The Helensburgh Lions Country Fair will be held at Charles Harper Park on Saturday, 22 October, from 9am to 3pm.

There will be loads of entertainment, rides, food and craft stalls, Irish dancers, Treetop Acrobatics, to name a few. There will also be a display by the NSW Rural Fire Service.

Helensburgh Lions have recently made a donation to the Perry Cross Foundation, which does research into serious spinal injuries and is conducting an intensive rehabilitation therapy trial in which a local lad, Kurt Drysdale, is participating.

We’ve also made a donation of Lego to our local library so they no longer have to borrow blocks.

An important question: “What’s Happened to The Coal Skips?”

Helensburgh has had a coal mine since 1883. In 1998, as part of Heritage Week, miners brought two coal skips to the surface to display in Charles Harper Park. The skips and surrounds have deteriorated, not helped by vandals setting fire to them, and were in need of drastic repair or replacement. Helensburgh Lions have been working with Wollongong Council to remove the dangerous items and have liaised with the mine to replace the skips. We’ll keep you updated.

The Lions meet on the 2nd Monday of the month, 6.30pm at Helensburgh Hotel. Contact us via Facebook or info@helensburghlions.org.au

See you at the Country Fair.