Mine to Market November-December 2012 - Mount Isa Mines

The EHM 'Operation' themed float in the 2012
Mardi Gras 'Board Games' street parade
Record crowd numbers attended
Cloncurry race meets in 2012
Local fashionistas line up for Fashions on the Field
at the Melbourne Cup day races in Cloncurry
Kicking off the rodeo season on
28 July, Quamby saw more than
2,000 revellers enjoying the thrills
and spills of the “greatest little
bush rodeo” in north west Queensland.
With lolly men, greasy pigs, mutton
busting as well as all the arena action,
there was plenty of excitement and laughs
to be had all weekend.
Between 3 and 5 August, the Curry
Merry Muster Festival drew a record crowd
of more than 5,000 over the three days.
Friday night saw the annual Mardi Gras
parade before action in the ring kicked
off with the amateur events. On Saturday
night, the crowd returned with revellers
keen to witness the professional rodeo
action and groove to Mick Lindsay on the
main stage.
Carlie Remfrey, Treasurer Curry Merry
Muster Festival Committee says changes
made to the layout of the grounds and
organisation of this year’s festival helped
make it the best rodeo yet.
“We had all the action broadcast on
the big screen for the first time this year
and the changes to the layout of the
chutes meant everything ran much more
smoothly,” Carlie says.
We also sponsored the annual Ernest
Henry Memorial Art Show. This exhibition
gives local artists the chance to showcase
their original works and compete against
other artists from across the country. There
were 119 entries in this year’s contest, with
the EHM Open Art division taken out by
representational artist Christine Atkins for
her piece titled ‘Memories’.
While rain washed out Cloncurry’s
first two race meets of the year, locals
were bursting to attend the Spring
carnival race days in September, October
and November. October saw the most
successful Cloncurry Cup Day yet, with
over 600 people attending. In November,
Cloncurry celebrated ‘the race that stops
a nation’ trackside, making the most of
our turn to host the north west regional
Melbourne Cup race day.
From bucking bulls to beautiful works
of art, EHM is proud to support the events
at the heart of our rich and culturally
diverse community.
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