THE 2010 Q2 DISTRICT CONVENTION WILL BE HELD IN THE BEAUTIFULL SEASIDE TOWN OF CARDWELL

Friday 12th to Sunday 14th November 2010

Convention Registration Form

DRAFT PROGRAMME

An outline of the programme for the District Convention in Cardwell.

Registration, Information booths and static displays will be at the Cardwell Lions Den from 3.00pm Friday 12th November.

Friday night : Lions Den - Dress is Tropical - Welcome & Opening Ceremony - Meet & Greet - plenty of fellowship and entertainment - Introduction of Miss Popularity Quest entrants.

Saturday morning : - Breakfast at the Lyndock Motor Inn, Cardwell - Street Parade assembly at the Old Post Office.

Saturday morning : - Cardwell Community Hall - Business sessions and voting for 2011/2012 District Governor Elect and 2 Vice District Governors Elects - Morning tea.

Saturday morning : - Business sessions continue - Keynote speaker.

Saturday lunch : - Conventioneers lunch at the Lions Den - Lioness lunch and forum at ? -  the Miss Popularity Quest lunch at ?

Saturday afternoon : - Lions Den - Business Sessions - Guest speaker - forums.

Saturday night : - Meet & Greet - District Governor's Banquet, theme is 'Black & Green' and dress is formal - Miss Popularity Quest presentation.

Sunday Morning : - Community Hall - Remembrance Ceremony.

Sunday morning : - Community Hall - Business sessions - Keynote speaker - Morning tea.

Sunday morning : - Community Hall - Presentation by 2011 Convention Committee - Presentations by IPDG John Muller - Closing Ceremony.

Sunday : - Lions Den - Farewell lunch.

Bus transport will be available for Saturday night.

Hosted by:

Lions Club of Cardwell,  Lions Club of Tully, Lions Club of Mission Beach, Lions Club of Innisfail. Lions Club of Babinda,

Lioness Club of Tully, Lionsess Club of Innisfail & Lioness Club of Mission Beach

Sponored by       
           

For all accommodation details and bookings, please contact: 

Amelia Slade 

Centre Manager

Rainforest & Reef Visitor Information Centre

Phone (07) 4066 8601  Fax (07) 4066 8116

Email  info@greatgreenwaytourism.com

Some interesting facts about Cardwell

 
The settlement at Cardwell was the first settlement North of Bowen in 1864 and was originally named "Port Hinchinbrook" but was renamed after Rt. Hon. Edward Cardwell, MP (later Viscount Cardwell) by Governor Bowen. Viscount Cardwell never visited the town named after him and is buried in Highgate Cemetry, London.

In August 1884 there were some 25 houses and 50 people at Cardwell but the entrepeneur Dalrymple wrote that Cardwell should soon be converted from "a wild desolate and remote spot, into a flourishing seaport, within easy communication of the marts of the world" .... "filled with churches, public buildings and the warehouses of commerce, the black hulls of a merchant fleet in the harbour ..."Australia will hold nothing more beautiful than the city of Cardwell and its port." ....

The Kirrama Track was one of the early stock routes linking Cardwell to the Tablelands beyond the Kirrama Range. The Kirrama - Upper Murray route was in use from the early 1870's and was generally considered to be the track which Geordie Clarke blazed through to the Hodgkinson. The Kirrama Track was cleared for cattle in 1889 by William Dallachy from Stamp's selection, Blechynden, to Kirrama Station.

Cardwell was a frontier outpost, with all commercial activity relying on the sea lanes. The shipping activities are central to Cardwell's early history.

Cardwell's first jetty was commenced in 1872, and was built over the water in front of the Post and Telegraph Office at the southern end of town. Within 2 - 3 years it was used to transport the first shipment of gold by sea from the newly opened northern goldfields (Palmer River and Atherton region). The offshore shallows and mud prevented larger ships from unloading easily. This jetty suffered cyclone damage and the planks were removed in 1889. Three piles can still be seen on the shore.