Friends of Old Bega Hospital Raise the Roof Spring Fair
The 2024 Raise the Roof Spring Fair will be on the last Sunday in October, Sunday 27 October 2024, from 10am to 2pm, at the Old Bega Hospital.
Raise the Roof Poster (jpg, 0.5MB) - please put it up at home, at work, and share with your mates.
Everyone is invited to come out to the OBH to see the renovated new building. It is well worth a look, reflecting the original architecture and community effort in Bega's first hospital, and more recent great work by architects Sibling Architecture and Design5 Architects, and builders Leser Build and their team of tradies, to restore the main building from the ruins of the 2004 fire. Building work may or may not be quite completed, so we may or may not be able to get inside.
The Friends' Events Committee is working hard to make the 2024 Spring Fair the biggest yet. If you'd like to have a stall, bring your foodie van, demonstrate your wares or promote your good works, contact us. We are always looking for volunteers - to help in advance with the organising, and on the day to help with traffic management, selling raffle tickets, and general setting up and pulling down: contact us for that too.
Some samples:
- Brett Rogers Famous Dog Jump starts at 12.00. Dog entries accepted on the day. Precinct is dog friendly but dogs must be on a leash and toilet trained. This Event is not to be missed. Sponsors are Kingswood Sand and Livestock and Southern Farm Supplies.
- Marg Evans and her team will once again delight you with the Kalaru Dancing Dogs as they pirouette and twirl around the precinct. And try their luck in the Small Dog section of the Dog Jump - wearing their tutus.
- There will be $5 raffle on the day, with heaps of prizes from local businesses. Get a ticket in advance from the OBH street stall in Bega.
A big thank you to all the businesses of Bega and Tathra which donated prizes and made other financial contributions to the Raise the Roof Spring Fair and raffles in 2023, and to everyone who bought tickets. Your generosity will help to provide equipment and furnishings for the community spaces created once restoration is completed. Community caring for community!
Bendigo Bank, Bega
Barbeques Galore, Bega
Bega Furniture One
Sandbar Bistro,Tathra Beach Bowling Club
Big W Bega
Bega Cheese, Bega Group
Cignal Newsagency
Croc’s Little Bottlo,Tathra
Inkwell Art, Bega
Frillneck Lizard Framing, Bega
Tathra Post Office
Inspirations Paint, Bega
Coast Hire, Bega
Plevey’s Pharmacy, Bega
Studio 157, Bega
Carpet Court, Bega
No 1 Happy Emporium, Bega
Tathra Newsagency
Tarra Motors
Red Cafe, Bega
Tuff-As Workwear, Bega
Georgies Fine Jewellery, Bega
PeaNut Eatery, Bega.
Bendy Kates, Tathra
Club Bega
Candelo Books
Wattle and Hide, Bega
Mimosa Meats, Tathra
Raymond Groceries, Bega
Coles, Bega
Billy and Bloom Coffee
Fox Den
Tiny Zoo
Bankinbeans
Bega Valley Beekeepers
Tathra Beach Country Club
The number of volunteers who put up their hand to ensure the success of Raise the Roof is indicative of the important place OBH holds in the hearts of our community. These volunteers all give freely of their time to ensure OBH is restored to provide the community and cultural spaces lost in 2004. These volunteers include:
Friends Committee, their friends and families
Friends Events Committee
Jamie Forbes, Eric Rijnberg and Candy McVeity, musicians
Brett Rogers with his Dog Jumping Competition
Margaret Evans and her Dancing Dogs
Bega Lions
Bega Band
Bega CWA
Bega Valley Bridge Club showcasing the game of Bridge
Bega Valley Textiles
Bega Valley Potters
EdgeFM
Bega Men's Shed
Bega Valley Beekeepers
Eagle Rock leadlighters
Far South Coast Landcare
Leser Build
Russell Fitzpatrick
Helen Slater and her Hillgrove House sandwich making crew
community cooks providing cakes etc for sale
Others helped too, including stallholders:
Marcus Mundy, Acknowledgement of Country
Jamie Forbes, MC
Zamboni the Magician
Tiny Zoo
BHS Cambodia
TIDDA
Billy & Bloom
Leah's Pottery
Gloria's Jams & Pickles
RUOK
Leonie Mckinnon
Jezza's Landscapes
Renewed Spirit
MGWC Design
Rivet and Del
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