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25.01.2022 Day 1 of the 2020 Baffle Creek Family Fishing Festival has finally arrived! Sign in today & collect your Team entry pack... from 8am to 12pm at Baffle Creek Community Grounds... OR from 10am to 12pm at Rocky Point Boat Ramp Its not too late to enter... just head to one of our sign in points & sign up :D (NOTE: CASH ONLY PAYMENTS AT SIGN UP) FISHING STARTS AT MIDDAY... Tight Lines everyone

25.01.2022 Vallis will be set at the Family Fun Day selling a range of kids wear, kitchen wear and cutlery sculptures.

24.01.2022 Busy day for us at the Baffle Creek Fishing Club... finalising the Baffle Creek Family Fishing Festival 2020 plans, along with our Covid-19 training day for our event plan. Things are looking right on track with just a week to go. It might have been a bit windy here today but things are looking pretty good for the week of the comp. If you havent entered yet, head over to our website

23.01.2022 MAJOR SPONSOR GLADSTONE REGIONAL COUNCIL The 2020 Baffle Creek Family Fishing Festival is proudly supported by Gladstone Regional Councils Community Celebration Fund

22.01.2022 Market Stalls, Food Stalls, Information Stands... These stalls will be joining us at our Family Fun Day to be held on Saturday 26th September to finish off the Baffle Creek Family Fishing Festival. Come along to our Family Fun Day & browse the huge range of goodies for sale, or have a chat to our local community members/organisations that will be set up :D... If you would like to join us with your stall, send us a message on Facebook, email us at [email protected] or fill in our expression of interest form here... http://bit.ly/2020BCFFFStallHolder

21.01.2022 Just 1 more week to go :D I cant wait... another week of full on stress for me (lol) to make sure everything is good to go... then I get to go fishing too Couldnt do it without all the help & support from members of the Baffle Creek Fishing Club (thanks guys... you rock!)... Its not too late to enter... so head over to our website :) (An info email, along with the App info, will be emailed out to all the registered entrants in the next couple of days) See you soon... (Sonja )

21.01.2022 Thank you for helping to keep our little community safe While out & about this week please remember to follow covid safe practices... (sorry, no fishing images in the posters we are required to share )

20.01.2022 Wow! What a busy morning... We had an extra 14 teams register this morning. Apologies for running out of brag mats but we were not prepared for all the extras that didnt pre-register If you had already registered you will still get a brag mat if needed.... If we couldnt give you one... dont worry, you can use any brag mat this year but YOU MUST remember to include your Team ID card in the photo or it will not be accepted by the app team ;) Now get out there & catch some fish...

19.01.2022 Sign in open at Baffle Creek Community grounds until 12pm today. Busy morning already... We have already run out of extra brag mats for new registrations, so you will just have to use your own... your Team ID card still needs to be in the photos tho ;) NOTE: IF YOU HAVE ALREADY REGISTERED YOU WILL RECEIVE A BRAG MAT

18.01.2022 What a day! Hubby (Chris) & I spent the day in Bundy picking up the last of the donated prizes from our awesome sponsors as well as doing our last shop for some essentials for the Family Fun Day. All I can say is, its lucky that our downstairs space was pretty much empty lol... Now to organise it all over the weekend... Lucky we have a few fishing club members coming over to help ;) ... We did receive a few more online entries today... I will get to them late tomorrow or Sunday morning, so keep an eye on your email :) If you havent registered yet, just come along to our sign in times next week & enter in person. Online registrations will close at midnight tonight & paper rego at Baffle Creek Rural & Fishing supplies closed at 5pm today... I will head down to the shop tomorrow to pick up the entry forms left there this week. Just 3 more sleeps to go... (Sonja ) See more

17.01.2022 This year we decided to have a little fun & get everyone to come up with a name for their Team. We will have a little prize for the Team Name that is the "Peoples Choice" Just "like" your favourite team name (you can like more than one) Then whichever name has the most "likes" by midday Saturday 26th September will win the prize :D... Teams can comment or post photos on their own team name to show why they chose that name... HAVE FUN (new team names will be added each night from any new registrations received that day)

