QCWA Mt Larcom Branch

16/12/2025

🍈It's melon season, with rockmelons and honeydew melons filling the markets! The major growing ares for melons in QLD are the Bundaberg-Burnett and Bowen-Burdekin regions. Make the most of these sweet, juicy fruits while they are in season.

Make sure you ripen whole melons at room temperature before storing in the fridge. You can tell that a melon is ripe if it gives a little when pressed at the stem, and has a sweet melon smell at the other end.

Rockmelon is great by itself, but also pairs well with tropical fruits, lime, berries, chilli, olives, vinegar, feta, fresh mozarella, yoghurt, coconut or cashews. Add melons to a fruit salad, with cheese platters, or make a melon salsa to serve with fish, tacos, or as a side at your summer BBQ 🍋‍🟩🍍🌶️🥥🧀

Looking for a rockmelon recipe to try? Keep an eye on our socials for our rockmelon salsa recipe 👀

Health and Wellbeing Queensland

28/11/2025

Yesterday we hosted the Capricornia Division meeting and Christmas breakup.
It’s always lovely to spend time with this great bunch of ladies.
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25/11/2025

Thanks for coming along to our International Day, Ambrose QCWA mates.

Life is always more fun with friends. 🌻

25/11/2025

🌍 We had a ball at Mt Larcom Branch yesterday celebrating International Day with members and friends from Ambrose and Yeppoon.

🌍 A big shout out to our new International Officer, Colleen Keating, for organising such an amazing and entertaining day. 👍

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We learnt more fun facts about our Country of Study: Ontario Province.

Ladies created some artistic and colourful, native American Indian feather head bands.

Jenny organised a quiz, including some very tricky questions. 🤣

And we had a display of our Product of the Year: Macadamias.

Our delicious shared lunch included Canadian and/or Macadamia ingredients and healthy Country Kitchen recipes.

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19/11/2025

Cent sale at Ambrose QCWA Hall this Saturday. 😉

📣Reminder our Cent Sale is THIS SATURDAY:

📅When - 22nd November
🏡Where - QCWA Ambrose Hall, 36 Gentle Annie Rd Ambrose
⌚️Time - Doors open at 12pm for a 1pm start
💰Pricing - $5 entry which gives you 1 Hoy game card and 1 lucky door prize ticket. $0.20 each extra Hoy game card. $5 for a 10 raffle ticket booklet for our multidraw raffle. $1 a ticket in our single draw raffle. CASH ONLY PLEASE
💌Bookings - To book a spot please message us with the number of people you would like to attend. We will do our best to cater for all but please note we only have limited seats and bookings are secured in order they are received

We start off with a few rounds of Hoy, each round winner receiving a prize. We then have time to chat and enjoy a cuppa and light refreshments lovingly provided by the Ambrose Branch Members (we also have cold softdrinks and bottled water for $2 each). Finishing off the afternoon, we have our single and multi draw raffles with lots of great prizes to be won ⭐️

All are welcome to come along. We would love for you to join us for a great afternoon 🤗

**Funds raised helps us to continue to host these events for the community 👫

08/11/2025

Let’s try out this recipe!

Looking for a simple lunch idea?

Our Pesto Chicken Parcels are perfect to prep ahead— easy to assemble ahead and bake when you need them! Try them with chicken or swap in any meat you have on hand for a quick, tasty bite. 🥧💚

Get the recipe here 👉 https://qcwacountrykitchens.com.au/recipe/pesto-chicken-parcels/

and Wellbeing Queensland

08/11/2025

Next year we will be checking out all things strawberry ….. thanks
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Especially growing them and eating them!!! 😋

🍓 QCWA Product of the Year 2026 – Strawberries! 🍓

Each year, the QCWA chooses a product to study and highlight, and for 2026 we’ll be celebrating strawberries.

New strawberry-themed resources are now available on the QCWA Country Kitchens website, featuring fun and creative ways to get involved.

The pack includes:
🍓 Strawberry themed activity ideas and a felt strawberry craft pattern
🍓 A delicious strawberry granola mix activity
🍓 A strawberry poster and Q&A-style flipcards for learning and engagement

Get a copy of the resources from our website: https://qcwacountrykitchens.com.au/qcwa-member-activities/https://qcwacountrykitchens.com.au/qcwa-member-activities/

and Wellbeing Queensland

07/11/2025

Mt Larcom QCWA ladies are honoured to take part in this important annual event to honour our veterans and to remember those who paid the ultimate sacrifice.

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🌺 Remembrance Day Invitation 🌺

All members are invited to join together and march in the Remembrance Day Parade this Tuesday, 11th November.

We will come together with our fellow Mt Larcom branch CWA sisters to honour and remember the service and sacrifice of our veterans and those who continue to serve our country.

📍 Meeting Point: outside the Mt Larcom RSL
🕘 Time: please meet at 10am to start marching at 10.30
🕯️ Service to follow the march
💙 Please wear your CWA badge and branch shirt if possible
💰 The RSL usually has a multidraw raffle as well as a BBQ lunch and drinks for purchase, so please bring along some cash if you would like to support the RSL
💐 Representatives of our branch will be laying a wreath

We would love to see a strong CWA presence as we pay our respects and represent our community.