Another community BBQ in the park – with the sobering thought that Postman Rob was with Chewton CFA fighting a fire just a few kilometres away at McKenzie’s Hill. The conversations centred on fire seasons, fire apps, what was showing on the FireReady app and, of course, the fires at McKenzies Hill and Yandoit. The news relayed on the app soon allayed fears and the conversations slowly drifted back to other matters. Kris Kringles began mounting up as did new arrivals, and a pail was retrieved from the town hall to hold them. It was a pail Ed Wilcock had made back in 2006 after a Monster Meeting when a collection took place in what appeared to be an authentic 1851 goldfields bucket. The collection had been for the Evergreens band and as a member of that illustrative group Ed was determined no coin (or note) should ever be lost during future collections. Hence the pail - hand-made from locally grown radiata pine Ed informed us. A photo of the old bucket and the money it raised is included – from 2006 when Bettie Exon caught up with Ed to hand over the spoils. The pail is much classier and ideal for ceremonial occasions like Kris Kringles and Biggest Morning Tea raffles. So it was on with the main business of the evening - the barbecued food coming in many different sizes and shapes. Unfortunately, the red light went out unobserved and the last person to cook, Susan, was left pondering how she’d been forgotten. A Christmas cake was shared and eulogised, a cake that Carolyn explained was an Aldi one, even showing the tin to prove it. That was a relief to those that had misheard and were under the belief that it was an oldie! The Kris Kringles came out, were carefully selected, opened and shown around. And a weary Rob suddenly appeared. Back from fighting a fire and straight into a BBQ – a busman’s holiday? And all too soon it was time to pack up the goods, chattels and memories for another month – and, indeed, another year. The next MoBQ will be in 2015! Watch for the signs… in fact, watch for any signs!
Posted on: Sun, 07 Dec 2014 03:04:56 +0000
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