15.01.2022 WOW! Made a list of the Prizes we have to give away this year... & I am totally blown away by what has been generously donated to us by our amazing sponsors! We have over $13,000 worth of prizes which will be given away at our Family Fun Day during our "Entrants only Promotional Prize Draws"... & for just $25, you could have a chance to win too!... Even if you cant get out to fish in the comp this year, but are coming along to our Family Fun Day, why not pay your registration fee anyway & get your name into the draws :) Head over to our website to enter :D www.bafflecreekfishing.com Just 2 weeks to go until the Baffle Creek Family Fishing Festival 2020 kicks off :D

14.01.2022 With less than a week to go until the Baffle Creek Family Fishing Festival kicks off, there will be a slight increase in our "local population" very soon... The health, safety & wellbeing of our little community is very important to us... that of our local residents & visitors alike... So please remember to follow your Covid Safe Practices while out & about in our little piece of paradise <3

13.01.2022 Been a little quiet here today, I know... Been in Bundy all day picking up more prizes & essential goodies for the Family Fishing Festival & Fun Day. I know I have missed a couple of messages & still need to send out a couple of stallholder emails & registration confirmations... Will get to it tomorrow morning as I am still not home yet. Hope you all have a good night...... AND JUST 9 MORE DAYS TO GO! (Sonja ) See more

13.01.2022 The Fish Photos are up! So many fish... Feel free to tag your team mates :D

13.01.2022 We would like to thank all our generous Sponsors of the 2020 Baffle Creek Family Fishing Festival. We couldnt bring you this event without their support. If your business would like to jump on board as a sponsor please message us on fb or email [email protected] or head over to our website for more details www.bafflecreekfishing.com

13.01.2022 The Commonwealth Government recommends downloading their COVID-19 app prior to attending events... While this is not a requirement to attend our event, we ARE REQUIRED to maintain an attendance register. When you are collecting your team entry packs you will not be required to fill in our attendance register, as we already have all the details of your team - so we will just note the day/time you collect your pack.... For the Family Fun Day however, every attendee, including stall holders, volunteers, registered entrants & visitors will be required to fill in a form for our attendance register, which we are required to keep for a minimum of 56 days which may be used for contact tracing purposes if required. Only one person from each group/family will be asked to fill in the form upon entry, providing full name, address, email, phone number & arrival time, along with the full name of additional adults & children in your group. You will then be given a numbered ticket which you will need to put the time you leave & pop it in the box provided as you exit the event. We will then match up the number on your ticket to the number on your form & add the time you leave to your form. We will keep the attendance register sheets in a secure location for the required time, before being destroyed. We can assure you that your information will be kept safe & secure & adhere to standards in the Privacy Act. If you have any questions, please dont hesitate to send us a message :)

13.01.2022 This looks like fun! Whos up for some Kayak Races this Sunday Contact the Baffle Creek Boat Club for more info :)

12.01.2022 ATTENTION TO ALL REGISTERED ENTRANTS... Just wanted to share a bit of essential info with you all (as well as with anyone planning on signing up on the day)... If you have Registered & Paid, you should have received a confirmation email along with your "Registration Receipt" If you have registered & not yet paid, you should have received a confirmation email along with a "Notification of Registration" Everyone should also have received an email last night with some info including our "App How To Guide" If you have registered & not received any of these emails, please send us a message via fb or email us at [email protected] ALSO... for anyone still wanting register online before the comp starts... any bank deposits must be made tomorrow to ensure we received them by Monday... OR... Please pay CASH on sign in/sign up next week :D Thank you (Sonja )

