Thank you to the 140+ delegates who joined us in Maryborough for the CQ Branch Conference. Congratulations to Jordan Maultby (AECOM) and Tim Fichera (Bundaberg Regional Council), who won best paper for their presentation on “Bundaberg Regional Council Stormwater Management Strategy - A New Path for Council's Long-standing Challenges”. Jordan and Tim will present their paper at the 2021 Annual Conference held in Cairns, 12-14 October.

Our events are successful because of the organisations that support and sponsor IPWEAQ. Thank you to our conference sponsors, Dileigh Consulting Engineers, Tipec, JAC Civil, Leading Roles, GBA Consulting Engineers, Project Delivery Managers and Shepherd.  

Our Branch Conference dinner, sponsored by Tipec was one to be remembered! Delegates enjoyed a special presentation by Guy McLean, better known as The Horseman from Susan River, over a delicious home cooked feast at Susan River Homestead. Guy’s mixture of bush poetry, horsemanship and crowd interaction is a crowd pleaser no matter who you are, what age you are, or whether you are from the bush or the city. Congratulations to Thomas Haslett from SuperSealing for winning the sports-fishing charity auction prize.

A special thank you to our exhibitors for offering delegates an opportunity to hear about and experience what is available to improve local communities. We appreciate the raffle prizes that exhibitors donated for our charity raffle, where we were able to raise over $1,650 for Rural Aid.   

We were also delighted to present gifts to members who had achieved an IPWEAQ membership milestone during the last 12 months. Thank you for your ongoing support of IPWEAQ!

Celisa Faulkner 

IPWEAQ CQ Branch President