Arcadia Valley community hall celebrates 30 years

The Arcadia Valley community hall celebrates its 30-year anniversary this year. To mark the occasion, Central Highlands’ councillors and staff brought a cake when visiting the community earlier last month.

A number of community members attending the celebration helped build the community hall back in 1988.

The story goes that money for the hall was raised through community campdrafts and the council supplied the building foundation.

Heather Crowther said the completion of the project provided great satisfaction to people in the community. She said it was a community effort where all ages were involved.

The hall has since seen many birthday parties, high teas, school concerts, first aid courses, tennis competitions on the adjacent courts and was even used as a school room for a while. It’s, however, yet to host a wedding.

Back in the day, the tennis courts were dirt and the concreted shade area is a newer addition to the hall.

Most recently, it received a concreted footpath to the amenities block with help of council’s community grants, which are currently open for applications for the second round of the year.

The community hall sits beside the Arcadia Valley school that teaches just over ten students from the surrounding pastoral properties that make up the rich valley a stones-throw away from the Carnarvon Ranges.

The valley is home to Lake Nuga Nuga National Park, the largest natural lake in the Central Queensland sandstone belt, which is popular for bird-watching, fishing and canoeing.

For more information on council’s community grants, visit council’s website. The 2018 second round of community grants is open for applications until 31 August 2018.

For more information on Lake Nuga Nuga and Canarvon national parks, visit www.nspr.qld.gov.au