Families are invited to Peregian Park this Saturday 5 September from 12-3pm to celebrate one year since the town escaped the fires which swept through the village.
The fires, which started on 9 September in Peregian Springs and jumped the Sunshine Motorway to threaten thousands of homes and businesses, were kept at bay by more than 300 firefighters working through the days and nights that followed.
The Family Fun Day is being held in conjunction with local resident’s association Peregian Family and Friends and Noosa Heads Surf Life Saving Club. It will be an opportunity for locals to find out more about volunteering to join their local Rural Fire Brigade and also Peregian Surf Life Saver.
Peregian Surf Life Saving Working Group chair and event organiser Leigh McCready said they were keen to give the whole community the chance to find out more about how they can give back by becoming a lifesaver. “Given the timing of the start of the lifesaving season coincides with the anniversary of the Peregian fires, we thought it would be a great idea to invite our colleagues in the voluntary fire brigades to come and chat to the public with us,“ she said.
“There will be lots of activities for the kids, including games and face painting, lifesaving and other rescue equipment to check out. We will also have the nipper fundraising BBQ running and an amazing cake stall run by Frosting Cakery, who last year raised $3,000 for the Rural Fire Brigade at a similar event.
“Sea FM will be there on the day with giveaways and prizes, and we look forward to chatting to the kids about joining the upcoming Peregian Nippers program too. We will have lots of sanitisation stations and other COVID-Safe protections and we look forward to celebrating with the community in a safe and happy way.”
For more information about the Family Fun Day go to: www.facebook.com/peregianfamilyandfriends
