Fantasea Faces

01/01/2025

Wishing you all a wonderful year ahead 🥳

29/12/2024

Thank you sweet girl for allowing me to face paint you for the very first time.
"ᴬ ᶜʰⁱˡᵈ'ˢ ˢᵐⁱˡᵉ ⁱˢ ʷᵒʳᵗʰ ᵐᵒʳᵉ ᵗʰᵃⁿ ᵃˡˡ ᵗʰᵉ ᵐᵒⁿᵉʸ ⁱⁿ ᵗʰᵉ ʷᵒʳˡᵈ" ❤ ~ Lionel Messi

10/12/2024

Thank you to everyone who came and got Christmasy! 🌲🎅🦌

08/12/2024

Last day to visit the reindeers 🎅🌲🦌 FREE facepainting 9-12

01/12/2024

Just beautiful!

28/11/2024

Don't these look amazing! Safe to safe the after school care kids enjoyed this.

22/11/2024

What a great turn out at the Maryborough Street Christmas Party! Thankyou to everyone who visited and of course a BIG thank you to my team. You gal's rock!

19/11/2024

Happening this Friday evening, I can assure you it's always loads of fun and this year is set to be bigger and better than ever before 🎅🤶🌲

FRIDAY 22/11/24 4.30-8.30PM
The Mary Christmas CBD Street Party is an amazing community Christmas event with something for everyone!

Join us for a festive afternoon and evening of fine dining, entertainment, shopping and fun for all! Plus see the official lighting up of the community Christmas Tree as a special feature of this event.

The Mary Christmas CBD Street Party is a chance to relax, enjoy and stock up on Christmas Gifts and unique products from our local sellers. Kids enjoy an amazing kids zone with a range of rides and fun activities. Our fantastic local live band, Leon and the Flying AU's, will have you up on your feet and 'Rockin' around the Christmas Tree' all night long with their party tunes!

PLUS SEE SANTA & MRS CLAUS...
Santa and Mrs Claus arrive at 5.30pm so be sure the kids are here early to see them arrive! Come and have a chat to Santa and Mrs Claus, grab a photo and give them a high-five.

CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTING CEREMONY
The Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony is the official recognition of the start of the Christmas season for the Fraser Coast! Mayor George Seymour will present the Tree Lighting Ceremony and Santa will "light up" the community Christmas tree!

BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE!
Make sure you have a wander through Santa's Workshop inside City Hall. There's lots of free activities for the kids to do, plus free face painting!

Our good friend Mr Whippy will also be running his very popular Ice Cream competition! (Thank you Mr Whippy!) To sign up, you'll need to arrive early as there's limited contestant spots available. See Mr Whippy at the event for details and entry.

COMPETITION TIME
That's not our only competition, we also have a Kids Colouring Competition for ages 0-14 with 5 fantastic lolly hamper prizes up for grabs! Click here to download your competition form: https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1194167642332298&set=a.608062107609524

Or pop in and see Linda Ausburn at Century 21 on Adelaide Street to pick up a copy so you can colour in before the party. We'll also have competition sheets available at the MCPAI info tent at the event.

Then there's our crowd favourite, Scavenger Hunt! Find all of Santa's reindeer, write down the code words and return your entry to our MCPAI info tent to go into the draw to win one of 2x $50 gift cards. Pick up your Scavenger Hunt entry form from the MCPAI Info tent at the event. (Thank you to Linda Ausburn - Century 21 for sponsoring the Colouring Competition, Kids Prize Raffle and Scavenger Hunt!)

There's some great prizes to win in our CHRISTMAS RAFFLE too! Tickets are $2 each or 3 for $5 and can be purchased at our MCPAI Info tent at the event.

AMAZING KIDS ZONE
Our AMAZING kids zone includes 3 jumping castles, bungee run and laser tag. Additional free craft activities and face painting are provided in Santa's Workshop inside City Hall by our wonderful not-for-profit groups and Fraser Coast City Council.

Kids Wristbands available for just $15 per child! This includes unlimited access (up to 4 hours) to the rides all event and a ticket in our Kids Prize Raffle. Purchase ride wristbands from our MCPAI Info tent.

DINING ZONE
Our dining zone boasts a huge range of food and beverage businesses with delectable dinner options, tantalising dessert treats and a variety of tasty drink choices (no alcohol at this event sorry).

No one will go hungry at this party! There is so much variety to choose from.

