Barcaldine Regional Council and its communities are anticipating and welcoming the start to the tourist season as travellers begin to arrive in Western Queensland.
“All communities in our region have got behind the Barcaldine Regional Council Grey Nomad Volunteer Program, registering a wide range of community projects that they hope will attract the assistance of Grey Nomad Volunteers to help complete,” said Program Coordinator Doug Stewart.
“The program was a great success for local communities in 2009. A large quantity of work was completed with the valuable assistance of Grey Nomad Volunteers travelling through our region.
“The program’s success is obviously spreading, as I have also received many enquiries from communities all around our region – from Birdsville in the southwest, to Mackay to our north.”
In 2009, volunteers assisted Barcaldine community groups with carpentry repairs, painting, computer work, landscape gardening, sewing lessons, servicing and assembling pushbikes for local schools, and more.
As part of the program, community groups and communities in and around the region are encouraged to contact the Program Coordinator.
It is hoped that in the long term the volunteers who have worked in the Barcaldine Region can then be informed about programs operating in other communities in Queensland that are on their travel route.
For further information contact Douglas Stewart on (07) 4651 5600.
