Ken O'Dowd (Flynn, National Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I want to praise the community of Wondai in the southern end of my electorate for the great event they hosted on the weekend. I spent the weekend listening to the community—I received good feedback—and I announced the NBN rollout for 700 homes in Wondai.

The town hosted a big race day, the Wondai Cup, which coincided with the Caulfield Cup. I had the honour of judging the fashions on the field. The colours of spring was the theme, and they were in abundance as the fashions rolled out. It was a credit to the whole region.

I also want to congratulate local author Errol Bishop on the release of his first book, Ghost Galleon. Ghost Galleon is about the legend of a 16th century shipwreck known as the Stradbroke Island galleon. I attended the launch of the book at the Wondai art gallery. The gallery was distributing copies of the book and had a lot of paintings on display.

Unlike in the rest of Flynn, in this district I saw green grass flourishing from recent rain. The town looked spectacular. It was very neat and tidy. Wondai is a close community with real spirit, and I am privileged to represent the people of Wondai in my electorate.

Pat Duff, a Brisbane trainer, trained the winner of the Wondai Cup. He had trained his first winner there at Wondai many years ago.