OLEANDER CARNIVAL
The Oleander plant has white or pink flowers, the plant is poisionous, pretty, a hardy plant and was grown around Byron Bay in many streets and can be seen all around town today. The Oleander Carnival was started to raise money for different purposes but particularly for the pool at Main Beach. This was held once a year. I took part one year as a princess. That year there were 3 girls, and the one who raised the most money was crowned Queen. I had a group of ladies, including my mother, Betty McDonald, who worked tirelessly, with raffles, street stalls, garden parties to raise the money every year. One year I went as Old McDonald had a farm. I tied one of our chooks in a billy cart and the chook laid an egg while we were in the procession!!!!
1962 FIRST OLEANDER CARNIVAL. LORIS BELL, BEVERLEY DUNCOMBE, RUTH GILMORE, LORRAINE BAILEY, PAM BEMBOW, RHONDA McINNES, JUDY YAGER, JUDY PHELPS. IT READS....IT WASN'T GOOD FOOTBALL WEATHER AT THE WEEKEND BUT THE WOMEN'S FOOTBALL TEAMS, RAGS AND BAGS, WHICH MET AT BYRON BAY IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE OLEANDER FESTIVAL, PUT PLENTY OF ENERGY INTO THEIR PLAY. TACKLING WAS UNORTHODOX BUT THE REFEREE SAID THERE WERE VERY FEW SERIOUS INFRINGEMENTS.Photo:Voice of Byron www.facebook.com/groups/kwimabb/ No.70135
1963 OLEANDER CARNIVAL PARADE. 17 YEAR OLD NARELLE RAYS. APPROXIMATELY 2,500 PEOPLE WATCHED THE VERY FIRST OLEANDER PARADE TO RAISE MONEY FOR THE BATHS.Photo:Byron News...No.70276
1963 FIRST OLEANDER QUEEN CROWNED WAS 17 YEAR OLD MISS NARELLE RAYS, OTHER CANDIDATES ARE JUDY BRIDGEMAN, JAYE TAYLOR AND JENNIFER GREENWOODS. BETWEEN THE GIRLS THEY RAISED 536 POUNDS. TOTAL RAISED FROM THE CARNIVAL WASE 2,500 POUND THE MONEY WENT TOWARDS THE 10,000 POUND TARGET FOR THE BYRON BAY BATHS.Photo:Byron News..No.70275
1971 OLEANDER CARNIVAL QUEEN MARUEEN WEIR.Photo:Byron News...No.70273
1981 LOUISE TIERNAN, 1982 DIANNE ELLIOT, 1985 JODI HANDERSON, 1989 DEBBIE WOOLARD, 1990 NICHOLE FLATLEY Photo:Byron News...No.70272
1981. HEADING DOWN JONSON STREET WITH THE BERTOLI BUILDING ON THE RIGHT...No.70269
OLEANDER CARNIVAL.Photo:Patch Gene. Voice of Byron...No.;70268
PHOTO: Patch Gene. Voice of Byron.,,No.70267
1985 GYMNASTICS FLOAT. A LOT OF FLOATS THREW LOLLIES TO THE CROWD AS THEY TRAVELLED FROM MAIN BEACH TO THE RECREATION GROUND..No.70265
A FLOAT IN THE PARADE. Photo:Patch Gene www.facebook.com/groups/kwimabb/ No.70233
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AT THE RECREATION GROUND AT THE END OF THE PROCESSION, THE QUEEN WAS CROWNED (ON THE BACK OF A TRAY TRUCK), WITH A CROWN AND A ROBE. (ELLEN WILTSHIRE IS HOLDING THE FLAG AT THE FRONT)...No.70142
THE PROCESSION STARTED AT MAIN BEACH AND ENDED AT THE RECREATION GROUND. Photo: know what I miss about byron bay...No.70096
