What are you doing on Saturday? Join us at beautiful Lions Park for a Community Fishing Day. The event has been organised by our Community Recovery Officers in collaboration with the River Dreaming Aboriginal Corporation to celebrate 2024 Gone Fishing Day. It is a reminder for us all to relax and unwind and enjoy the great outdoors.
There are major prize packs to win – you will need to be registered on 123 tix to be eligible and be present when it’s drawn.
Every child attending will receive a special gift, there will be a community BBQ and fishing workshops. No fishing experience needed. Come along and enjoy a fun family day – throwing in a line or two.
Work continues this week on the Bogan Way constructing a three kilometre footpath to connect north Forbes to the CBD. Part of this project has been installing a footbridge on the Bogan Gate Road between York and Chruchill Streets. Accessible footpaths remain a priority to ensure access to the CBD and around town.
Have you registered your team yet for the National BBQ Championship on 9 and 10 November. There are two days of competition for grilling and smoking this year. It will be an amazing couple of days with plenty of live music, a bar, food trucks, cooking demonstrations, BBQ stalls and celebrity chef at Blak.
I encourage all BBQ enthusiasts to register their teams and join in the competition.
For those who may not want to compete, we invite you to come out and support the teams – it is great entertainment.
We have joined up with the Australian Barbecue Alliance and will be inviting volunteer judges to participate on Sunday 10 November. Training will need to be completed on Sunday morning at 8.30am before the event.
Talking nominations, have you thought about who should be the Forbes Citizen of the Year, Young Citizen and Seniors winners. Nomination forms are now available – we can’t wait to celebrate another round of recipients in our amazing community in 2025. You can find details for these events and nomination forms on our website at forbes.nsw.gov.au
Until next week
Phyllis Miller, OAM
Forbes Mayor