By Dongyun Kwon
The Queens Park Twilight Picnic successfully brought the community together with beautiful weather on Thursday 11 January.
Over 300 people enjoyed the event, organised by Healesville Connect, with their family and friends while playing games, listening to music, receiving prizes and having food.
Healesville Connect admin coordinator Jane Judd said the event was hosted successfully thanks to the donations and help from the local businesses and groups.
“We got a donation from the Valley Community Recovery Committee and we got $2000 to organize the event and pay for the sausages, the cakes, etc,” she said.
“The local CFA presented two trucks which the kids really loved going through and we had fabulous sausage sizzles by the volunteers from the Badger Creek Men’s Shed.
“The most outstanding thing was the number of prizes that were available as a result of donations from the local businesses in town and we estimated well over $2000 worth of gifts.”
Visitors played fun games such as the egg and spoon race, the sack race and the beanbag balancing race while they were enjoying music concerts by the local band Wannabees and a single musician Dan James as well as outdoor pool and tennis courts.
People were able to pick up a gift from the prize table after they participated in any games or won a lucky draw every 15 minutes.
Ms Judd said they wanted to give prizes to as many people as possible.
“Ginan Ashcroft won the Healesville Hotel luncheon, she was with her husband and their five-month-old baby and they’re very excited about winning that because they haven’t been out since the baby was born,” she said.
“Soumah donated a beautiful case with three bottles of wine in it and Deb Laver chose that as the first spot prize winner of the day.”
Ryrie Ward Councillor Fiona McAllister gave the Acknowledgement of Country and participated in the egg and spoon race during the event.
