2009 marks the 25th anniversary of the founding of a Friends’ Group for our wonderful Grampians National Park and PV want to recognise this by hosting a dinner for us on May 9 and presenting us with a digital photo frame. The invitation from Parks Victoria will be sent out shortly. Do make a real effort to come along and do bring your old photos and other memorabilia to share.
Your committee had fun looking at suggestions for images and have decided that rather than a conventional framed photograph, we would rather have a digital frame showing a slide show of activities we have been involved in over the years. This could be set up somewhere near the Brambuk shop or the cafe where it will hopefully attract some new members. We could also change the selection of images from time to time. It is more expensive, but we have funds to cover the extra cost and believe it would be money well spent.
PV has also invited us to put in a submission for a community grant to celebrate this milestone. Your committee has decided to ask for furniture and fittings to establish a volunteers’ space in the PV administration building in Halls Gap. There would be a desk, ergonomic chair, bookshelves, filing cabinets etc. We would be able to store our archive material, have a library and so on. The space would also be available for any volunteer group or individual and for tertiary students and other researchers working in the Park.
Our next issue, I hope will have plenty to tell of things we have done over the last quarter century. For this to be really memorable, we need contributions from lots of you, preferably by email, or by snail mail. Words and pictures. We can scan photos, slides and negatives. As I receive photos I’ll put them up on the web site. I’ve started already – check it out.
When? May 9 from 5.30.
Where? The Wander Inn at Wartook
What? A fully catered 2 course meal, free or at a nominal cost, depending on numbers
(Drinks at bar prices and sorry there is no BYO)
A presentation at 6pm, minimum of speeches, display of photos and memorabilia, old and new friends.
RSVP to Sylvia (with any special dietary requirements) by April 17.
Ph: (03) 5361 4001