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 Higher Ground Australia's 6th Annual Gathering
John Denver Weekend Oct 2006
The John Denver weekend will be held from Friday 13th – Sunday 15th October, 2006. It will be
held at Boonah in SE Queensland, just one hour from Brisbane.
The accommodation has been booked and a deposit paid. Because we are not asking for a deposit for the accommodation (you will pay the
full amount on arrival in Boonah), we will ask that all numbers are finalised by the 29th September.
Margaret and Maureen have been busy starting the organisation of the catering for the weekend.
Now is the time to pop your NON-REFUNDABLE $15 deposit into an envelope and send to Margaret.
For those who have not yet joined us for the annual JD weekend, volunteers agree to organise
the food requirements for the weekend. This involves working out what we need to feed a hungry army of people and purchasing those items before the weekend. For your $30 per person fee, you will be fed for the entire weekend
– Friday night until Sunday lunch. Not bad value and we get plenty to eat. Please email Margaret on marjo@powerup.com.au to get mailing details or email jfrawley@telstra.com for any further information.(Drinks such as alcohol and soft are not included)
Costs for the weekend are as follows:
Accommodation: $36.00 per person per night
Food: $30.00 per person for the weekend ($15.00 deposit, plus $15.00 paid at the beginning of the
weekend) The total cost for food and accommodation for the weekend is $102.00 per person We will make sure that everyone has adequate directions to Boonah well before the weekend.
Our accommodation is close just off the main road so it is very easy to find.
We are still in the process of finalising the location of the tree planting.
Annual Silent Auction Donation
We are delighted to announce that we have selected a raptor facility to donate the proceeds from our annual silent auction. Over the past few
years we have donated the entire proceeds from the silent auction to The Taronga Park Zoo, The Healesville Sanctuary, Australian Native Animal
Care (in Brisbane), Birdland in Bateman’s Bay (NSW) and this year, we will be giving our donated funds to Broadwings Raptor Training and Conservation Centre. Broadwings is
situated in Nerang, Queensland.
As far as possible, we try to donate to a facility that is situated in the same state as our gathering.
We also like to visit the centre prior to making a decision as our main focus is the conservation and rehabilitation (where possible) of the birds.
After reading the biography of Morley Nelson, it became very clear to me that the work of the people involved in raptors not only includes the
rehabilitation of injured birds, but the conservation of the different species and the education of people. We also need to maintain or redevelop
the natural environments of the birds to encourage breeding in the wild.
We are looking forward to a happy association with Paul and his staff from Broadwings and we hope to tell you about some exciting events that
we may be able to organise to coincide with the weekend in October.
Silent Auction Donations
The goods for the silent auction are donated by individuals – friends and family of Higher Ground Australia. These items are ‘John Denver’ related.
Now is the time to go through your cupboards, local op shops and markets for those perfect items for the silent auction.
Your donations will be gladly accepted. If you have something to donate, please let me know. If
you are coming to the annual weekend, you can bring your items with you, but please let me know what it is, so I can give it a lot number and include
it in the catalogue. This greatly reduces the amount of work involved in getting these items prepared for the auction. I would like to remind
you that we donate 100% of the proceeds from this auction to our selected Raptor facility – this
year’s recipient will be Broadwings as mentioned.
If you would like to donate something, but cannot attend the weekend please let us know, so we can organise collection of the goods. Our silent
auction has been very successful in the past and we look forward to another ‘good’ result this year.
Janette already has a number of CDs and books that have been pledged for our auction.
Please Join us if you are in Australia or planning a trip to Australia
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