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Australia Day in Manilla

This year’s Manilla Australia Day will be a little different from previous years. Firstly please note the change of time to the earlier time of 8am for 8:30 am start for the Australia Day Awards Presentation Ceremony with special guest, Australia Day Ambassador and filmmaker Anupam Sharma to be followed by a free breakfast cooked by Manilla Lions Club. A change of venue to Pioneer Park (park near the Museum in main street).

Come along and give your support our nominees:-

Manilla Citizen of the Year  – David Ridgewell, Ross Knight, Tim Scanlon

Manilla Young  Citizen of the Year – Michael Purtle, Rayah Fletcher

Manilla Achiever of the Year   – Jake Davey

Manilla Community Event of the Year – Manilla Vintage Machinery Rally, Manilla RSL Sub Branch ANZAC Day Ceremony, Manilla Evening CWA Flower Show ????

Kym Hagon and Richard Bell will be our Master of Ceremonies with Kym Bringing his guitar to entertain and lead us in our National Anthem on the day.

We will be once again be holding a Damper Competition and an Australia Day Themed Hat Competition for young and old.

There will be once again free entry to the Manilla Pool with an inflatable water feature.