The display of all these entries at the GEMBOREE will be a sight to behold.

​Camp sites are filling fast as everyone now realises that Easter is only weeks away, limited space is still available but be quick or you may miss out. Forms can be downloaded from this website if needed. Please feel free to email any questions to :- bundygemboree@yahoo.com.au

​If you are looking for off site accomodation you will find a list of recommended local motels in the GEMBOREE booklet, please support our advertisers where possible. All of the motels are within a five minute drive to the Bundaberg Showground.

Extract from J&R page:

Commercial Beads 2011

Commercial Beads Ruling 2011

This ruling was accepted and passed at the AFLACA J & R meeting on 23 April 2011 and was to become effective immediately – therefore Competition Committees can use this ruling now as long as it is written as a Special Condition.

The GEMBOREE committee would like to wish everyone a Happy New Year.

Easter will be upon us before we know it and final preparations for GEMBOREE are almost complete.

Thanks to all those who have booked their camping and tailgate sites already, the early response has been wonderful. The showgrounds located in Burrum St. are large and some space is still available, the booking forms for both camping and tailgating are available on this web site if needed. Contact numbers are also there, so feel free to make any further inquiries you may have.

There is now less than a month before the competition entries close, so be sure to get your entries away in time to reach us if you have not already done so.
The traditional Easter Sunday breakfast will incorporate an appearance by the Easter Bilby and an Easter bonnet competition, so bring along your creation and join in the fun. The younger rockhounds can make good use of their fossicking skills on an Easter egg hunt.

GEMBOREE Princess/ Prince registration forms will be available on site, so why not give that a go as well kids, you may win some “Royal Jewels”.

The Bundaberg club last hosted a GEMBOREE in 1990, we look forward, along with the other clubs in the QGCA, to being your hosts this year and we will do our best to ensure that everyone has a great time.

Bundaberg also has much to offer the visitors to our town and those of you who have never been here before will be assured of finding plenty to occupy any spare time you may have.

Trish Flynn
President GEMBOREE Committee.
http://aflaca.org.au/gemboree/

As this year draws to a close we are happy to say that the GEMBOREE arrangements are all but concluded and ready to provide us all with a great Easter event. Camp site registrations are flooding in now and we would urge everyone who wishes to camp on site to send the camping form in as soon as possible.

Those who are working on entries for the competition remember that the competition closing date is Friday 3^rd February at 3.00pm and your entry form, fees and any postal entries need to be here in time to be eligible.

Bundaberg, like so many other areas of the country, had a rough start to the year with flooding causing problems in the CBD and areas close to the Burnett river. However rest assured that we have recovered and are well able to host guests from all over the country and overseas with a wide range of accomodation and services available to those who don’t wish to camp on site.

We look forward to seeing you all and having an enjoyable week of friendship with a great bunch of people who ( like us) have “rocks in their head”.

Trish Flynn

President GEMBOREE committee

http://aflaca.org.au/gemboree/

The GEMBOREE Committee are pleased to be able to let everyone know that arrangements for next year in Bundaberg are well on track. We are looking forward to meeting old friends and making new ones over the Easter weekend. Our small army of volunteers is set to go and ready to give assistance in the many areas of the GEMBOREE set up and on site tasks to ensure the smooth running of the weekend’s activities.

Camping and tailgating registrations are coming in and we encourage you to get your sites booked early.

Please contact us if you have any queries with regard to camping or tailgating facilities.  All forms for camping, tailgating and competition entries are available in the GEMBOREE 2012 booklet are on this website.

We would also like to remind you to get your competition entries ready as the closing date of 3^rd Feb 2012 is drawing ever closer.

Please accept our apology for the printing errors on page 28 of the booklet, , open and intermediate facet cut entry number at top of page and angle at P2 , which have been corrected on this website.

The Christmas break will give many people time to fine tune entries and paperwork. We hope that we can provide a great showcase of lapidary skills for the general public to admire and possibly encourage a renewed interest in our wonderful hobby.

Trish Flynn

GEMBOREE 2012 Committee President.

Phone Number: 07 4153 5631 Mobile: 0414 599 646 bundygemboree@yahoo.com.au

Visit our GEMBOREE webpage here http://aflaca.org.au/gemboree

Please note that while the Competition Schedule on our website was correct, page 28 in our printed GEMBOREE Booklet, where the schedule is also reprinted, needs replacing.

We have updated the full booklet which can be downloaded from our website GEMBOREE page, or you can just download the replacement page below.

Sincere apologies for any inconvenience.

Replacement Page 28 for the GEMBOREE Booklet – Click Here