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Community group meet ups in Kilcoy • Kilcoy Hospital Auxiliary: 2nd Tuesday of each month. 10am at the Kilcoy Hospital Conference rooms. • Kilcoy P.A.& I Society: 3rd Tuesday of each month. 6.30 at Showgrounds Dining Hall. • Kilcoy District Historical Society: 2nd Thursday of each month 6pm. • Kilcoy District Progress Alliance: 2nd Monday of each Month. 5.30pm at Kilcoy Information Centre. • Kilcoy Lions: 1st Monday of each month. 5.30pm at Lions Den, McAulay Street. • J.P. in the Community: Each Monday & Friday. 11 1pm at Kilcoy Library. • St. Marys Food Pantry: Each Thursday 9am to midday at Kilcoy Anglican Church Hall. • Friends of Kilcoy Cemetery: 3rd Saturday of each month. The summer starts at 7am. Winter starts at 9am. • Kilcoy Tennis Club meet quarterly: 1st Tuesday of that month 11am. More groups on page 26.
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origins, the majority of Kilcoy VIC visitors (151) came from other areas of SEQ, outside of Somerset and Brisbane, with the second most coming from Brisbane (76). When looking at visitors from the rest of Queensland, Kilcoy VIC saw more than five times the amount of
KILCOY Visitor Information Centre (VIC) received the most amount of visitors across Somerset in December 2024, according to Somerset Council’s Tourism and Promotions Report December 2024. According to visitor statistics in the Kilcoy Visitor report, Kilcoy VIC Information Centre. attracted the least amount of visitors from Somerset, but the most amount from South East Queensland (SEQ) (excluding Brisbane), Queensland, interstate, and international, bringing the the other two VICs and The total amount of December Condensery (Kilcoy VIC 56, visitors to 404. Esk VIC 11, Fernvale VIC 10 This is nearly double the and The Condensery 1). amount than the other VICs Internationally, Kilcoy in Somerset, with Esk VIC also attracted nearly six welcoming a total of 194 times the amount of visitors, visitors and Fernvale VIC a with 17 visiting the Kilcoy total of 280. The Condensery VIC, compared to three at art gallery, while not a VIC, Esk VIC and Fernvale VIC, is also included in the list, and one at The Condensery. as it serves as a tourist spot, According to the report, having welcomed a total of the main motivator visitors 320 visitors. stopped at the Kilcoy When looking at their VIC was for maps and
directions, followed by caravan and camping, and, in third, outdoor activities. The report also highlighted that, despite Kilcoy VIC welcoming the most amount of visitors in December 2024, it has the least amount of volunteers when compared to the other VICs, only having eight volunteers, compared to Fernvale VIC’s 18 and Esk VIC’s 10. This comes as Council was successful in obtaining funding from the Queensland Tourism Industry Council (QTIC’s) Digital Adaptation Program for the Kilcoy VIC to utilise the services of the Cerge Content Management Platform to showcase accessibility features at the centre. The Cerge team attended the Kilcoy VIC in December to gather photos and video for use on the website, which will be integrated into the Experience Somerset website this year.
Farewell to 77 years of turf To mark the occasion and THE Kilcoy Bowls Club is celebrate the end of an era, on the verge of completing the club hosted a special a major transformation event on December 14 – to its green, as the long‘Turf the Turf’. awaited installation of a new artificial surface is nearly finished. After 77 years of hosting bowlers on its grass green, the club said goodbye to its beloved turf in late December and is Grass turf being removed in ushering in a new era December. Photo: Facebook. of play with a synthetic The green was surface. transformed into a lively The installation work, beer garden, with games, which paused briefly over fun activities, and plenty the Christmas and New of socializing. Attendees Year holidays, resumed in enjoyed an afternoon January, and members are of nostalgia as they bid eagerly anticipating the farewell to the grass green re-opening of the green. that had served them for The weather will play nearly eight decades. a key role in ensuring the As the club nears the project wraps up smoothly final stages of installation, and as quickly as possible, members are reminded that and the club has promised there will be no bowls until to keep members updated works are completed. as the work progresses. Beginning the resurfacing of the green with synthetic grass on January 28. Photo: Facebook.
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