Scone Time Bankfoot House
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Thu 09 Jun 2022
Dust off your finest attire and come along to
Scone Time on Thursday 9 June for an exciting celebration, in honour of
Celebrate Glasshouse Country as well as a celebration of the 70th anniversary* of the grand ol' dame herself, Queen Elizabeth II's accession to the throne. A right Royal affair!
The deliciously decadent morning tea of freshly baked scones, a cuppa, live music from
Luke Anthony's Music plus a fascinating yarn with a local
Beerwah Co-Op farmer or two, will be held in the
Mary Grigor Centre at the heritage-listed Bankfoot House.
The Bankfoot House homestead was established in 1868, by William and Mary Grigor, in the Glass House Mountains locale. Cobb & Co coaches used Bankfoot House as a lunch stop and staging post, when travelling between Brisbane and the Gympie goldfields. Independent travellers used this iconic homestead for overnight stops, paying one shilling for dinner, one shilling for a bed and one shilling to feed and stable their horse. Bankfoot House owned its own dairy herd and also served as the Post Office.
Bankfoot House stayed in the same family for three generations. The Grigor, Burgess and Ferris families occupied Bankfoot House for more than one hundred and thirty years, all making a huge contribution to the local district in local industries, community life and local government.
Scone Time visitors will have the opportunity to view the current exhibition at Bankfoot House as well as taking a very enjoyable, FREE guided tour of the Bankfoot House Heritage Precinct.
Lovely local treasure, 85 years young Ethel Burgess, granddaughter to William and Clementina Burgess of Bankfoot House will be guest of honour at this prestigious Scone Time and in true Bankfoot tradition, piping hot scones will be served with mouth-watering butter slabs and golden syrup. Not to forsake
Scone Time's usual traditions, scones with totally divine strawberry jam made by
Free Ranging Chef/Cedar Creek Farm Bushfoods , using local strawberries and topped with lashings of whipped cream will be on the morning's menu too.
The Platinum Jubilee of Elizabeth II is being celebrated in the Commonwealth to mark the 70th anniversary of the accession of Queen Elizabeth II to the throne, on 6 February 1952.*
TICKET PRICES
General Admission $8 includes morning tea of scones with tea or freshly brewed Noosa Black coffee
Sponsorship $25 or $50 - Sponsorship is an opportunity to contribute to the ongoing subsidisation of providing morning tea to the young-at-heart and/or their carers, at a reasonable price. Contributions will be acknowledged.
Scone Time at
Bankfoot House is open to everybody and is a fabulous opportunity for the young-at-heart, their carers, companions and family to connect to Glasshouse Business folk and to meet new friends. Make sure to buy a ticket for you, mum, dad, nan, pop and beloved seen-ager neighbour too. Oh my yum, it's going to be delicious fun!
Scone Time is generously sponsored by
Sunshine Coast Council and
Sunshine Coast Foodie .
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!date 09/06/2022 -- 09/06/2022
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