Dingo Creek Vineyard News & Events

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 Thinking about your staff Christmas Party, Dingo Creek is able to cater to your requirements, from lunch to dinner or finger food, we cater to your budget. Our quality wine, beer, spirits and soft drink are available at the bar, covered entertainment area for all weather comfort.  Book your party now by phoning Marg on 5485 1731.

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DINGO CREEK WINE,

JAZZ & BLUES FESTIVAL

21st and 22nd of April 2007

		John Morrison

Presenting a Weekend of Jazz legends with Don Burrows, Ed Wilson, Erol Buddle, Bob Barnard, Kevin Hunt, John Morrison, John Nicol and with Mason Rack performing the blues, and a host of exceptional musicians from Queensland and interstate.

DINGO CREEK VINEYARD

265 TANDUR TRAVESTON RD TRAVESTON

40 minutes north west of Noosa / 20 min South of Gympie, www.dingocreek.com.au

$55.00 per person Saturday, $60.00 per person Sunday or $99.00 for a weekend pass Free Camping Children under 14 years free

Bookings ph 54 851731 e-mail festival@ dingocreek.com.au

Presented by Dingo Creek Jazz and Blues inc Net proceeds go to SIDS and Kids Qld

Sponsored by Traveston Village Estate, Dingo Creek Vineyard, Cooloola Shire Council, ZINC 96.1 .

See Jazz Festival link for details on the Dingo Creek Wine Jazz and Blues Festival, SIDS and Kids Qld Fundraiser.

Opera in the Vineyard (Annual event) - December 3rd 2006

Date and performing artists to be confirmed - check back soon.

Other Things to do:-

COOLOOLA, the shire with a “Heart of Gold”, ideally situated between Noosa and Fraser Island, less than two hours north of Brisbane in beautiful southeast Queensland. Incredibly diverse, Cooloola is a wonderful blend of beaches, waterways, rural hinterland and heritage.

GYMPIE is the heritage and cultural centre of the Cooloola Region. Take a stroll through our CBD c1867, which features the beautiful architecture that gold mining money built. Relive our history through the Gold Mining Museum and Woodworks Museum or just lay out your travel rug and enjoy a picnic in one of our many beautiful city parks. Gympie CBD makes up a unique shopping village like no other.

RAINBOW BEACH is the Gateway to Fraser Island with an easy 15min barge journey to the island and is home to the amazing Coloured Sands. Rolling surf and kilometers of unspoiled, white sandy beaches coupled with fishing, camping, boating, swimming and paragliding just to name a few makes Rainbow Beach the perfect getaway from the hustle and bustle of modern life. Rainbow Beach is in the Great Sandy Strait.

TIN CAN BAY is the ideal location to relax and unwind. Experience a tranquil getaway to this area known for its eco-tourism surroundings, one of the few places you can feed the rare indo-pacific humpback dolphins for FREE. Tin Can Bay is in the heart of the Great Sandy Strait which is considered to be one of the most beautiful and safest waterways in Australia.

MARY VALLEY offers a unique hinterland experience incorporating rainforest drives, bushwalks, forestry, wildlife and carefully maintained recreation areas. Take an historic journey on the The Valley ‘Rattler’ Steam Train, stopping along the way at the fully restored stations. Experience the pleasures of true country hospitality in the picturesque Mary Valley. Saddleup, the Mary Valley has some exceptional forest HORSERIDING trails! Nowhere else can you ride through Eucalypt forest, plantation and rainforest in the one outing!

The TRAVESTON VALLEY area is part of the beautiful Sunshine coast Hinterland and ideal for growing grapes with its cool nights and warm days. Named by the Survey Office after an early settler in the area, Traveston is overlooked by Mt Cooroora and near Mt Mothar. Mothar is said to have been the Aboriginal word for a white man and that they gave it that name because a white man was found there.

For more information, please contact:
Cooloola Visitors Information Centre
PO Box 415, Gympie QLD 4570
Phone: 1800 444 222
Email: info@cooloola.org.au
Web: www.cooloola.org.au

An unexplained mystery of the area around Dingo Creek Winery

Just east of Gympie, Queensland, in the 1930's, a highly respected early pioneer of the forest industry while inspecting new areas of old forests between Mt. Wolvi and Mt. Wahpunga west of Lakes Como and Cootharaba in the Cooloola National Park region, uncovered a very ancient 37cm chalice with removable lid/handle embedded in the clay of an old gully water flow. The bronzed-pewter artefact displayed ornate hand-beaten or cast decorations depicting Grecian ribboned heads, lion-head motifs and many other forms of imprint. The handle was missing but points where it was attached can be seen. The chalice-type artefact may have been a wine decanter; or a water jar; an ornate drinking cup (with lid); or possibly an oil/wax light burner. One side had been damaged and holed. In 1998, the current owner of the artefact consulted two antique dealers. In their opinion, they believed the object was extremely old and possibly Egypto-Greek because of the patterns displayed. Today's interest centres on how such an object could have been found in such an inaccessible jungle place where at that time, Europeans would have never travelled or resided. Incidentally, the location where it was found is approximately half-way between Lake Cootharaba north of Noosa and the 'pyramid' site just east of Gympie and near to recently discovered pre-European quarry in the lakes region.