John McVeigh (Groom, Liberal Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I announce the winners of the 2020 Groom electorate calendar photo competition. They were Annabelle Waugh, whose photo 'Waiting for rain' on a central Darling Downs property captured the essence of drought; Dalriada Green for 'Lightning strikes over Glenvale' and 'Bowenville Reserve at Oakey Creek'; Navith Prashakthi for 'Street art in the Walton Stores Lane Way' and, of course, 'City Hall Toowoomba'; Inge Gajczak for a barn at Aubigny, near Pittsworth; Iris Castle for her dogs, Lulu and Joey, on the bench in Laurel Bank Park; Michelle Crawford for 'Windmills and sunset at Glencoe' and 'Hay bales and rolling hills on the Oakey Road at Silverleigh'; and Peter Granfield for 'The White Horse Building in Ruthven Street' and 'Flowers in bloom during Carnival of Flowers week at Laurel Bank Park'. Mitch H also captured the carnival buzz with his 'Ferris wheel surrounded by beautiful blooms at Queens Park' at carnival time.

Cameron Baxter was the overall winner with his 'Sunrise at Picnic Point,' an iconic photograph and, just to the west of Toowoomba, given that the first photo points to the east, 'Gowrie Mountain'. These are local artists showcasing the features of our region, the challenges that we face and, of course, what we celebrate as a community. I congratulate them all.