Welcome to Maleny - W2M

06/09/2025

You are all invited to join us...

15/08/2025

Be sure to book, get a group together, book a table of 8 or smaller group or singles and we can match up a table for you. Call Ann to book 0407 138 182. $20 per person, 6.15pm start Sept 5th, Maleny Community Centre, bar open, tea coffee sweets available, bring your own dinner. See you there!

14/07/2025

Aug 8th at Maleny RSL, Benefit Concert for Hazara Women for Change, bar, food and cuppa's available program starts 6.30pm. Book here -

Benefit Concert for Hazara Women for Change, an extraordinary line-up of local Maleny Talent. Dinner and Bar available on the night. Please reserve...

07/07/2025

A great video from Muzafar and his recent 'Ride for Education'. If you have 3 minutes to spare, this is a great listen. Welcome to Maleny is proud to stand with Muzafar and Cisarua Learning.

29/05/2025

Muzafar is in Maleny!!! Woohoo!!!
(Read our posts about what Muzafar is up to in Maleny.

28/05/2025

In support of Muzafar Ali's 'Ride for Education' a Warwick group is doing a fundraiser showing Muzafar's documentary Watandar, My Countryman - a message from Bob Wilson of Southern Downs Refugee and Migrant Network.
'I thought you might like to know that our Refugee Support Group in Warwick is holding a film screening of Muzafar's documentary, Watandar, My Countryman in Refugee Week. Two of our members are on Rural Australians for Refugees Afghan subcommittee so we decided to screen the film for Muzafars bike ride. I gather he is starting the ride in Maleny as a result of the fund raising and other work done by Welcome to Maleny. As president of Southern Downs Refugee and Migrant Network, I ask you to convey this information to the group.
Many thanks for your great work Bob Wilson and Southern Downs Refugee and Migrant Network.

28/05/2025

We have 3 days of events to launch Muzafar Ali's fundraiser - Ride for Education! Film, Gig and Send-off!
Thursday May 29th - Doco 'The Staging Post' Maleny Community Centre Verandah Room from 5.30 Book tickets for free, then entry by donation - http://www.trybooking.com/DAYJY
Friday May 30th - Gig currated by Linsey Pollak and a Q&A with Muzafar Ali, it will be a special night. Maleny Community Centre Main Hall doors open at 5.30, bar and dinner available, $20, $15 conc. Book tickes at - http://www.trybooking.com/DAYKA
Saturday May 31st - we luanch Muzafar on his way 8am Tesch Park, free event and sausage sizzle.

The Staging Post is a film about friendship. connection and the power of community. The film follows Muzafar and Khadim, two Afghan Hazara...

28/05/2025

Ticket still available!

A special evening of showing the movie doco The Staging Post, Maleny Community Centre Verandah Room May 29 5.30pm. Tickets are free, entry by donation but please book your seat at http://www.trybooking.com/DAYJY bookings essential as seats are limited. It will be 3 days of events supporting Muzafar Ali on his bike ride accross the country Ride for Education raising money for Refugee Schools in Indonesia. We sincerely hope to see you there!

28/05/2025

Tickets still available!

A wonderful evening planned with a concert arranged by Linsey Pollak, Q&A with Muzafar Ali, Maleny Community Centre Friday May 30, 5.30pm. Tickets are $20 and $15 concession, please book your seat at http://www.trybooking.com/DAYKA bookings essential as seats are limited. It will be 3 days of events supporting Muzafar Ali on his bike ride accross the country Ride for Education raising money for Refugee Schools in Indonesia. We sincerely hope to see you there!

28/05/2025

Beautiful Hazara Handicrafts for Sale at the Doco Screening tonight and Concert tomorrow. All funds go back to the women who made them.
This range of handicrafts has been skilfully created by two Hazara women from Afghanistan. For the past 9 years, they have been living in limbo as refugees in Indonesia, with their family of seven.
Here are some words from one of Zahra’s (pictured embroidering) daughters. For privacy and safety reasons, the family members do not wish for their faces to be photographed.
My name is Wajiha. I am a Hazara woman from Afghanistan. I have been stuck in Indonesia with my family for nine years, waiting to be resettled.
As refugees, it is illegal for us to work in Indonesia. However, as a hobby, my mother, Zahra, and sister-in-law, Nasima, have made these crocheted handicrafts.
These crafted bags display the cultural value of our country. From ancient time, women from Afghanistan are well known to shape their love and bring them to life, moreover, to express their affection, they present their handmade creations to their loved ones.”