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With the recent deluge of cooking shows and Australia’s growing love of good food, we have decided to completely re-vamp the food on offer at this years event.  With an emphasis on tasty food and local fresh produce this years offerings will suit every taste bud.  Come and watch the Cooking Demonstrations, taste test local…

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This page last updated 9:30am Monday January 28th 2013 2013 FLOOD EVENT We’re sad to have to report that we expect Goodna to once again be subject to a flood event, so soon after the 2011 floods. Goodna peak is now predicted to be 9m, lower than first anticipated. We will post whatever news we…

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Just a quick update ahead of Sue’s full release, here are the winners of the 2012 Goodna Jacaranda Festival Quest for Talent Junior Dance – Tara Biddle & Maddison Price Junior Variety – Alla Yarosh Intermediate Variety – Georgia Bell Adult Dance – Didi Leslie Adult Variety – Rheanna Leschke Mature & Motivated – Brett…

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Final Heat night! Bring on the Semi Finals and Finals for the Quest for Talent. The last night of heats proved to be very exciting with again some wonderful talent and emerging stars of the future strutting their stuff. The Junior Dance and Variety sections were very entertaining with a huge variety of dance numbers…

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Night two of the heats…….And Wow! Once again the talent was amazing. The age of performers ranged from 4 years old to mature and motivated (their age is a secret). Such talent! The night was filled with quite a few first timers who wowed the audience. It’s great to see the performers take the opportunity…

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SCOUTS and Guides of Ipswich will swap the usual outdoor pursuits to showcase their singing, acting and dancing skills on the Festival Stage with the Limestone Revue. The modern multi-skill production has seen an all-age cast of 31 plucked from the Scout and Guide movement in the Ipswich area and rehearse for three months to…

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Night one of heats…….Quest for Talent has proved once again to provide the platform for the talented performers from not only the local area but also from the wider Brisbane area. Congratulations to Meaghan Broad , Hayley Tronson & Caitlin Mc Mahon for an energetic performance of ‘ I want to dance with somebody’ and…

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Though sadly Wiley Reed has now passed on to the big gig in the sky, it does not mean that the music will stop. Performing this Friday at the Goodna Jacaranda Festival in his honour is the Wiley Reed Tribute Band. The Wiley Reed Tribute Band, fronted by the legendary Doc Span and accompanied by…

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This year we are holding a monster raffle, and we have over 30 prizes to be won, so you are in with a great chance to pickup one of the many on offer. Tickets are currently available at the Bendigo Bank at Redbank Plains, drop in and see the team there! Tickets will also be…

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Lucy – Kelpie X Smithfield Cattle Dog Education Ambassador for Ipswich City Council Lucy was found as a stray wondering the streets of the Gold Coast 3 years ago. As an unclaimed stray she was handed over to the Animal Welfare League; heavily pregnant at the time, she went out on foster, giving birth to…

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