With countless cars making the drive out to see the infamous Christmas lights at Paul Cavallaro’s house, this lively and extravagant display has become a Hinchinbrook family tradition during the merry season, dating back 21 years. Paul and his mother Mary began creating a lights display for Paul’s nephew and discovered that they enjoyed it so much they continued expanding their collection and, as the years went by, their reputation grew. Continued on page 3 Paul Cavallaro and his mother Mar
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With unpredictable weather attempting to dampen the festive spirit of the region, the Hinchinbrook Chamber of Commerce and Markets at the Mosaic organisers assured the second 2024 Late Night Shopping event would go ahead, rain, hail or shine! On Thursday 19th December, a wonderful turnout filled Mercer Lane and surrounding precincts, with stalls retailing handmade delights, delicious treats, beautiful plants, fantastic florals, and more for all to enjoy. Shoppers flooded the streets, supporting
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Ingham will soon be treated to another wonderful celebration of Italian culture with the return of the Australian Italian Festival scheduled for Saturday 7 June, and Sunday 8 June 2025! An annual celebration of all things food and culture, the Australian Italian Festival continues to make headlines across the state, with the atmosphere beautifully complimented by Ingham’s gorgeous TYTO wetlands and parklands. Since its establishment in 1995, the festival has grown exponentially with the suppor
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On Monday 9 December the Hinchinbrook Emergency Service Cadets had their graduation, acknowledging the hard work they have dedicated to the service. 18 Cadets received their end of year graduation certificates marking the completion of the 2024 Program, while one Senior Cadet who is now over 18, graduated the whole program, having been a cadet for the past four years. On the night all Cadets graduated the year and some received special awards. Keldon Fletcher was awarded the Don Prichard mem
Read the full storyThe Ingham Lions Club was founded in December 1961, and chartered successfully in March 1962, providing over 50 years of dedicated volunteer work for the Ingham community.
The Ingham Lions Club are known in the area for their community service work, most recently they were approached by Our Lady of Lourdes Primary School Ingham to sell some hot chips for charity and President Colin Dallavanzi said it went extremely well.
“There was lots of people and kids there, it was good to hop in and sell chips,” said Colin.
“We can make some money out of it, and then we give it back to the community later.”
Colin said that the money they raise they donate to non-for-profit organisations but they have also recently donated to the local hospital, and Colin enjoys the feeling of giving back to the community.
“It’s a good feeling when these recipients receive that amount of money, or the funding to purchase what they need, or have been able to get funds to assist their non-for-profit organisation to continue.”
The Ingham Lions Club currently have 40 members and current President Colin Dallavanzi has been in his position for three terms now, but he says presidency is shared amongst members.
“We change over as much as possible to give everyone some experience in leadership,” said Colin.
“It can break down those barriers of the fear of talking in front of people.
“We don't personally teach public speaking as a course but you develop those skills through chairing a project, in becoming a secretary or treasurer or a president.”
The Ingham Lions Club is always on the lookout for more volunteers, if helping the community is something you find inspiring and want to be apart of, contact them, or chat with the friendly Lions at the next community event.
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