12.01.2022 Mr Eds Coffee Van will be joining us, Serving coffee, cold drinks and pre-packaged snacks

11.01.2022 Wow! What a day... We now have 95 "Teams" entered with a total of 261 Entrants! Consisting of: 184 Seniors & 77 Juniors... 36 fish were uploaded to the app today, with 18 different species entered... PLEASE REMEMBER... - Only enter LEGAL SIZE fish - Photos MUST be on a brag mat (any brag mat accepted as we ran out of official BCFFF mats) - Photos MUST include your Team ID Card - Glory photos are optional - if you only upload a "glory shot" it will not be counted as a caught fish Any uploads that do not meet all of the above will be deleted & not counted towards your catch. To follow the scoreboard click on the trophy icon within the app or you can click on the link below (Please note that it is not an instant update... your fish may be uploaded to the summary of catches but then needs to be manually added to each category by the App team) See you out on the water tomorrow http://bit.ly/2020BCFFFScore

11.01.2022 Our final "pre-event" email was sent out on Monday to our subscribers... If you would like to have a read, click below :) Only 5 days to go now...... An email was also sent out tonight to all registered entrants with more details...

10.01.2022 BRONZE SPONSOR SS AUTO ELECTRICS A huge thanks goes out to Steve from SS Auto Electrics for jumping on board this year, He has given us a heap of goodies to give away... light bar, spotlights & more... :D ... Go & see him for all your auto electrical needs :)

10.01.2022 We all know the drill... During our event, at our entry point, we are required to ask screening questions to attendees before you enter such as: - In the last 14 days have you travelled from overseas or a COVID-19 hotspot? - Have you been in close contact with a person who is positive for COVID-19?... - Are you an active COVID-19 case? - Are you currently, or have you recently experienced cough, fever, sore throat, fatigue or shortness of breath? If you answer yes to ANY of these question we are not permitted to let you in... So please... if you are sick... stay at home...

08.01.2022 Subscribe to our mailing list to stay up to date on whats happening with the Baffle Creek Family Fishing Festival :D http://bit.ly/BaffleCreekFishingSubscribe

08.01.2022 Our Family Fun Day is looking good... :D We only have a few stall spots remaining. If you would like to join us send us a message or fill in our expression of interest form :)

08.01.2022 What an amazing week of fishing we had during the 2020 Baffle Creek Family Fishing Festival. Thanks again to Rocky Point Retreat, Winfield for being our Brag Mat Sponsor :D

08.01.2022 Who is ready to go fishing... Is the boat & fishing gear ready to go... If you are coming from out of town to stay for the week... is the car & kids all packed up or are you already here ... Dont forget that you need to collect your Team ID Card & entry pack prior to fishing. You can collect them during the following times only: From Baffle Creek Community Grounds: Monday 21st September between 8am and 12pm Tuesday 22nd September between 8am and 10am Wednesday 23rd September between 8am and 10am Thursday 24th September between 8am and 10am Friday 25th September between 8am and 10am Saturday 26th between 8am to 11.59am (to be eligible for the promotional prize draws you must have paid your entry fee in full before the close of the Fishing Competition before the Fun Day starts) OR From Rocky Point Boat Ramp adjacent to Rocky Point Retreat Winfield Monday 21st September between 10am and 12pm Wednesday 23rd September between 10am and 12pm Friday 25th September between 10am and 12pm If you havent entered yet you can still sign up in person during the above times only. Please remember, we will accept CASH PAYMENT ONLY during sign up. JUST 1 MORE SLEEP TO

07.01.2022 We had some great visitors to the Baffle Creek Family Fishing Festival Fun Day on Saturday, hope you all got a chance to have a chat

07.01.2022 BRONZE SPONSOR ROAD TECH MARINE BUNDABERG A huge thanks goes out to Road Tech Marine - RTM for jumping on board again this year, We will have a heap of goodies to give away... :D

