Hervey Bay Gossip

Yesterday she who must be obeyed decreed that we might spend some time looking at furniture … and so it came to pass.

But we didn’t just look at furniture stores in Hervey Bay … oh no … we took the short drive out to Torbanlea and discovered Widebay Import Clearance Warehouse in Robertson Street.

Seriously though, I have to tell you that if you’re looking for good quality furniture in Hervey Bay then take the drive out to Torbanlea - it is definitely well worth the trip and the savings that the guys out at Widebay Import Clearance Warehouse will surprise you.

Oh, I’m now told that we’re going back on the weekend because they’re expecting around 2000 imported garden pots to be delivered some time today and the boss has been told to expect big savings there as well.

I did hear that the last time Widebay Import Cleartance Warehouse got a delivery customers were parked in the street waiting for the container to be unloaded.

If you’re thinking of taking a drive out there just look for the signs - you can’t miss it (although we did on the first trip round the block:) )

This year’s Fraser Coast Ute Show was held at the Torbanlea Race Track on Saturday. There was a good turnout of utes and spectators and if you missed it you missed some seriously impressive machinery.

Here are just a two examples:

and this beautifully restored 1938 Austin

It was interesting to see how many people were walking around the displays taking photos with their phone cameras but you have to wonder how many of those people actually DO anything with the pictures they take.

The Howard/Torbanlea area lost another of its young men when Josh Reis was hit by a truck and killed on Monday night. Josh was returning from a wake for Joseph Egan (see report here) when he was struck by the truck on the Bruce Highway about 4km north of Torbanlea.