village Working Bee) we open the Community Hall and the bar between 6-8 pm for residents and visitors to come and socialise and play a friendly game of table tennis or darts. Bring along some nibbles or some finger food to share if you feel inclined.

Working Bee at Community Hall
2025-10-04 14:00 - 16:00, 2025-11-01 14:00 - 16:00, 2025-12-06 14:00 - 16:00, 2026-01-03 14:00 - 16:00, 2026-02-07 14:00 - 16:00, 2026-03-07 14:00 - 16:00, 2026-04-04 14:00 - 16:00
On the first Saturday of every month, we invite volunteers to come along to the Community Centre where Wilfred Karnol will coordinate one or more activities aimed at maintaining and improving the Hall and surrounding gardens, the local walking track, or other community activity. We meet at 2 pm at the Community Hall and finish at about 4 pm with a free beer or soft drink.

Paluma Games Night
2025-10-25 17:00 - 23:00 | Paluma Community Hall, 55 Mt Spec Road, Paluma, Australia
Peter and Dorothy Klump have announced that this year’s Paluma Games Night will be held on Saturday, October 25th, at the Community Hall starting at 5:30 pm.

The evening will start with a sausage sizzle dinner ($3.00) at 5:30 pm, with the bar open for the purchase of drinks, including Lynda Radbone’s famous Mulled Wine.

By 7:oo pm, the teams of two will have been announced and the various games will commence. These will include darts, indoor bowls, ping pong, and soccer pinball to name a few.

Previous years have proved a great success with lots of friendly participation mixed with bouts of enthusiastic competition. There are probably a few residents looking to topple the previous winners in some categories, so the spirits will be high.
This year will include a special “Children Competition” (12years and under). Prizes included.
Hope to see you there!

Cassowary Project Update and Community Social event
2025-10-31 17:00 - 19:00 | Paluma Community Hall, 55 Mt Spec Road, Paluma, Australia
What: Social drinks and delicious Thai curries (by donation), presentations on Paluma Range Cassowary Project and high altitude Wet Tropics birds.
Why: To update the community and citizen science volunteers on findings from Superb Wren Ecological’s cassowary project, BirdLife Townsville’s Wet Tropics Birds with Altitude and Key Biodiversity Area program. Weekend bird survey planning and logistics
For catering purposes please rsvp to
superbwrenecological@gmail.com

Community Briefing on Paluma Emergency Action Plan
2025-12-13 17:30 - 18:30
The briefing will be led by Sonya Bryce and Charlie Allen, who have put many hours into collecting relevant information, procedures and contacts so that we can effectively self-organise if we experience a serious rain event or cyclone in the future. The document will be continuously revised and improved. The current version and relevant appendices can be accessed on Paluma.org here.

Tropical X-mas BBQ
2025-12-13 18:00 - 22:00 | Paluma Community Hall, 55 Mt Spec Road, Paluma, Australia
The PDCA’s end of year function, the Tropical Christmas BBQ, will be held on Saturday December 13th from 6:30 – 10pm.
Bring along whatever you wish to cook on the bbq and a side or dessert to share. The PDCA will have a few sausages and onions on the BBQ.
The bar will be open of course. It is time to kick back and welcome in the silly season.

Rural Fire Brigade AGM
2026-01-17 10:00 - 12:00
public fire levy meeting to start at 10am followed by the AGM.

Hall Hired Out
2026-03-18 - 2026-03-19

PDCA AGM & GM
2026-03-21 12:00 - 15:00 | Paluma Community Hall, 55 Mt Spec Road, Paluma, Australia
Members (and prospective members) are advised that the Annual General Meeting of the Paluma & District Community Association Inc. will be held on:
Saturday, March 21 2026,at 12pm for a BBQ lunch followed by the AGM at 1:15pm in the Community Hall
Nominations are open for all Executive Committee positions. Nominations should be forwarded to any member of the Executive Committee or by email to PalumaPDCA@gmail.com. Please use the nomination forms, which can be downloaded here.
Positions are:

President,
1 or 2 Vice-Presidents
Secretary
Treasurer
General Committee members (numbers flexible)

Members are reminded that Annual Subscriptions are now due and should be paid prior to the commencement of the AGM. Membership is $45.00 Please use the subscription form here to submit your dues. New members are more than welcome and should use the same form. Forms will be available on the day if you wish to pay your membership and join prior to the start of the meeting.
Please note that you must be a PDCA member to nominate someone to the Committee or vote for any Committee member.
The AGM will be followed immediately by a normal General Meeting with the new Committee.
If a member and wanting your vote to count but unable to attend, a signed notice of your proxy (must be a PDCA member) can be given to any member of the exec committe or by email to PalumaPDCA@gmail.com, prior to the meeting.
AGM AGENDA

Opening – circulation of attendance sheet
Apologies & Proxies
Minutes of previous AGM May 24th, 2025
President’s Report
Treasurer’s report
Election of Officers for 2026-2027
Election of Auditor for 2026-2027
Close of Annual General Meeting

Normal General Meeting Agenda

Open General Meeting
Royal Flying Doctor Medical Kit
Review of status of range road closure/opening
Hall Maintenance/Renovation projects
Proposed Events/Fund-raising for the coming year
Any other business
Close of General Meeting

Hall Hired
2026-03-23 - 2026-03-25