06.01.2022 Dont forget about our Family Fun Day on Saturday! We have a HUGE day planned :D Live entertainment from midday till 3:15pm by 2EZ followed by Amanda Heartsong after our presentations from about 4:45pm till 8pm... Markets stalls, food stalls, raffles, plenty of fun, family friendly activities including our famous Mullet Throw comp & this year we also have a Lure Casting Comp. We will also have a rock climbing wall, kids art tent & kids movie tent & more... And of course our Bar will be open from midday to 8pm. Please keep an eye on our Facebook page for attendance numbers as we are limited to just 500 people this year with our Covid Safe Event Checklist, so after all our entrants, stallholders etc are counted, we will let you know how many extras can come along for some fun :D (at the moment we can have about an extra 150 additional people attend that are not already entered into the comp or having a stall - we will keep updates throughout the week - if you want to secure a spot at the Fun Day (& go into the promotional prize draws, why not enter the comp... just $25 for seniors & juniors are free this year!) CASH ONLY EVENT - please come prepared as there are no ATMs onsite ;) (some stall holders may have eftpos for their own customers but generally do not do cash out)

06.01.2022 Set up down at Rocky Point Boat ramp now too... so if you are staying on the south side of the creek & want to enter the comp just pop down before midday :) ** EDIT: If you still want to sign up before midday at Rocky Point, please go & see Darren at Rocky Point Retreat Winfield :) (Was a bit quiet so Chris, Kevy & I have gone fishing ;) ) But we will be back again on Wednesday at 10am :) ... (Sonja ) See more

05.01.2022 You may have seen or heard us talk about the Baffle Creek Family Fishing Festival being a COVID-SAFE event... but what does that really mean?? This week, we will be sharing some important information posts about how we will ensure our event is a covid-safe event to keep everyone in our community, both residents & visitors, safe. This will also include letting you all know about our requirements & our Family Fun Day setup to ensure our event remains compliant.... We will also share some helpful posts on how you can help us keep everyone safe as well... If you have any questions, please dont hesitate to ask :D

05.01.2022 We have been asked why we have a limit on stalls at our Family Fun Day this year... Yes, usually we would not require stalls to "pre-book" & let any amount of stallholders just turn up on the day... But due to Covid-19 & the regulations we have to follow with regards to numbers of people at our event & physical distancing requirements we have put a cap on the number of stalls we can have.... As you can see from our site plan, we have put a lot of thought & effort into ensuring our site adheres to ALL requirements & regulations set out by the Qld Government with regards to COVID Safe Events. We have put a larger than usual space between each stall to allow you to maintain distancing requirements while browsing around the markets. To enable us to retain enough "accessible space" for the number of visitors to our Family Fun Day we have had to reduce the number of stalls we can have. We have also had to provide appropriately spaced tables & chairs for people to sit while eating & drinking. We all know that we need to keep a distance of 1.5 m from one another & while "family groups" dont need to follow this between themselves, they are still required to keep apart from the next "group" We will have the tables set in such a way that a "family group" can sit together at one table... & be safely distanced from the next table. If you have any questions about our day, dont hesitate to send us a message :)

04.01.2022 We are all aware of the current Covid Safe guidelines & the steps we are taking to keep each other safe & healthy... You will see signage posted around our event to help remind us all of the little steps we can take to help... Please remember to physical distance from other family groups, please be aware of any capacity signs we have placed in certain areas, please follow safe hygiene practices (we will have hand sanitiser stations set up ALL throughout the event grounds) & p...lease... stay at home if you are sick. Thank you for your assistance :D

04.01.2022 Well I am finally up to date with all our emails... If you have not received yours please check your junk mail & send us a message if you still dont have it. You should all have received 2 emails from us... - a confirmation of your registration/registration receipt AND - an information for entrants email with our app how to guide So just a little update on the number of entrants at the moment (with more expected to register in person during the week!) 81 Teams have entered consisting of... 161 Seniors 70 Juniors WOW! & we thought it was going to be a quiet one this year ;) See you all very soon :D (Sonja)

