FUN ALERT: Hays Inlet Festival

FROM Friday, May 23, to Monday, June 9, there’s a fabulous array of free or inexpensive activities for families to be enjoyed as part of the Hays Inlet Festival.

Events will include:
· bridge, beach, river, bush, nature and bird-watching walks
· fishing, photography and garden competitions
· a boat cruise
· sailing on Lake Kurwongbah
· a kite flying day
· tree plantings and potting demonstrations
· presentations on dugong and wading birdlife
· a night event with well-known wildlife expert Ric Nattrass
· ecumenical thanksgiving services
· a film night
· a trivia night
· weed-busting activities
· art displays and workshops
· a big family picnic

If you don’t already know, Hays Inlet, an internationally recognised wetland, is where the Pine River, Saltwater Creek and Freshwater Creek spill into Bramble Bay on the western edge of Moreton Bay.

While Hays Inlet itself is in Clontarf, near the bridge between Brighton and the Redcliffe Peninsula but the catchment that drains into it stretches back to the D’Aguilar Range.

The Hays Inlet Catchment covers more than 1000 sq km (from Brighton to Saltwater Creek and from the D’Aguilar Range to Redcliffe) and is home to over 200,000 people and a diverse range of birdlife.

You can download a brochure containing the schedule of events for this year’s festival from the Hays Inlet website.