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Ecofest 2016

Eco Fest 2016 at the Toondoon Botanical Gardens Gladstone was a smashing success.
We proudly presented to the Gladstone Community our finished Recycled Rag Rug,
We had Story telling by the Gladstone City Library,and we had present the Author and Illustrator of the Rockhampton based children's story book about the Fitzroy River Turtle....titled "Oh dear that's my rear".
We also had a children's activity where children got to make their own bottom breathing turtle out of recycled items.
Each child then went into the draw to win one of the amazing books Oh Dear That's My Rear.

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Recycled Rag Rug

The rug was 12 months in the making and we were delighted and inspired by the amazing community spirit that went into completing the recycled rag rug.
Each panel of the rug came complete with a story and who it was made by and it was wonderful to see everyone wanting to see their completed panel in the whole rug and to
Read the other stories accompanied by each panel. We also had story boards telling of not only Creative Recycling Centre's journey and where we see ourselves in the future, but also how the rug started out through to its completion
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Gladstone Library Story Telling and children's corner

Bettina from the Gladstone library held story telling times, reading the book Oh Dear That's My Rear along with other stories and finger and hand puppets. These were very popular with the littilies and as usual Bettina's story readings and puppet play were entertaining and heaps of fun.
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Children's Activity

Children were encouraged to make their own bottom breathing turtle from recycled card board and coffee pods.
We then placed a recycled magnet on the back and turned them into fridge ornaments.
We had some very creative children and the turtles turned out wonderfully.
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Bottom breathing Turtle
book reading

This amazing story of the Fitzroy River turtle  was the feature book in our Story telling corner, we also had a visit from the author and illustrator to sign some copies so that the winners of  the draw had their very own signed copy.
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Costa drawing our winners for the book competition.

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A very big thank you to our volunteers on the day - we appreciate your tireless help and enthusiasm.

Setting up our display and hanging the huge recycled rag rug.

​With many thanks to:

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  • Home
  • About Us
    • Our Concept
    • Our Future
    • Founding Members
    • Meet the Team
    • Press Releases
    • Our Sponsors
  • Projects & Events
    • Projects & Events >
      • 2022 Boyne Valley Showcase
      • Act for Kids Therapy Garden
      • 2022 Gladstone Harbour Festival
      • Dear Earth - Ecosystem Workshops
      • 2021 Fashions by the Sea
      • 2021 Nature Mandala - Gladstone Harbour Festival
      • Fix It, Don't Ditch It!
      • 2020 Sounds of Nature
      • Innov8ors
      • COVID-19 Recovery Program
      • Rise Up Funding
      • 2019 Star of the Sea School
      • 2019 Luminous
      • 2019 Mayor's Charity Ball
      • 2019 Children's Pledges of Hope
      • Tondoon Botanic Gardens Activities >
        • 2021 School Holiday Workshops
        • 2019 Tondoon Family Day
        • 2018 Tondoon Family Day
        • 2017 Tondoon Family Day
      • EcoFest >
        • 2022 Ecofest
        • 2021 Ecofest
        • 2020 Ecofest
        • 2019 Ecofest
        • 2018 Ecofest
        • 2017 Ecofest
        • 2016 Ecofest
        • 2015 Ecofest
      • St Francis School >
        • 2017 St Francis School Bush Tucker Garden
        • 2016 St Francis School Greenhouse Project
      • 2018 Multicultrual Festival
      • 2018 Stepping Stones Recycled Instruments
      • 2018 Solar Boat Community Challenge
      • Recycled Rhythmic Instrument Installation
      • Rainbow Valley Music Wall
      • Reef Bltiz
      • GECC Bear Hunt
      • Reef Guardian Program
      • Take a Seat at Our Table
      • Recycled Rug Project
      • Pop-up Libraries
      • Women's Wellness Expo 2015
  • Repair & Recycling Info
  • Instrument Hire
  • Newsletter
  • Contact