05/04/2026
🐰🐣We hope everyone has had a wonderful Easter!!
To continue the Easter celebrations, here's the first lot of photos from the Mary Easter Scavenger Hunt event last weekend.
The weather was perfect, the smiles were endless, and the community spirit was truly something special. Now it’s time for some heartfelt thank yous...
💛Thank you Fraser Coast community, you guys came out in force to support this event and had an amazing time too! We know this year’s event ran on a Saturday instead of our traditional Sunday. With so many fantastic events happening on the Sundays leading up to Easter, Saturday became the best option. Many hours go into bringing this event to the community and all the feedback we've received so far indicates you all had a wonderful day - so congratulations to you all for coming out and celebrating Easter with us!
We'd like to say some thank you's 🙏 to all the amazing people that worked tirelessly behind the scenes and on event day to help make this day run smoothly and be enjoyable for all:
🔵Maryborough City Progress Association Inc. volunteers & organisation committee members:
Jenelle Harrington
Grant Sommerfeld
Peter Boulton
Catherine Boulton
Jasmine Tracey
Shaun Tracey
Karen Boulton-Gorry
Jacqui Elson-Green
Janet Harrison
🎓We'd like to shout out to MSHS PALMA CORP. The students who volunteered their time did a wonderful job and we're very appreciative of their help. They conducted themselves professionally, were respectful and always willing to help.
⚡A big thank you to our electrician PETER ROOK for ensuring our vendors were "charged" up for the event.
🐇Thank you MARK & DEBBIE for being our wonderful Easter Bunny team and spreading chocolatey joy across the event.
📸Thank you to KYLE HEMMING and his team for capturing the magic of the event with the amazing photos and videos they took for us. The first sneak peak of photos is below and we have more photos and a video coming soon - can't wait to see them!
🚂Thank you to MELSA for running the miniature trains, they're definitely a crowd favourite - there were so many happy faces on the trains!
🚂Thank you to the MARYBOROUGH WHISTLE STOP for bringing the Mary Ann Steam Train along. This was new for us this year and from what we've seen, has been a big hit with the crowds!
🎵Did you enjoy the entertainment? Thanks to STIX N STRINGZ in the Rotunda and SHANE VAN WAMELEN in the Parklands for providing some wonderful music and entertainment for the crowds to enjoy throughout the event.
😋Thank you to our FOOD VENDORS, NOT-FOR-PROFIT GROUPS & MARKET STALLS. They put in a lot of effort to bring you quality products, food, and beverages for all to enjoy. A special shout out to MOONABOOLA SCOUTS, YOORANA & MARYBOROUGH NEIGHBOURHOOD CENTRE for running free craft activities and chill out lawn games.
🦄Plus we need to give a big shout out to FANTASEA FACES, the girls did an amazing job with the face painting, they worked non-stop for 4 hours getting all the little faces and arms painted. And thank you to AFFORDABLE JUMPING CASTLES for providing our inflatable games and castles for the kids to enjoy.
🎈Thank you DANIEL WENT for providing some fantastic balloon art for the kids to play with, lots of happy faces with their balloons!
🟨We would be remiss to not make a special mention of the fabulous LINDA AUSBURN from RAY WHITE. Linda went above and beyond, not only providing sponsorship, she printed our Entry Forms and also bought 20 tickets to giveaway to the community prior to the event. Then, she stood at our gazebo and handed out chocolate boxes for 4 hours!! Absolutely amazing - thank you Linda!
We would not be able to run this event without Sponsors & Donations, so we'd like to acknowledge and give special thanks with much gratitude to our event Sponsors:
🟡Gold Sponsor:
Fraser Coast Regional Council
🟤Bronze Sponsor:
Repco
💻Corporate Sponsors:
Linda Ausburn - Ray White
John Barounis MP
JAC Civil
CNRC Epoxy Flooring
Earthen Body Skin, Mind & Body Clinic
Story Bank Museum
Coles Maryborough
Woolworths Maryborough
Cr Daniel Sanderson
⭐Bonus Prize Vendors:
MELSA
Maryborough City Whistle Stop
Outback Spirit Iced Tea
Sensory Bliss
Party Time Promotion - Extra thank you to Sarah for supplying 2 more prizes for the Monster Raffle!
Trendy Threads
Allyz Customs and Giftwares
Amore Crystals
The Whimsical Curio
🙏IN KIND DONATIONS
Zip Print
Allen Gillespie Electrical