04.01.2022 At the entry point at the Baffle Creek Family Fishing Festival & Family Fun Day you will see a signed, laminated copy of this certificate. This shows you that we have followed & are adhering to the COVID Safe Event Checklist for events up to 500 people. (we will also have the completed checklist available for viewing if anyone wishes to see it)... We are required to put many new things in place, to be able to safely & legally operate the Baffle Creek Family Fishing Festival this year... this includes: - Adhering to all current Queensland Governments COVID-19 restrictions & guidelines - Ensure our volunteers are aware of all up to date regulations & responsibilities - Communicate to our attendees (entrants, stall holders, activity providers, entertainers, visitors & volunteers) of all the practices we have put in place & how you can help to make our event COVID safe for everyone - Ensure our event site is clearly marked with signage such as physical distancing reminders, hand sanitising stations, queue points & entry point directional & distancing markings, capacity numbers in certain areas of the event (ie: bar), seating requirements (ie: bar & main marquee), all to to help the event run smoothly - Maintain an attendance register which may be used for contact tracing purposes if required - Monitor numbers of visitors to our Family Fun Day to ensure we remain under 500 people - Ensure regular & thorough cleaning is maintained throughout our event And more... As you can see, there is alot of work that goes into bringing you a COVID safe event & we know that we can count on you all to help us ensure our requirements are maintained :D

03.01.2022 A quick "Shout Out" to any teams that are collecting their entry packs from ROCKY POINT BOAT RAMP next to Rocky Point Retreat Winfield... We have only had 5 teams let us know they are collecting their cards from there... if you are, please let us know or your team entry card will not be onboard our boat... Thanks... Sonja See more

03.01.2022 The Baffle Creek Family Fishing Festival and Family Fun Day would not be possible without the support of Gladstone Regional Councils Community Investment Program - Community Celebration Fund. This fund celebrates events that build community pride, boost the economy and positively contribute to our region. www.gladstone.qld.gov.au/community-investment #GRCCommunityCelebrationFund

03.01.2022 Has anyone booked in for a helicopter ride yet :D Available Friday, Saturday & Sunday only, over the last weekend of the Baffle Creek Family Fishing Festival And they have also offered a helicopter ride for 3 as one of our promotional prize draws :D... Im pretty keen to book in for a joy flight :D Contact Rules Beach for more info :)

02.01.2022 Thanks again to every single person that was involved in the 2020 Baffle Creek Family Fishing Festival in some way :D Here are some little Fun Facts on this years event... There were 112 Teams entered in this years comp... We had a total of 306 registered entrants with 212 Seniors & 94 Juniors... WOW! There were a total of 465 fish caught & uploaded to our App, with 66 different species caught We had nearly 60 sponsors join us this year! We gave away over $15000 worth of cash & prizes this year with nearly 200 individual prizes given away! The top 3 postcodes that entrants came from was: 4674, our local postcode with 37 teams 4670 with 18 teams 4680 with 8 teams Our top 4 streets this year was: Mitchell Rd with 8 teams & a total of 24 entrants Coast Rd with 5 teams & a total of 7 entrants Muller Rd with 4 teams & a total of 8 entrants Whytallabah Rd also with 4 teams but a whopping 14 entrants! Way to go locals!!!!! Discussions are already underway on what we can do to improve the event for next year & we will get a feedback form out for you all to add some input to very soon :D Thanks again & enjoy the rest of your long weekend :D

02.01.2022 ATTENTION PLEASE... It has been brought to my attention that there are "scammers" out there trying to "sell" you cheap tickets to the Baffle Creek Family Fishing Festival both as an entrant & as a stall holder. I must apologise for not noticing sooner, I can only imagine that the person offering the cheap tickets has "blocked" me so I can not see their comments.... PLEASE DO NOT PURCHASE TICKETS any other way but via submitting our paper registration form at Baffle Creek Rural & Fishing Supplies or our online form (both of which have closed yesterday) OR IN PERSON next week during our sign in times as posted on our website - CASH ONLY PAYMENT ACCEPTED. PLEASE NOTE: Competition Entry fees for 2020 - $25 per senior (juniors are free this year) Market Stalls are FREE this year Family Fun Day Entry is FREE this year If you have any questions, please message us on Facebook or email us at [email protected] Thank you Sonja Cooper (Event Coordinator)