THE GIRLS REPRESENTED A TIGER IN YOUR TANK FOR POOLAMAN'S GARAGE IN THE PARADE WHICH WAS HELD EACH YEAR TO RAISE MONEY FOR VARIOUS THINGS, THE SWIMMING POOL AT MAIN BEACH BEING ONE. DAWN CLARKE, ROBYN BANNAH, NITA MARR, CONNIE KEANE...No.70100
BUSINESSES AND ORGANISATIONS WERE REPRESENTED WITH A FLOAT THAT THEY MADE THEMSELVES. IT WAS ALWAYS EXCITING AS WE ALL KNEW MOST OF THE PEOPLE ON THE FLOATS.Photo:Know what I miss about Byron Bay...No.70159
1960's PRINCESSES, (KERRY McDONALD) (myself) RODE IN THE PROCESSION ON A CAR...No.70153
OLEANDER CARNIVAL.Photo:Cellar Bottle Shop...No.70198
Photo: Patch Gene www.facebook.com/groups/kwimabb/ No.70228
HEADING FROM THE BEACH UP JONSON STREET. Photo:Patch Gene www.facebook.com/groups/kwimabb/ No.70231
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AT NIGHT, THE FUN ALL HAPPENED AT THE AMBULANCE STATION. THE CHOCOLATE WHEEL WAS ALWAYS ON THE FOOTPATH OUTSIDE THE DOOR. INSIDE WERE LONG TABLES FOR BINGO, WITH OUR BINGO CARD, (STEEL PLATES WITH NUMBERS PUNCHED INTO THEM INSIDE EACH INDIVIDUAL SQUARE WITH A HANDLE AT THE TOP) AND WITH BOTTLE TOPS TO COVER THE NUMBERS.
EVERY YEAR THE OLEANDER CARNIVAL CAME THROUGH TOWN FROM MAIN BEACH TO THE RECREATION GROUND.Photo: Know What I miss about byron bay...No.70083
1964. THIS IS A FASHION PARADE WITH DENISE CAMPBELL THE MODEL AT MOLLY COATES BACK YARD IN BROWNING STREET AND KERRY McDONALD WAS THE PRINCESS RAISING MONEY. (WELL, HER MOTHER BETTY McDONALD DID ALL OF THE WORK WITH HER GROUP OF LADIES) KERRY JUST HAD TO SHOW UP AT THE FUNCTIONS...No.70132
1964 OLEANDER CARNIVAL THREE PRINCESSES, KERRY McDONALD (myself), ESME HULL AND BETINA FEROS AT A FASHION PARADE IN MOLLY COATE'S BACK YARD IN BROWNING STREET. THE PRINCESS WHO RAISED THE MOST MONEY WAS CROWNED QUEEN AT THE RECREATION GROUND ON THE BACK OF A TRAY TRUCK, SITTING ON A QUEENS CHAIR WITH A RED ROBE AND A RED CROWN.1964? .......INFORMATION UNDER THE PHOTO SAYS....PICTURED AT THE GARDEN PARTY HELD LAST WEEKEND IN BYRON BAY WERE OLEANDER QUEEN CANDIDATES (LEFT TO RIGHT) KERRY McDONALD (CIVIC), ESMA HULL (BUSINESS) AND BETINA FEROS (SPORTING). AS KERRY WAS THE HOSTESS QUEEN CANDIDATE FOR THE AFTERNOON SHE PRESENTED THE OTHER GIRLS WITH SMALL POSIES MADE IN AN OLD ENGLISH STYLE. SCENE OF THE PARTY WAS MRS.COATE'S ATTRACTIVE GROUNDS IN BYRON BAY...PHOTO WILTSHIRE (BYRON BAY). No.70139
OLEANDER QUEEN, WITH HER ROBE ON AND CROWN IN HER HAND. Photo Patch Gene www.facebook.com/groups/kwimabb/ No.70230
TRAVELLING UP MARVEL STREET TO THE RECKREATION GROUND . Photo:PatchGene www.facebook.com/groups/kwimabb/ No.70229
JONSON STREET. Photo:Patch Gene www.facebook.com/groups/kwimabb/ No.70232
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