COUCH Capers & Congratulations

Local Hero Award in Queensland
Congratulations to Liz Plummer on her selection as a finalist for the Local Hero Award in Queensland.

The Local Hero Award is one of four categories of the Australian of the Year Awards program, presented by the National Australia Day Council in association with state and territory Australia Day organisations.

The Australian of the Year Awards acknowledges individuals who inspire national pride and enrich the lives of their fellow Australians. Being a finalist for these Awards is a great honour and Liz is to be congratulated on this achievement.

Iefje Boissevain held an art exhibition and charity auction at the Shangri La Hotel on 31 October. Chris Curtis from Cairns Coating bought this beautiful painting and will hang it on her office wall.   Iefje raised $5000 on the evening and donated 1 original painting which sold for $2700 and two prints of my work as well.  www.underart.com.au


Iefje is on the left with Chris accepting the painting and Pip representing COUCH.

Winner of the 9L bottle of French Veuve Salmanazur Champagne. The raffle ticket was drawn at Blue Sky Brewery on the afternoon of Melbourne Cup. Tracey Bryen. Tracey works at the Woolshed as Manager of Finance and Administration.


Tracey is pictured receiving her bottle of Veuve from Charles.

COUCH was pleased to receive a call from Philip Wish-Wilson, General Manager of Industrial & Marine Electrics Pty Ltd located in Portsmith, Cairns. They donated a beautiful yellow Baroni scooter and COUCH looking for people to help us sell raffle tickets at IGA stores.  Express your interest by clicking here.


Baroni Scooter

Industrial and Marine Electrics Pty Ltd is a Cairns-based (since 1976) electrical manufacturing and contracting firm with around 85 employees, which is now part of the Bilfinger Berger Services Group. It services the mining, utilities, marine, sugar, tourism, resident development and commercial construction industries with clients ranging from top 100 ASX listed companies, major international mining companies, Commonwealth and State Government corporations, agencies and departments, through to local councils, sugar mills, resort operators, builders, developers, fishing operators and small businesses.


Philip from Industrial and Marine Electrics
Pty Ltd

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