Cr Danita Potter - Arts and Tourism Portfolio Report - 19 September 2018

Arts and Tourism Update:

• Volunteers at the Kingaroy Heritage Museum have been researching the history of Swickers which to date has been shared in a timeline at Kingaroy BaconFest. During this process volunteers have had contact from relatives of Mr & Mrs Swicker as well as a Swickers ex-employee who worked there for 50 years.
• The destination marketing survey distributed at South Burnett Unpacked 4 and online has closed with results now being collated and analysed. South Burnett Unpacked 5, the next session in the series, will be held on Monday the 5th of November.  
• Destination Events and icons will be promoted at the Cleveland Caravan, Camping, Boating and 4 x 4 Expo from the 21st to the 23rd of September.
• It is wonderful to receive positive feedback on the service at our Visitor Information Centres, Museums and Galleries. We recently received this feedback from the Kingaroy Choofer folks:

“First and most importantly Patty and I would like to give a big 'thumbs up' to all of the Staff and volunteers at the Visitors Information Centre, Kingaroy.  Information received from customers sent to me from the VIC, all reported great person to person interaction while providing valuable information about the Choofer. This in turn has led to customers coming to me or other outlets in the South Burnett area and buying a Choofer of their choice. Not only that, but a warm greeting to us is always forthcoming when entering the VIC, no doubt this also is given to other visiting tourists.”

4610 Partnerships for Kids:

4610 Partnerships for Kids is starting an initiative on Saturday 6th October, which coincides with the start of Mental Health Week. We will be having a Phone Fast Challenge for 2 hours on Saturday morning so families can ‘Disconnect to Reconnect’, encouraging more quality parent-child interaction and improved outcomes for many areas of development. This will be done in partnership with the Kingaroy Library this year and hopefully next year we will be able to roll this across the whole South Burnett, who knows, maybe even further. Anyone who would like to be part of the 4610 Partnerships for Kids is more than welcome to attend our next meeting tonight (Wednesday 19th September) at the Lady Bjelke-Petersen Community Hospital Board Room at 6pm and I look forward to seeing you there.