CANDY CANE LANE MARKETS
Visit the Candy Cane Lane Markets to stock up on unique and beautiful Christmas Gifts or spoil yourself with something from the beautiful range of boutique products on offer. We have over 30 stalls so you're bound to find something just right for you!

AND EVEN MORE TO ENJOY...
- Come and grab a free photo at the Hervey Bay Photobooth (with thanks to our photobooth sponsor, RFM Macadamias).

- With thanks to Fraser Coast Wildlife Sanctuary, come and see their popular Reptile Display.

- Look out for Bluey and Paddy the Platypus as they make their way around the event!

- Come and see the gorgeous line up of cars from the Maryborough Street Machine's group on Adelaide Street and enjoy the beauty and muscle of these historic cars.

- Still want more, come and check out our Emergency Services hub. Get up close and personal with the trucks and boat that are out their saving lives and saving property (with thanks to SES & Rural Fire Service)

ALL THIS IN JUST ONE NIGHT!
The party starts at 4.30pm so be sure to head down early so you don't miss out on the action, the food, the bargains and the FUN 😃

LOCATION: Maryborough City Hall, Kent & Adelaide Streets & the new City Greenspace

It's a lovely big event space this year, come on down and support this fantastic event and enjoy a memorable night out!

Mary Christmas CBD Street Party is proudly brought to you by the Maryborough City Progress Association Inc. We'd like to publicly thank our sponsors and partners without whom this event would not be able to run:

CORPORATE EVENT SPONSORS
Fraser Coast Regional Council
RFM Macadamias
Hyne Timber
Linda Ausburn - Century 21 Real Estate
Mr Whippy
Earthen Body
Allen Gillespie Electrical
Handy Hire
Zip Print Australia

RAFFLE SPONSORS
The Butcher Shop
Kimmy T Photography
La Familia Restaurant
Forever Connected Support Services
Priceline Maryborough
Wide Bay Gallery
The Bling Thing
Friendlies Pharmacy
Costigans Good Price Pharmacy
With Love From Catherine
Woolworths Maryborough

16/11/2024

Hey everyone!
McHappy day is today at Pialba McDonalds
Come on down and support us! So much fun for the kids!
Snow Cones - $2 each
Fairy Floss - $2 each
Face painting $1 donation

Can’t forget our parents WE HAVE RAFFLES
Our 1st price is a day away at Kingfisher Bay Resort

All for RMHC 🎗️🎗️

31/10/2024

🎃👻🦇нαρρу нαℓℓσωєєη!🦇👻🎃

30/10/2024

20/10/2024

𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸 𝗬𝗼𝘂 to each and everyone of you who came to visit us at the Botanical Gardens Birthday celebration today. As we looked up between paints, the queue was as far as we could see, so we thank you for your patience. Safe to say it was a fantastic day! If you captured your little one's face paint tag us in your pic or drop it in the comments.
This beautiful girl was lucky last and couldn't decide between a rainbow or batman so what do we do..... 🌈🦇

19/10/2024

Happy Birthday gorgeous gal, we hope you had the best time🦄🎉🎂

17/10/2024

Join us to celebrate Hervey Bay Botanic Gardens' 50th Birthday FREE Family Fun Day!

Join us on Sunday 20th October for a fun-filled day for the family & the green thumbs. Bring along a picnic or enjoy a treat from the food and drink stalls in the gardens.

Some highlights of the celebration include;
🐑 Petting zoo
🎨 Face painting
🌱 Interactive workshops from the Orchid & Bromeliad Societies, Fraser Coast Beekeepers & hear from microbats expert John 'Batman' Parsons!
🍦 Mr. Whippy, the T Wagon & Grumpy’s Food Truck

📍 10am to 3pm at Hervey Bay Botanic Gardens, 62-105 Elizabeth St, Urangan.

We hope to see you there to celebrate one of the Fraser Coast’s beautiful outdoor spaces!

14/10/2024

Matchy matchy.... the cutest dinosaur I ever did see!

08/10/2024

Join us this Sunday with your furbabies for a fun filled day.

'Dogs Day Out' is returning to Lower Dayman Park in Urangan on 13 October 2024. Join us from 8am to 12 noon!

07/10/2024

Maryborough families.....

Sunday the 13th of October is the date for our Community Links Family Fun Day! This is just a teaser of this amazing event & the selection of the FREE entertainment that will be available. In addition, there will be stalls set up with fun activities from various local community organisations & businesses specialising in children & family support & health services. This event is open to the entire community & we hope to see as many local families as possible attend 💙