Bendigo Bank Emu Park Community Bank Branch recently made a very generous donation of $1,ooo towards our restoration project on the Emu Park School of Arts Building. This grant, along with another generous donation of $300 from Rockhampton Regional Council will go a long way in helping us achieve our goal of restoring this fine old building to its former glory.

Rob Tait from VTE Computer Services has kindly donated a computer with an updated operating system to our Museum. The Windows XP update will enable greater flexibility in our choice of modern accessories for our computer system.

We have recently purchased an assortment of competitively priced local area souvenirs depicting our Museum. Items include fridge magnets, teaspoons, key rings, postcards and hat pins, along with the ever popular whistles and a new line of “Emu Park” embroidered hand towels.

Our new ‘Internet Kiosk’ has been installed and is ready for use by members of the public. Prices are very reasonable, being, $2 for 15 minutes, $3 for 30 minutes and $5 for 60 minutes. Flyers announcing the introduction of the facility have been  circulated to businesses around town.

Bunnings Warehouse in Rockhampton and Dulux Paints have recently made a very generous donation of 30 litres of paint to be used on the restoration of our School of Arts Building.