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8 energetic souls braved the elements to catch up with some much needed maintenance and cleaning. It was a windy, bumpy and wet lake crossing to Kinaba and worse conditions on the return journey - often a great opportunity for an adventure.

The recently restored 75 metre boardwalk and bird-hide has now finally been oiled to seal and preserve the timber. Despite the crossing, wonderful volunteers applied fresh paint to the gent's toilet, cleaned windows and floors, and removed the mountains of Swallows' droppings. 

On Wednesday 13th March, 3 volunteers and 4 new inductees braved the weather and concentrated on painting, cleaning windows and floors, oiling the boardwalk and replacing flyscreens.

The usual dedicated and enthusiastic volunteers once again happyily enjoyed a morning of light duties maintaining the Information Centre. One recently inducted volunteer also joined the party, and specialised in expert cleaning. Everyone's efforts are always highly appreciated. Tea, coffee and a light snack made the morning's tasks even more pleasant. 

Sunday 3rd June, a healthy crowd made their way to Kinaba Information Centre for a lunch and Q and A forum, hosted by Friends of Kinaba. Ross Belcher, Principal Parks Ranger spoke about National Park's current activities in the region, and also answered some interesting questions from those attending, including members from Nooa Intergrated Catchment Authority (NICA) and Noosa Parks Association (NPA). 

Lunch was a byo and cook yourself BBQ which was really enjoyable, and over-all, a pleasant day was shared by many, and included the scenic boat trip across the lake.

5 intrepid volunteers braved the windy conditions to head up to Kinaba to paint, oil, clean and generally make a wonderful clean-up job at the Information Centre.

We met with about 50 visitors who were interested in what we were doing, and very pleased that the building was being maintained - they commented on how fresh and well-kept it looked.

Sone of the extra special visitors who came on the day were Sir Thomas Hiley's granddaughter and great-grandchildren, who were very appreciative of the work being done on the building.