What is important to you about events during Reconciliation Week?
Fiona Blyth and Kerrianne Mundy:
Fiona: It’s a beautiful culture and we can learn so much from each other. Hopefully days like this can make a difference.
Kerrianne: All the coming together of community
Patrick Bowden and son William: Days like this make a big difference. It’s great so see so many people here.
Melody Ruhrmund: Being part of breaking down barriers and celebration of community.
What’s your favourite thing about Autumn in Forbes?
Monica Morrison (Post Office): The warm days and the cool nights.
Bronwyn Clark (Library): The change of seasons, and the colours in the foliage.
Susan Hodges (HaCC): The beautiful in-between weather, and having a change from the heat of summer.
What is your favourite food to have in your lunchbox?
Naomi Klingner – Forbes North Public School: Crepes, because they’re yummy.
Kaileiha Skinner – Forbes North Public School:Sultanas. I like the outside of them. They are chewy.
Charlie Bridge – Forbes North Public School: Fruit. I like grapes because they’re healthy.
What is the best thing about Mother’s Day?
Tom Greenhill (9), Laura Greenhill (7) with Mum Trish Greenhill: Laura: Mum gets presents and gets to have time to herself. Tom: That we get to make Mum breakfast in bed and we don’t annoy her.
It was World Croquet Day last Saturday. How long have you been playing croquet and what do you like about it?
Joan Littlejohn: I have been playing for three years now. It is a great game because you play in the open air, there is a lot of good company and we have lots of laughs. There are also different sorts of croquet. Here in Forbes we play ‘Aussie’ and ‘Golf’ croquet.
Barry White: I have been playing croquet for four and a half months. I would recommend croquet as it is challenging but lots of fun. Anyone who has played golf and/or bowls would pick it up really quickly, but honestly it doesn’t matter as we have loads of fun.
Dorelle Scott: I have been playing for just over three and a half years. Croquet is a wonderful game as you can play all year round. We start earlier in summer to miss the heat. It really is a fun game to play.
What does the new library at Red Bend College mean to you?
Maddison Thomson: The library gives me a place to study with others. It will also assist me to take care of my own education and provide me with many resources to do so.
William Nixon: The library is a great place to study with others collectively. It is also the perfect environment to further my education as there is access to many different resources.
Peter Lindsay: I am a boarder so life is a little different for me to the day students as I am here after the school closes. I find going to the library after school is the best way to study as it is really quiet and there is no background noise. The library will help us all to do as well as we possibly can with the resources provided.
What does Anzac Day mean to you?
Jenny and Ken Sanderson: It is an extremely emotional day for both of us and one of utmost importance. Both our Mums and Dads were in the services. My Mum worked in the munitions factory whilst my Dad served in the Navy (Jenny).
Kelly Tildsley: To me it is a day to remember those amazing men and women who fought and served for our country. Without them we all wouldn’t live and be as we are today.
Alexander Boyton: My Pop was in the Vietnam War. I am so happy he made it back, however I am so sad for the soldiers who died in the war.
What is your favourite Easter treat and why?
Ros Rennick: Choccies! Especially the Lindt and Cadbury brands!
Penny Taylor: Chocolate, any chocolate….make that chocolate!! I have always been a chocoholic!
Beth and Don Archer: A lamb roast on Easter Sunday is Don’s all-time favourite! Don left Forbes in January 1961 and two weeks ago, he moved back from Oregon USA for good with his wife, Beth. “It is just so darn good to be home,” said Don
Do you have a special Easter tradition?
Keira Whatman: I just like to eat a lot of chocolate – even for breakfast! The bunny rabbits are the best.
Marg Stirling: We do all the usual traditions, but a special one is my nephew who has been coming to our house for more than 15 years on Good Friday to eat my salmon rissoles.
Jessica Priest: Sometimes we go camping and other times we spend time with family, but the one thing we always do is eat chocolate! I love the Darrell Lea chocolates.
What is it about Armstrong Siddeley cars that appeal to you the most?
Phil Irwin: I am from Berambing in the Blue Mountains and spending time in the Central West on the bushranger trail. I was thrilled to find this rally. I really like the wood grained dashboards – and the size of the engines!
Margaret and Fred Vogelsang: These cars have so many magnificent features, are of such quality and are extremely elegant. We particularly like the bonnet emblems of the sphinx – and they are different on every model!
Don Rath, and Bev and Lloyd Gerdes: We have never heard of these cars, however we are impressed with the preselected gear box which was so advanced for the era as well as the unusual colours, especially the aqua and the cream.
