Go meet the lovely Over 60s crew – they catch up at the Surf Club for a 10am coffee, the first Tuesday of each month!
JULY
Holiday activities in the libraries and gallery begin! See Holiday Fun1
1 Gardiner Fisheries Whiting Competition tickets on sale
1-4 Mary Poppins Festival, Maryborough, Marypoppinsfestival.com.au
2 Family Trees with Cricut, 10am Gympie Library
4-11 NAIDOC Week
5 NAIDOC Community Flag Raising 8.30am – 9.30am Nelson Reserve, Jaycee Way, Gympie (free morning tea provided)
6 The Pacific GWM Haval PRO AM, TCB Country Club, book: 0409 727 577
6 Over 60s morning coffee 10am, Surf Club, Dorothy: 54862357
7, 14 CWA Craft 10am at 18 Whiting Street
8 IT classes begin 1-3pm at The Shed, Paul: 0437 007 911
10 George McArdle, Little River Band, Church of the Good Shepherd, 5-6.30pm
10 & 24 RB Amateur Angler Competitions, Weigh-in at the Deck
12 School resumes
12 Probus meet 2pm Sandcastle Motel, TCB
13 Costa Georgiadis talk, 9.30am, Tin Can Bay Complex, $15 per person, book: 0437 242 171
14 State of Origin Series, Stadium Australia, Sydney
14 &15 Ladies 72-hole stroke championships, TCB Country Club
15 NAIDOC Day celebrations at TCB School
15 My Health Record course, 10am – noon, RB Library, book: 5486 3705
16 NAIDOC Family Fun Day Celebration 9.30am – 2pm The Pavilion, Gympie Showgrounds, Exhibition Rd, Gympie
16 NAIDOC Dinner Dance, doors open 6pm, dinner 7.30pm, Albert Park Bowls Club, River Road, Gympie. “Murriaoke” (Karaoke with a twist) and two-course dinner, tickets: eventbrite.com.au
17 Men’s foursomes 36-hole championships
17 Mary River Festival 9am – 4pm, Kandanga Community Reserve
19 P-3 Mini Olympics, TCB School
24 Trivia Night 7pm, Tin Can Bay Community Centre, $10 per person, tables of eight, BYO drinks, food and pens, Ann: 0412 730 423
24 & 25 Ladies 72-hole stroke championships, TCB Country Club
28 Author Talk: Tony Park at Gympie Library, 1-2pm
30 – August 1 Art Show, TCB Country Club
31- August 1 RB Double Triathlon
21 CWA Hoy 10am at Cooloola Bowls Club
21 ANARRA workshops at Cooloola Cove to educate people about rescuing and rehabilitating native wildlife, register: 0408 170 102
30 – 1 Cooloola Coast Art Group’s Annual Art Show, TCB Country Club
30 – 1 Kybong Rockfest – a collectors and fossickers must-attend even, entertainment, artists demos, crystal healers, massage, camping available on unpowered sites
AUGUST
1 Annual Gardiner Fisheries Whiting Competition begins!
2-4 Book Fair ‘Reading Oasis’ at RBSS
7 RB Trail Festival
7 Wildflowering at Cooloola, RB Community Hall, by Cooloola Coastcare
15-21 RB Family Fishing Classic, RB Sports Club
23-27 Book Week, TCB School
WEEKLY (many are term time only)
Week days
5.30am TCB Bootcamp, 7am & 5.30pm RB Gym classes, Ph: 0490 333 147
9am Lathe / Scroll Saw, The Shed, 9-12pm, Bryan: 0420 299 651
Monday
9am Macrame, Men’s Shed, Carole: 0437 880 438
10am First Five Forever Baby Bounce (0-2 years) RB Library
10.30am First Five Forever Storytime on Mondays (0-5 years) RB Library
11am First Five Forever Storytime (2-5 years) RB Library
Tuesday
8.30am Kindy Linq, RB School Library
9.30am Bingo, every second Tuesday from 9am, RB Sports Club, 9.30 for 10am. Ph: 5486 3191
9am TCB Quilters, TCB Community Centre, Annabell: 0412 491 830
10am Tin Can Bay Art Group, TCB Library
12.30-3.30pm Mahjong – Join in at TCB Library for a wonderful afternoon playing Mahjong, an ancient Chinese tile game of strategy, calculation and skill with a measure of chance. This group is open to everyone, young and old
Wednesday
7:30am Heart Foundation Walking Group TCB, Maggie: 0400 756 615
8am Table Tennis, RB Community Hall, $2, all levels welcome
8.30am Kindy Linq, RB School Library
9:30am Cooloola Card Makers, TCB Library
3-4pm Coolabay Choir, CC Vets’ Hall, Pam: 0427180649
Thursday
8am Social tennis, $3, RB Sports Club, all welcome, Chris: 0417605484
8.30am Playgroup, RB School Library
9.30am First Five Forever Storytime (0-5 years), TCB Library
1pm Computer/IT/Phone, The Shed, bookings to Paul: 0437 007 911
2.30pm Dragon Boating every Thursday, Sandra: 0402 352 756
Friday
9am Chess/Rummikub, The Shed, ph: Carole 0437 880 438
1-5pm Men Only afternoons, The Shed, Rob: 0419 663 272
2.30-4pm Book a librarian – do you need a hand to get started online? Do you have a question about something that you have recently learned? Book in for a one-on-one, half hour session, TCB Library
Saturday
7:30am Heart Foundation Walking Group TCB, Maggie: 0400 756 615
2nd Saturday Rainbow Beach Market – Book: 5486 3355
3rd Saturday Tin Can Bay Market – Book: 0418 711 897
5pm Mass at St John Vianney Catholic Church, Bream Street, TCB, (week 1, 2, 5) and St Peter the Fisherman Catholic Church Mass, Manooka Drive, RB (week 3, 4)
Sunday
7am Mass Rainbow Beach (week 1, 2, 5) and Tin Can Bay (week 3, 4)
7.30am Dragon Boating, Sandra: 0402 352 756
9.30am Service at Good Shepherd Church, 17 Carlo Road, RB, followed by morning tea – all denominations most welcome